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Top 5 Challenges for Nonprofits in 2023

Qgiv

They are: Donor retention Leveraging technology Economic uncertainty Fundraising events Donor communication and engagement 1. Donor Retention Donor retention as a metric has gained traction since 2001 when Adrian Sargeant published the first academic research on the financial impact of increased donor retention.

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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. 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%. How lapsed is “lapsed”? The second thing you must know is what defines a lapsed donor.

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Nonprofit CRM Trends Plus How to Choose an eCRM - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

One bit of evidence that this is working well is that our client retention rate is about 99%.and Philip King: Ask about their client retention rate: I think this is key. and thats not because weve locked up our clients in a complicated contract thats expensive to break!