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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. Per the FEP , donor retention rates (which have been falling at least since 2006, the first year of the FEP) continued to fall last year.

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Top Nonprofit Blogs to Bookmark Today

The Modern Nonprofit

In this blog, you’ll learn about: Annual Giving, Donor Retention, Major & Legacy Gifts, Online Fundraising, Boards & Leadership, Content Marketing, Social Engagement , Strategy & Management, and Culture & Values. Clairification . And their content will challenge you to do the same. BETH’S BLOG.

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10 Ways Board Members Can Fundraise WITHOUT Asking for Money

NonProfit Hub

Fourteen months later those same donors were giving 42 percent more than donors who didn’t get the call and they had a 70 percent retention rate. Give them a sample thank-you script, background on the donor, details on their gift and a few discovery questions they can ask to learn more about them. Set your board members up for success.

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[VIDEO] The Early Bird Guide to Epic End of Year Fundraising

Bloomerang

” Write your phone ask scripts and plan your list of who you’re going to call and what you’re going to ask for. In November I want you to set up all of your acknowledgments, your email autoresponder, your thank you cards, your thank you scripts. If you do that, I recommend giving them a script to make it super easy.

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