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[ASK AN EXPERT] What Are Best Practices To Acquire More Corporate Matching Gifts?

Bloomerang

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to attract corporate matching gifts: Dear Charity Clairity, I have a question about how to attract corporate matching gifts. Matching gifts are truly the social benefit sector BOGO. Raise one gift, get the second gift free!

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Discussion of Donor Data Retention

Robert Weiner

The original question: My organization is working on a data retention policy and wondering if others have insights to share. Is it a criteria which is temporary – “they’ve not given to us ever” doesn’t mean they may not wish they had, and upon decease urge gifts “in their memory” to your organization. I’m a bit worried by this.

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Giving USA 2021 Key Findings: How to Retain and Upgrade Nonprofit Donors Before Year’s End

Bloomerang

adjusted), presumably due to growth in the S&P 500 in recent years and how the 2020 market recovery positioned foundations to respond to the impetus to distribute more during a time of pressing needs. Recaptured donors (whose last gift was two or more years ago) were up nearly 14%. The overall donor retention rate was 43.6% , a 4.1%

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Elevate Your Fundraising Game with These Essential Nonprofit Books

Pamela Grow

But that was before John Lepp’s brilliant Creative Deviations available from Hilborn’s Civil Sector Press. Train Your Board gives you the tools and I’m thrilled to report that it’s been reprinted and can now be found at Hilborn’s Civil Sector Press. Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits.

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Donor Data And Donor Communication | A Mini Guide

Kindful

Writing donation request letters and other communications to your supporters needs more thought put into it than pressing the send button on a general template. How does donor data help with retention rates and relationship building? Your online donation forms don’t just enable organizations to collect gifts. Gift impact.

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5 Ways to Optimize Online Platforms for Donor Engagement

DNL OmniMedia

For example, eCardWidget’s guide to donor retention explains how trends in donor data can reveal which donors are at risk of lapsing. For instance, say you note that many website visitors have started filling out your online donation form but have not gone through with the gifts. Leverage social media engagement data.

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5 Payment Processing Features To Acquire Younger Donors

Achieve

In addition to being user-friendly, text donations enable nonprofits to easily raise donor engagement and retention. . They can send funds to your nonprofit in seconds with the quick press of a button. . Matching gifts: With a. matching gift. Pledge Now, Pay Later is similar to recurring gifts, except there’s an end date.

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