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Strategies to Increase Nonprofit Donor Retention Rates

Care2

Unfortunately, many nonprofits don't feel like they have the luxury of focusing on fundraising strategies that will bring in long-term results, which has led to low donor retention rates. According to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project, the commercial business customer retention rate is 94%.

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Making the most of mid-level

M+R

And, unfortunately, the reverse is also true—what seems like a minor drop-off in your mid-level acquisition or retention rates can create enormous drag on your revenue. . Do newly acquired mid-level donors retain at higher rates? Does this help us retain and upgrade our mid-level donors at faster rates? MASS EMAIL.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The purpose of the Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium is to highlight current best practices, lessons learned from the field, and trends in effective nonprofit and philanthropic board leadership, as well as board recruitment and retention. The Corps Network / Washington, DC / TBA. 2019 Washington Nonprofit Conference.

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Benchmarking Data You Can Use: Live from #BBCON

Connection Cafe

The median for membership retention is 50% and the median growth in membership revenue is 14%. Julia Kennard, CFO at EdVenture, offered insight on the negative impact that using Groupon has had on EdVenture’s retention rate because it relied on a discount to drive a membership sale. Fundraising Data. Admissions Data.

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Webinar: Converting Prospects to Multichannel Gold

Care2

Annual revenues are often 4x that of direct mail only donors, with higher retention and much better net. can dramatically improve response rates. Adam holds a BA in Economics from Southern Illinois University and lives in Washington, DC. If so, this webinar is for you. Multichannel donors are gold.

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9 Sessions You Can’t Miss at #bbcon 2016!

Connection Cafe

Like thousands of other fundraisers, I’ll be attending BBCON in Washington DC this week. Monthly giving still continues to grow and what I love about this session is that it will focus on the growth of existing programs and how organizations should evolve, test and focus on upgrades and retention. Friday, Oct 28.

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Good Lessons from a Bad Economy

NTEN

As a fundraising professional, it is easy to feel helpless in these conditions as you watch response rates, average gift, and total revenue decrease. The city of Washington, D.C. There is a powerful opportunity here. You could alleviate all sorts of budget shortfalls during a period of declining revenues due to less giving.