Bloomerang

JANUARY 10, 2025

Todays question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on the pros and cons of public donor listings: Dear Charity Clairity, There has been some concern about the fact we have our $1,000+ donors listed on our website. As you intuit, there is no one right way to approach donor listings. So, thank you! How do you know?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

By Stephanie Kanak , Content Strategist at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Did you know that 63% of Giving Tuesday donors only give on Giving Tuesday ? What if you could convert those one-time donors into engaged supporters that give again?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

In other words, you create donor journeys. . If you’ve never done so, developing donor journeys (also known as donor journey mapping) can feel like quite an undertaking. What are my donor personas? Below, I’ll break down the basics and share my four top donor personas that will help get you started. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 19, 2019

Your most loyal donors are your multichannel donors. Multichannel donors support you in every way possible. You should want all of your donors to interact with your organization the way multichannel donors do! How can you identify your multichannel donors? Engage them consistently. Email them.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 14, 2025

Fundraising success relies on strong donor relationships, but manual data management makes engagement difficult. The Daxko Operations + Bloomerang integration eliminates this challenge by automating donor insights, strengthening retention, and enhancing engagement.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 13, 2023

As many wealthy individuals and families now prefer working through intermediaries, such as lawyers, DAFs, and donor advisories to handle their giving activities, nonprofits are finding this increased distance to be challenging. Here are some tips to help your organization adjust.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Donor retention on steroids – Make it monthly I implore you to make soliciting recurring donations a priority. Retention is a phenomenal 80 – 90% compared with under 20% for new one-time donors and just 45% when ongoing donors are added to the mix. Donor lifetime value skyrockets from 1.73 years among monthly donors.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Before exploring specifics about planned giving prospects, you must understand something much more fundamental—why donors choose to give through bequests and other planned gifts in the first place. Understanding donor motivations will inform your entire fundraising approach, from research to segmentation, outreach to stewardship.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 19, 2021

If you ask for a monthly gift, you’ll want the donor to be very conscious, alert and intent about making that commitment. You want them to actively choose the amount and frequency, and complete the payment information before they hit submit. .

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Or theyre told they must bring in X number of new donors at the organizations major gift level. Mid-level, major, and legacy gifts are a long game. The number of current major donors. The number of current mid-level donors. The number of repeat donors. Perhaps the donor loves the ED or the board president.

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sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2025

She was feeling increasingly frustrated with the high rate of donor churn at her organization. Her major donor, sponsor, and planned giving programs were using best practices throughout the entire moves management cycle , with lots of prospecting, relationship-building activities, and special high-touch interactions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Every visitor of your nonprofit website is a potential donor. A good donor experience provides a great first impression. Delight new donors with embedded giving, and offer a reliable process that long-term supporters are happy to come back to. Empower Donors to Use the Device of Their Choice. Make Payments a Breeze.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Also, do bequest societies work to secure gifts? It appears these $5,000 donors may have felt this way when your legacy society was initiated, but… perhaps it’s been some time since they’ve felt the rewards for their giving? You don’t need to become an expert on complex gift vehicles (e.g., If so, what benefits should I list?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Recruit a match from a single donor or group of donors. What number of donors gave at end of year? What was our average gift amount? How many new first-time donors did we have at end of year? Schedule in-person ask visits with donors. Filter by date. What was our retention rate year over year?

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 4, 2020

It means all of your efforts, research, and cultivation will not be resulting in a gift from this prospect. Often, it means explaining to your boss, or to a referring board member, that no, you were not able to secure a donation, and no, the donor does not want to think about it… they outright declined. That being said, “no’s” happen.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2021

A large part of that is examining what actions define fundraising strategies that bring in more online donations and keep donors engaged each year. Reviewing their activity wall of donations to personally thank donors. Finding new opportunities to build donor relationships. Respond personally to new donation activity.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

As bridge builders whose success depends on forging authentic relationships with donors, fundraisers can sometimes find the line between the professional and the personal becoming blurred. This can be particularly complicated if the institution makes decisions that the gift officer disagrees with personally.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A nonprofit CEO, Dorethea, asks, “ Should I send holidays gifts to donors ?” Well, Dorethea, it depends on what type of gift and which donor segment (small, mid-size, or major givers) you have in mind. It also depends on your previous conversations or donor surveys. What defines a major donor varies.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In a fiercely competitive environment in which donors make difficult decisions not between the good and the bad, but between the good and the good, the goal needs to be forging, nurturing, and sustaining lifelong friendships. Emotion is a chief ingredient of bonding donor prospects with the missions of Americas more than 1.5

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

While Millennials and Gen Z donors made financial gifts, both groups also engage in a range of non-financial charitable activities.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

5 Effective Donor Retention Strategies for Small Nonprofits Its tempting for small nonprofits to focus heavily on donor acquisition. After all, the more donors who give, the more funds you get, and the larger your nonprofit becomes. Therefore, your nonprofit must first master the art of effective donor retention.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

According to the Fidelity Charitable Overcoming Barriers to Giving Report , 65% of donors would give more if they knew the impact of their donations. Annual reports are too infrequent and written for foundations and major donors, thus not ideal for reporting impact to small and mid-size donors. Promote Your Tribute Gifts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Some individual board members may want to start with “easier” tasks like thanking donors, but eventually, they should be directly helping raise thousands of dollars annually. Make a “ stretch gift ” that is very generous and is outside your normal giving pattern. Offer to help write short updates to keep donors informed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 4, 2021

By Emily Rose Patz , Senior Copywriter at DonorPerfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. The good news is that once you embrace digital donor engagement tools, most of the grunt work – like donation forms and gift acknowledgements – is done for you through automation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Nonprofits are hopeful that they can re-engage their donors from last year with a new eye on what’s ahead for the future of fundraising. To drive conversion and boost revenue, fundraising professionals will need to create campaigns that attract new supporters and prioritize donor experience. Nonprofits raised more than $2.47

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sgEngage

MARCH 10, 2025

The traditional endpoint for philanthropic giving used to be a hard close and a hand-off of the gift to an organization offering an adequately agreeable mission statement. Your supporters want to feel more ownership over their gift even after it changes hands. Today, donors see their gift as an investment in outcomes.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Your nonprofit’s mission may be the first thing to catch a donor’s eye, but it’s the experience you offer that not only converts them into a donor but keeps them coming back. It’s about how it makes donors feel. If the donor experience isn’t seamless, engaging, and empowering, your nonprofit will lose out.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

By spending time with these free resources, you’ll start to hear the same themes, such as diversifying your funding streams, finding the right donors for the work your organization does, and nurturing your relationship with your donors so they keep giving. I tweaked those activities, and money started pouring in!

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

To produce meaningful reports to help you do this, you must track all financial activity and ideally compare it to your budget, or your financial representation of what you think you’ll pursue during the year. There are four core reports, known as financial statements, that nonprofits should create to review financial data and activities.

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Charity Village

JANUARY 6, 2025

On April 3, join us for a free webinar to learn how to improve your donor engagement strategy for nonprofit success. Join DonorPerfect experts to shuffle your engagement strategy and ace your retention activities in one cohesive approach.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 27, 2023

Recurring giving is when a donor makes regular, ongoing donations to your nonprofit. These consistent gifts, known as recurring donations, help your organization’s long-term fundraising success and retention goals. More Donors Often, if donors feel like they can’t give enough to make a difference, they may not give at all.

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The Fundraising Authority

MARCH 28, 2021

Storytelling is one of the most challenging aspects of donor cultivation. This is especially true when engaging prospective donors who are new to your cause. While some of your volunteers may have never made a monetary gift to your organization, they certainly already understand your mission and the cause you serve.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2022

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 3, 2025

Nonprofits cant afford to overlook the power of re-engaging lapsed donorsstrengthening donor retention practices is now more critical than ever. percent of new donors retained year to date. Part of this process is identifying and re-engaging lapsed donors to improve your donor capture rate. Why do some donors lapse?

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Key Post-Event Follow-Up Messages Before you worry about any other potential stewardship activities, there are a few messages that your organization should send out after any event. How to Keep Donors Engaged Post-Event Your post-event messages are just the beginning of building stronger relationships with your donors.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Micro-sponsorships allow donors who may have less disposable cash to make larger gifts. Here are tips to leverage these at your nonprofit.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 2, 2024

It’s a day when donors, businesses, and communities come together to create positive change—and it’s also the perfect launchpad for your year-end fundraising efforts. Evaluate and Reflect on GivingTuesday’s Success After the flurry of GivingTuesday activity subsides, take a moment to pause and reflect. Consistency is key.

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