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From Lost To Loved: Turning Lapsed Donors Into Devoted Donors

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The minute you understand and act on this, your retention rates will rise. If you stop communicating with a donor in their last five years of life, or at minimum, the last two, the loss rate of their planned gifts goes to 50%. 1 Source: Center for Philanthropy, Indiana University and Bloomerang.co

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

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Giving USA 2021 , produced by Giving USA Foundation and Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy , reports total giving grew 5.1% The Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) noted that while 2020 saw an overall increase in giving, that year’s donor retention rate dropped by 4.1 adjusted for inflation).

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Admitting the Problem: Your Donor Retention Needs Work

NonProfit Hub

The biggest issue with donor retention is that most people don’t even realize it’s an issue. Hartsook professor of fundraising at Indiana University. As a result, he says he has a negative outlook on the way organizations currently view donor retention because it isn’t a priority. It Starts at the Top. Be More British.

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A Fundraising Cliff? What does the data say?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University says we are experiencing the second slowest recovery since 1971. Anemic acquisition and poor retention have created a perfect storm for fundraising troubles. Retention, Retention, and Retention. “What if it was all about retention?”

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High Net-Worth Individuals: Your Joyful, Generous and Inspired Donors

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In a 2010 study by Indiana University and Bank of America, HNWI donors reported giving on average $35,000 a year when not engaged and $124,000 when engaged. Retention is the New Acquisition and Customer Service is the Marketing – Joe Connelly, WSJ. Within the ranks of donors who give small gifts are many HNWI.

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A Message from Your Donors: Wish You Were Here

Connection Cafe

The subject which I was asked to write about was donor retention and, seemingly, these two things should really have nothing in common. At its core, Wish You Were Here is really just about peoples’ inabilities to engage with one another, which is entirely relatable to the way in which donor retention is often approached.

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6 Key Insights from the Inaugural donorCentrics Athletics Benchmarking Group

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That was particularly useful for this setting because we could overlay information such as win-rate and schedule to discuss the impact those variables had on the fundraising trends overall. For example, one participant with fluctuating donor counts and renewal rates explained that reseating hasn’t historically been tied to the fiscal year.