Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 1, 2021

Odds are your emails are going to spam folders and are in violation of email compliance laws that require opt-out information and a mailing address to be prominently featured in all email campaigns. If they can not, then those subscribers should be deleted to improve your open rate, thus email deliverability.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Tip: Using the Giving Analysis for Appeals report in Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® is a great first step to analyzing your historical data. If you are expecting an 8% response rate from your donors, that means the segment needs to include at least 1,250 constituents. Keep them out of it for now (we can always test that later.)

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. Luckily, there are a number of great reports available to help you set a benchmark against industry averages. Same as above.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

To succeed, it’s important to grasp the basics of three strategies: email fundraising, direct mail fundraising, and fundraising events. Measurable: Ensure your goal is measurable to track progress and success. Direct mail, emails, and events will make up the foundation of your fundraising campaigns.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

When it comes to donor data, there’s a lot to keep track of. A nonprofit CRM (also referred to as a donor management system ) is a software platform that allows nonprofits to store, update, and report on supporter data. Be sure your nonprofit CRM can create both: Letters and mailings. What is a nonprofit CRM? Engaging emails.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 4, 2023

Should you print, stuff, and mail your own fundraising letter? If you have fewer than 200 mail recipients, the answer is probably yes. When you get more than 200 donors, you may be eligible to mail at nonprofit postage rates as low as 19 cents per piece (as of July 2023). No labels needed!

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Here are 3 rules for reporting impact Be warm, heartfelt, and sentimental. First names only! Here are 6 channel options: A simple phone call from you, or even better—a board member A postcard A video email A letter An email A text 3 time-saving ways to report impact with scale and efficiency (no matter how big or small you are!)

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Or, if you rent a list of names and addresses and send a direct mail piece to everyone on that list, you probably won’t recoup enough in donations to make that a worthwhile expense. This is a WHOLE other issue – how to succeed at direct mail fundraising.). What About Ratings on Sites Like Charity Navigator?

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

When it comes to reaching your fundraising goals, email reigns supreme (after direct mail and face-to-face, of course). Well, here’s another mind-blowing stat: Radicati Group reports that there are over 4 billion email users worldwide, and that number is projected to reach 4.6 But what about reach? billion by 2025.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 25, 2021

Mail stats. Direct mail response rate (to house): 4% Postage per letter: $0.49. Giving Report. Mail stats. Direct mail response rate: (to house): 5% Postage per letter: $0.47. Giving Report. Mail stats. Direct mail response rate: (to house): 5% Postage per letter: $0.49.

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EveryAction

JULY 31, 2023

In fact, Double the Donation research indicates that mentioning matching gifts results in a 71% increase in response rate and a 51% increase in average donation amount. Forbes reports that December alone accounts for nearly a third of annual giving, with 10% of nonprofit revenue being received in just the last three days of the year.

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sgEngage

JUNE 15, 2023

Lost receipts, multiple tracking spreadsheets, and unchecked spending, oh my! These hurdles are a few of the challenges facing school business offices and nonprofit organizations doing their best to evaluate and keep track of employee purchases day-to-day. Is this sounding like your month-end scramble?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Nonprofits with a high donor retention rate have long-term supporters who come back year after year. Nonprofits with a low donor retention rate need to continually acquire new donors or larger gifts to keep up. One aspect of this survey is about average donor retention rates over the years. How to Calculate Donor Retention .

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Media Cause

JUNE 21, 2022

It was then that Apple did what every advertiser and most marketing professionals would say is unfathomable: They gave app tracking options to the users. they had the ability to allow or prohibit tracking from apps. This feature is for anyone using the mail app on their Apple device. . Keep your tracking on track .

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

For example, link to a report that gives donors more information about a mission they’ve invested in, or profile a particular person or animal your organization helped last month. By tracking what pages your constituents pay attention to on your website, you can send emails targeted to their interests. Responses to website behavior.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

That's one of the questions we set out to answer as part of the 2017 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report. In contrast, only 24 percent of the least effective organizations — those rating themselves with just 1 or 2 stars on overall communications effectiveness — ranked themselves as proficient or better.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2011

Every e-mail marketer worth her salt knows how to calculate an overall messaging open rate: messages opened ÷ messages delivered. That's why I was a little confounded when we first started using our new e-mail system, and it would spit out a report like this: An overall open rate of almost 33%? True Open Rate.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

For example, link to a report that gives donors more information about a mission they’ve invested in, or profile a particular person or animal your organization helped last month. By tracking what pages your constituents pay attention to on your website, you can send emails targeted to their interests. Responses to website behavior.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Developing a digital donor acquisition strategy takes a similar approach to direct mail. It starts with a detailed analysis of your donor base, including average gift size, retention rates, and cost per acquired donor. Nonprofits usually report retention as a percentage. While different, these concepts are related.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Your nonprofit’s donor retention rate is the percentage of donors who give from year to year, or over any other specific time period. Start tracking your retention rates. To improve your retention rate over time, you first have to track it! Which types of campaigns or events saw the highest retention rates?

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

Tracking open and click-through rates for each segment provides data to refine messaging. Ongoing reporting about distributions, aid delivered, and people helped provides accountability and the incentive for donors to continue their support. Track donor preferences and engagement over time.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Direct mail is a major workhorse for all nonprofits. And regardless of what you hear or think about online giving, most gifts still come via the mail. This week guest blogger Gail Perry is back with her top tips to help us all raise more money by mail. 112 Tips to Raise More Money by Mail. Thanks Gail! Penelope Burk).

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2021

While these changes give users more control over how their data and information are being shared, they’re also forcing organizations to change the way they track and report on their digital performance. which included a new privacy feature called App Tracking Transparency. Fewer return visitors.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

Your nonprofit needs you working in your strengths , not setting up your newsletter in Mail Chimp or scheduling your next Facebook post. You can peruse the listings of hundreds of VAs, check out the types of services they offer, and see the ratings and reviews from previous employers. Nor should you. Remember, you get what you pay for.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

A fundraising strategy helps keep you on track by offering deadlines and benchmarks to hit throughout the year. That’s because all nonprofits have similar goals, including connecting with more donors, boosting their donor retention rates, and developing strategic, sustainable partnerships with other organizations. Major gifts.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Credit card payments are donors’ preferred giving methods— 63% of donors prefer to give online with a credit or debit card , followed by direct mail (16%), PayPal (10%), wire transfer (5%), cash (4%), digital wallet (1%), and text-to-give (1%). per transaction. The ACH fee is 0.8% + $0.30 per transaction. per transaction 7.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

While it’s impossible to track these donations unless you poll your online donors, the more your nonprofit utilizes social media to build your online brand and your e-newsletter list, the more likely potential online donors are to discover your nonprofit—and your nonprofit’s “Donate Now” landing page. Monitor Your Charity Ratings and Reviews.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

A 2022 report by The Fundraising Effectiveness Project revealed a steep drop in donor retention over the previous year. Through direct mail?) But there’s a catch: Collecting extra data is useful, but adding additional fields to your donation form will decrease your conversion rates. After reading a Facebook post? Been a client?)

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2010

You may already know you can use Google Analytics to track your Google AdWords campaigns. Generate the Tracking URL . Awhile back, I wrote about tracking click-throughs using query strings. Awhile back, I wrote about tracking click-throughs using query strings. note: Actually, they have.]. Turns out, it's really easy.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2014

We impact over 10,000 lives each year, and in 2013 we had a donor retention rate of 43% ( compared to 27% ). So far, we are on track to hit our goal of 45% this year. So, what led to our above industry average donor retention rates? Action tracking: Our department tracks everything in our CRM, Raiser’s Edge.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

But before you can capitalize on the information stored in your CRM or other nonprofit software, you need to know exactly what analytics to track in the first place. Reporting on goals and maintaining accountability. There are virtually unlimited metrics you can track— if you can collect the data, you can analyze it.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

From 2009 to 2010, the open rate for organizations of all sizes and sectors declined by 12% on average. The fundraising response rate fell by 19%, while the advocacy response rate fell by 7%. Meanwhile, unsubscribe rates held steady from 2009 to 2010. Highlights. Get Started Increasing Your Engagement.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

This can take the form of vehicles like written mail, face-to-face or phone conversations, electronic communications, or any combination of these. Bloomerang’s email tool uses the same filtering mechanism as our reports, so you can filter for exactly the group you’re wanting to send to.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Likely a sign of best practices to come, their donation pages simply ask for credit card information and an email address (not a mailing address) and have an extensive offering of different ways to donate. According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 33% of donors worldwide give tribute gifts.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Use your CRM to develop a report template to measure your program’s impact. This report should list metrics such as: Program ROI Retention rate Number of gifts secured Average donation size Average giving capacity Number of asks By reviewing these metrics, you can identify opportunities to continue improving your major gift program.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

These same metrics are important to track during crises to effectively determine which indicators can signal alarm. Useful analytics come from a comprehensive data set, typically from a donor management software, that can be manipulated into an intuitive report that anyone can digest. What can data help your nonprofit achieve?

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Nonprofits can benefit from this kind of software to make it easy for donors to sign up for fundraising events and for organizations to keep track of registrations. You should also be able to integrate with your email marketing tools so you can easily share your event registration page with your mailing lists!

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