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How to Monitor & Adjust Your Fundraising Development Plan Throughout the Year

CauseVox

They are living documents, serving as a “north star” to guide your organization to success. Sample fundraising calendar Be sure to update your quarterly and monthly totals for the year, comparing them to your original goals. Pledges are not only a great way to get larger gifts over time, they’re also incredibly convenient.

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How to Grow Your Monthly Giving Program

CauseVox

The benefits of this type of campaign are numerous, including convenience for donors and a higher retention rate for monthly givers. Of course, they have the option to opt out at any time, but there is a 90% retention rate for monthly givers. A welcome email series can drastically improve your donor retention.

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How to Craft Your Annual Nonprofit Development Plan

CauseVox

Use a spreadsheet to document all fundraising endeavors, assessing expenses, benefits, and key details for each. When outlining each fundraiser, use a fundraising calendar to maintain a balance—ensuring enough activities to meet budgetary needs without overstretching your resources.

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One of Your Fundraisers Is Leaving: What Your Nonprofit Should Do to Prepare

Bloomerang

With the average fundraiser’s tenure being a short 18 months combined with an already over-extended team , this complex and prevalent staff retention issue impacts the ability of countless organizations to successfully fuel their mission. This calendar is a result of mapping out your fundraising strategy into a fundraising plan.

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[VIDEO] 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success

Bloomerang

Jacobwith will show you five powerful and simple “must do’s” to cut through year-end fundraising noise, help increase your Giving Tuesday success, and increase donor retention. Make a five-year pledge for $1,000 a year.” The thing that I’ll tell you is donor retention is what we’re talking about. ” Bam.

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[VIDEO] Keeping Your Donor Database Healthy, Wealth, and Wise

Bloomerang

And appeals can be very specific things like your fall appeal, your calendar year-end appeal. So I’ll do something like calendar year-end appeal 2020, calendar year-end appeal 2021, and make sure the naming conventions are consistent. So following a large campaign pledge, sometimes. It can be things like events.