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From Lost To Loved: Turning Lapsed Donors Into Devoted Donors

Bloomerang

The minute you understand and act on this, your retention rates will rise. Here’s a sample: Dear [donor first name], I’ve been thinking about you and wondering how you are. That you, (donor first name), inspire me and our team at the (name of org) to keep fighting the good fight advocating for (target beneficiaries).

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Every tactic here is as much about retention and appreciation as it is about perks. This can be 4 emails a year dedicated to sponsors who give the org $10K or more. You can create small posters for sponsor businesses to show off that they are giving back and sponsoring your org, team, project, or campaign. Photo and Bio.

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112 Nonprofit Blog Posts, Articles, and Stories from 2013 You Can’t Miss.

Connection Cafe

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). Donor retention rates are depressing. More than 7 out of 10 donors were lost.

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