Pamela Grow

JULY 10, 2024

Individual donations dropped by 2.4%, with their share of total giving slightly decreasing from 67.4% In contrast, the Giving USA Foundation’s annual report highlights that donations rose to $557.16 Donation Sources: Individuals: Donated $374.4 Corporations: Donated $36.55 Stay the course. Despite a 1.7%

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Chances are your organization has some kind of donation form on your website. But it’s also likely that you haven’t created a donation page that converts as well as it could. But what does it mean for a donation form to be truly outstanding? What are the features of a good donation form? Not sure how?

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 6, 2023

That’s why it’s essential to have a donor retention plan in place. Having a donor retention strategy in place to retain year-end donors is the best way to get a good return on the investment you put into acquiring them. 114 ÷ 367) x 100 = 31, so they had a 31% donor retention rate. Let’s take a look.

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CauseVox

JULY 14, 2021

Here’s a look at how your nonprofit can benefit from the new Auto-Pledge forms on CauseVox: Auto-Pledges Help You Increase Gift Size. With Auto-Pledges, any donor can become a major donor for your nonprofit, because donors are able to break out larger gifts into installed payments over a period of time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The webinar was designed as a supplemental course to the webinar series required to earn a Certificate in Digital Marketing & Fundraising. According to the Fidelity Charitable Overcoming Barriers to Giving Report , 65% of donors would give more if they knew the impact of their donations. Promote Your Tribute Gifts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2022

Imagine what your organization could accomplish in 2022 if you began each initiative with clean, streamlined donor records that record donations from your online forms and update automatically , an arsenal of canned reports to track key metrics, and a solid plan to prioritize each donor segment individually. Autumn 2022. Crowdfunding.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2023

Of course, the more you exert a powerful magnetic pull the more likely they are to be attracted toward the center of the vortex. It’s the reason so many donor programs have retention rates representing three steps forward, two steps back. Let’s stop giving gifts, and donors, these outdated labels. This can be any dollar amount.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Writing an effective nonprofit donation receipt is important, but it doesn’t have to be stressful! But a well-crafted donation receipt has lots of other benefits. Why do donation receipts matter? When a donor makes a contribution to your organization, they need proof of the gift for their tax records.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 27, 2021

Two of the tried-and-true methods for raising dough, sponsorships, and charitable donations, can cause a lot of confusion. Some sponsorships are charitable donations whereas others are actually non-charitable support. To test whether funds received are a tax-deductible gift or a sponsorship, see if there is reciprocity involved.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2023

Online fundraising platforms are software solutions that your nonprofit can use to solicit, accept, and process donations made via the internet. Many online fundraising platforms also make it easy for supporters to start fundraisers of their own to gather donations on behalf of your organization. What are online fundraising platforms?

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

Fundraising is a year-round concern for nonprofit organizations, delivering the critical donations and contributions they need to keep their operations running. Given the high cost of new donor acquisition, the best course of action may be to focus on the supporters you already have and get them more involved in your mission.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Setting up an online donation system might seem like an easy next step in your nonprofit’s journey. With no pre-planning, quickly setting up an online donation tool certainly might be easy and quick. Transfer current data to your new donation processing tool. Integrate your processor with your donation page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

The first “Donate Now” button was released in 1999 by a project of the Tides Foundation called Groundspring (acquired by Network for Good in 2005) and for the next two decades, nonprofit professionals have embraced the study of inspiring people to give online to good causes. 1) Implement Donation Page Best Practices.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If you’re getting people to your website, how are you getting them to make you a donation you can’t refuse? Here are our picks for the top donation platforms for nonprofits to help optimize your digital fundraising efforts. So what’s the best donation platform? We’re asked this question a lot at Whole Whale. Click To Tweet.

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Classy

JUNE 4, 2021

A simple way to boost funds with minimal effort is to allow your donors to double eligible donations through employer matching gift programs. Matching gift programs are a form of corporate philanthropy in which companies financially match the individual donations their employees make to charitable organizations.

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Pamela Grow

APRIL 29, 2023

According to the latest data from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project , nonprofits continue to face a concerning decline in donors and donations. And the retention of those new donors was a leading cause of the decline. The struggle to retain donors is widespread, with the lowest recorded donor retention rate at 42.6%.

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Classy

JULY 7, 2021

You could master a strategy to attract thousands of supporters to your campaigns, but it’s your donation process that determines if they complete a donation. We’re spilling the tea behind the transaction details that seem simple, but hold the power to transform your campaigns into a donation (and recurring donation ) machine.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

By automating thank-you emails and other interactions to get to your donors quicker, you can increase your donor retention rate, ultimately boosting your fundraising efforts. With built-in tools for personalization, you can automate your donation appeals without giving up the personal aspect that inspires donors to give in the first place!

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you know that raising major gifts is one of the most strategic efforts your organization will complete. Major gifts are not only a highly-strategic effort, but also a high-stakes one— for many nonprofits, over 80% of their total fundraising dollars come from major contributions alone.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Do you know what your retention rates are or how to increase donor loyalty? The sorry state of donor retention has been a topic of discussion for at least the past decade, since the Fundraising Effectiveness Project Report began collecting data. Yet too many nonprofits still don’t prioritize donor retention strategies. .

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The minute you understand and act on this, your retention rates will rise. It’s worth noting that a recent study by Philanthropy Daily found that 49% of lapsed donors who hadn’t made a gift in at least two years believe themselves to be current donors. How lapsed is “lapsed”? How valuable are recently lapsed donors? You have a 2.2%

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Bloomerang

JUNE 2, 2023

If you’re a small charity If you’re a small charity, and receive just a few gifts a day, you could reasonably call every donor. You just want to establish trust – the foundation of all lasting relationships – showing donors you received their gift, appreciate it, and will put it right to work as per their intention. It may be the E.D.,

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sgEngage

JUNE 30, 2021

Thanking your don ors , recognizing them publicly, inviting them to events, and giving them gifts are just some of the ways your organization can show appreciation and make supporters more likely to give again. Increase donor retention. Thank-you gifts. Encourage donors to give more. Inspire others to give.

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Pamela Grow

JULY 24, 2024

To accomplish this, track metrics like participation rates, supporter acquisition and retention, total revenue raised, and conversions from each marketing channel. Gift Card Fundraising Another way your nonprofit’s supporters can shop for your cause is through gift card fundraising.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. How many people attempted to make a donation on your website but left the site before they completed their transaction? If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance.

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sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

Of course, as one of your most important annual fundraisers, it can be challenging to know where to begin when it comes to planning a Giving Tuesday campaign. For example, if you discover your donor retention rate is falling, you can focus on donor stewardship in the months leading up to Giving Tuesday to boost retention.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2022

A few lowlights from our past: Letting the donor get too close to the wealth screen, not reading the room to realize who the real decision-makers were, asking for a big gift without the proper cultivation, and not doing our donor research. You should know the average gift in a will is approximately USD $37,000! .

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Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

Once a donor’s initial gift is made, you can’t simply ignore them afterwards and expect them to give again. Instead, you should offer a range of options on your donation form, based on that person’s giving history. They want to know where their donations go and who it helps. Finally, donations of $250 or above receive a plaque.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 24, 2024

The six pieces you need in your fundraising strategy How to create your fundraising strategy The six pieces you need in your fundraising strategy While no two nonprofits are alike, they all share common goals, like donor connection and retention , memorable fundraising events, and supportive partnerships.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2023

The donor journey is a lengthy process, ending with a donation, joining a membership program, volunteering, or getting involved in some other way before restarting again. For instance, when recognizing a donor , you might thank them for their most recent gift and give an update on a campaign that they recently supported.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

It starts with a detailed analysis of your donor base, including average gift size, retention rates, and cost per acquired donor. Donor acquisition is the process of attracting new supporters and convincing them to donate to your cause through marketing efforts. What is the difference between donor acquisition and retention?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

Both outright (annual and major gifts) and deferred (legacy gifts). It costs from 5 to 25 cents on the dollar to renew current donors and/or generate major, capital and legacy gifts from individuals. Likewise, the easier you can make it for your organization to receive donations, the more you will secure your future.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

People donate because they want to do good. Every donor, regardless of the amount they give, deserves to be treated with respect and given a good experience — both during AND after the donation process. When a donor clicks that Donate button and makes a gift, what’s the very next thing they experience?

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Over the course of just one year, corporations gave $20.77 Workplace giving software is any digital platform that enables corporate giving programs , such as matching gifts, volunteer grants, and corporate volunteerism. Essentially, when a supporter donates they can either : Enter their workplace email address.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 11, 2021

I know about donor retention rates, goals, etc., Whatever your mission, the better you tailor your message to what’s top of mind for people, the more likely you’ll be able to inspire them to make a gift to you now. Acquisition strategy and retention strategy go hand-in-hand. These can be downloaded for free.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

And whether you’re seeking to acquire more donors, increase gift size, or increase donor retention, just make sure your site is optimized and easy for potential donors to give you money as they’ve really come to expect an easy and seamless experience from anything they do online. More on that later).

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Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

Increasing retention: Increases in retention can come from better engagement and improved abilities to track those that are in danger of leaving your organization. Of course, this is not a strategy that can be supported by Excel spreadsheets or simpler tracking methods.

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