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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Pamela Grow

APRIL 11, 2025

Those lovely, caring donors who gave again and again. Yes, many of your donors especially retirees or those nearing retirement are watching their portfolios take a hit. Midlevel and major donors may grow more cautious. And yes, if history is any indicator, well likely see a dip in giving. Stay in touch with your donors.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 18, 2024

These challenges make sustainable donor support essential for creating lasting solutions. For nonprofit professionals serving rural communities, building strong donor relationships starts with clear communication about local needs and measurable outcomes. Nonprofit professionals need distinct strategies for each setting.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 4, 2020

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. The number one reason why major donor prospects say no to an ask is that they haven’t been properly cultivated. All is not lost.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This form of fundraising provides predictable (and often unrestricted) future funding, strengthens relationships with loyal supporters, and builds powerful social proof among your community. Understanding donor motivations will inform your entire fundraising approach, from research to segmentation, outreach to stewardship.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

By Stasia Hural , Digital Marketing Lead at Keela – a complete software solution for nonprofits looking to grow revenue, centralize and manage data, and deepen donor engagement. They can now analyze lots of data, understand donor behavior, and tailor their strategies. Predictive analytics helps organizations expect donor behavior.

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frontstream

JANUARY 15, 2025

Building strong relationships with donors is vital for executing your nonprofits mission. You need to give your outreach a personal touch to build personal relationships. That means you need to know more about each donor than their name and address. Thats where a nonprofit donor database comes in.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

As a tech leader at a growing social impact organization, you know that migrating to an enterprise-scale constituent relationship management (CRM) system can be a daunting proposition. Youre Managing Complex Engagements with Major Donors Major donors often require a high level of engagement and personalized attention.

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Bloomerang

MAY 10, 2022

The foundation of an effective fundraising strategy is built on the relationships your team forms with the people who power your mission. Every member of your nonprofit team already knows how to build strong relationships with friends, co-workers, family members, significant others, and more. What is donor stewardship?

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 8, 2020

When you implement donor research in your fundraising strategy, you’ll learn more about your existing donors and spot potential major giving opportunities. There are a few indicators to look out for to find and engage more consistent (and maybe even major) donors. Their donation history. Their volunteer history.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A monthly giving program, also known as a monthly giving society or circle, is where donors sign up to automatically donate a specified amount to an organization each month. Donation pledges are donor promises to give an organization a certain amount of money over a set period. What is a Monthly Giving Program?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Donors share their good fortune with those in need. Best Fundraising Tips for Donor Engagement What works for one supporter does not necessarily resonate with another. Planned giving donors want to be part of a legacy, so think brick-and-mortar. Here’s how our experts improve engagement with various donor segments.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 12, 2023

Create a donor experience that strengthens supporter relationships. According to the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the average donor retention rate in the U.S. As nonprofits work on strengthening donor relationships to improve retention, there has been an increased focus on the donor experience.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2021

It’s important to have a plan in place for donor acknowledgement and John Killoran, Founder of Snowball Fundraising, lends his expertise from assisting over 7,000 nonprofits below. . Donor appreciation should be a crucial aspect of your overall fundraising strategy from the moment you start your nonprofit. Thank your donors publicly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 25, 2024

Automation tools like HubSpot , Salesforce’s Marketing Cloud and Mailchimp Automation can help you engage with a wide range of contacts, from top-of-the-funnel unaware prospects to current and past donors. The CRM is the single source of truth for the organization, tracking all engagement for each donor.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

By Emily Rose Patz , Senior Copywriter at DonorPerfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. There is a fundraising software that will help your staff manage fundraising campaigns and donor data efficiently and engage and grow your donor base. 3) Support.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2025

based donors in 2024, down just one from 2023. Other mega gifts to higher education included $200 million from an anonymous donor to Catawba College, $150 million from Byron Trott toward recruiting rural students, and a bequest of at least $150 million from Glenn and Barbara Britt to Dartmouth College. billion from $5.4

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2022

At one of the first auction events she worked, she was reprimanded for showing a donor a seat a the far end of the room. Another coworker quickly took over and showed that donor to another seat right up front. Nonprofits use donor management software or a donor database to organize their donor data and ensure its accuracy.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Donation request letters, whether sent via email or direct mail, are one of the most effective ways to reach donors and solicit gifts. By personalizing your donation letters, your nonprofit can increase fundraising revenue and develop long-lasting supporter relationships.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 15, 2024

One of the best ways to understand your auction’s target audience is through supporter segmentation, which GivingDNA defines as “a strategy that nonprofits use to separate a donor base into smaller subgroups based on shared traits and characteristics.” Happy fundraising!

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In fact, a recent Global Trends in Giving report reveals that 33% of donors in the U.S. In this article, we explain why email campaigns are a perfect place to begin engaging your donors and how your nonprofit can use email to its advantage starting today. Well cover: Why is investing in email marketing for nonprofits worth it?

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Alice Rossignol, Nonprofit Consultant Avoid AI Shortcuts and Put Yourself in the Donor’s Shoes Some suggest grant writing can be done by AI. Grant writing, like any fundraising, is about match-making a donor’s interest in impact with your organization’s mission and outcomes.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

What is Donor Engagement? Not all donors are created equal. Imagine you have two donors who each give $100. Will you communicate to both donors the same way? If you aren’t measuring donor engagement, you might have to. Donor Engagement Factors. Cash/check donor. Years given. Opens emails.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Your donors arent just names in your nonprofits CRM. The messages you send are more than fundraising appeals ; theyre opportunities to nurture relationships, share your story, and inspire action. In an age dominated by digital outreach, direct mail fundraising remains a powerful tool for nonprofits to connect with donors.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

In the world of nonprofit fundraising , meeting with a donor for coffee (or any in-person meeting), whether they are a potential supporter or a current contributor, is one of the most crucial interactions you’ll have. The donor might feel that their time has been wasted, or worse, they may question the competence of your entire organization.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

Connecting with new donors is crucial to growing your nonprofit’s supporter base and ultimately raising more for your cause. New donors invigorate your nonprofit with a fresh wave of funding and engagement. In this guide, we’ll cover 10 strategies for finding and engaging new donors. Conduct prospect research.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 29, 2021

That blog grew into Outdoor Afro , a nationwide leadership network helping Black people engage with the outdoors, learn about the Black history of public spaces, and support conservation efforts. What role does unearthing and celebrating Black history play in Outdoor Afro’s mission and work? RM: It’s a huge part of what we do.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 1, 2024

As nonprofit professionals, we spend a lot of time focused on major donors or on crowdfunding campaigns that target smaller donors. As a result, we can often miss the hidden gems of our donor base, the passionate, engaged, and consistently generous mid-level donors.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The right donors can make all the difference, but finding them—that’s where your challenge begins. You’ll need a blend of strategy, data, and smart relationship-building to find those key donors and maximize your GivingTuesday results. And spoiler alert: it’s not just about past donors—though they’ll be a big part of the plan.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

What role does design play in TWLOHA’s history and present-day work? Some months are heavy on product design, others will be about major donor campaigns , and some months like November and December have a lot of sales-driven content. What do donors and/or supporters expect from TWLOHA in terms of design? How do you work?

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Kindful

MARCH 25, 2021

Nonprofit marketing leaders are always thinking about how to best communicate with their donors. Personalized and valuable communication is what builds relationships, and long-lasting donor relationships are what set the foundation for nonprofit growth. You’ll be exploring: What type of donor data should you collect?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 23, 2024

And one of the most powerful ways to achieve this is by using donor segmentation to communicate more directly with your supporters. A message that resonates with long-term, repeat donors will fall flat with a lapsed donor. Where are your donors located? But geographic donor segmentation isn’t just for large organizations.

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2021

Consistently attracting new potential donors is vital for you to expand your mission and, more importantly, to have the funding needed to make it through unexpected times. Unfortunately, if you can’t have in-person events or if you don’t have a big marketing budget, finding new donors can be difficult. . demographics.

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Greater Giving

JULY 18, 2023

Donor Data Management How To Supercharge Relationships You’ve spent weeks, months, or even years collecting every bit of data your donors produce. Your donor data may include phone numbers, emails, birthdays, donation history, and even meal preferences. Identify opportunities to increase donors’ value.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 31, 2024

As 2023 has drawn to a close, tax season looms on the horizon, and we nonprofits gear up for a unique opportunity—issuing tax summaries to our donors. Bloomerang refers to them as tax summaries—which they are—but they also summarize each donor’s cumulative giving. Allow me to explain. What are tax summaries?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

According to the 80/20 rule in major donor fundraising, 80% of a nonprofit’s total revenue comes from the top 20% of its donors—and for some nonprofits, this might even be closer to a 90/10 ratio. You can upgrade your nonprofit’s current strategy to reach and identify more qualified prospective major donors by using data.

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