Candid

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Donors are an important part of any nonprofit’s mission. Yet, according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project , donor retention rates have been falling since 2020. Such meaningful relationships can expand nonprofits’ networks, ensure funding for critical initiatives, and strengthen bonds with longtime supporters.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Thanking creates loyalty Did you know that 53% of donors stop giving because they feel unappreciated, and 41% cite lack of acknowledgment or thanks as their reason? Conversely, loyal donors give 42% more over their lifetime and are 70% more likely to leave a planned gift.

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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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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2025

Now is the time to make sure that your organization has donor retention strategies in place to bring those year-end supporters with you into 2025. You might be asking why you need to put a ton of time and energy into bringing your donors back for a second donation. Youre saving money by improving your donor retention.

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Candid

JANUARY 7, 2025

Every nonprofit wants donors who are deeply connected to the work they fundsupporters who dont just write checks but are invested in the mission. But this requires organizations to do something they find uncomfortable: asking donors to change. Nonprofits are experts at fulfilling donor needs, not the other way around.

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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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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

How confident are you that the right strategy is in place to turn one-time donors into long-term supporters? However, many fundraising teams lack the right strategy to turn a year-end donor into a sustaining supporter of their mission. Tap technology to support the donor journey and manage mission success.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 31, 2025

Its critical to effectively communicate and build relationships with stakeholders during challenging times. In this and any moment of change – youll rely on what makes you great at your job: proactive communication, tracking the data, and maintaining trust to build relationships and strengthen your cause.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Its an opportunity to deepen relationships, show gratitude, and keep the conversation going, turning one-time participants into lifelong supporters. 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 Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2024

Donor retention is important. All that is true, but the fact remains that donor retention is a struggle. Retaining your donors requires building relationships with them, and those relationships will rely heavily on effective communication. Can Tech Tools Solve Donor Retention? The short answer is “no.”

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 30, 2023

Classy released its sixth annual The State of Modern Philanthropy 2023 report which examines data from 34 million donors. The interactive digital report highlights how nonprofits can leverage the latest technologies to create authentic digital experiences for donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Fundraising comes down to one thing: relationships. The ability to track and monitor those relationships should be the #1 priority for organizations seeking to expand their donor base or increase their revenue. Bloomerang also has smart features that include automatic address updates and NCOA updates for deceased donors.

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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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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. Inevitably, a donor or prospect will ask, But what you do you personally think about? Maybe the donor is just curious.

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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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CauseVox

APRIL 28, 2025

More specifically, how do we find new donors who care about our cause just as much as our current supporters do? Whether you’re prepping for your next campaign or just trying to shake that donor fatigue feeling, finding new donors doesnt have to be a shot in the dark. Heres why it works: people give to people.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Such subpar messages may be the reason that 63% of fundraisers feel uncomfortable using AI for personalized donor communications. When used thoughtfully, AI can actually help you be more human and strengthen your authentic connections with donors. Request too much and you risk donors feeling overwhelmed or pressured.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Many nonprofits struggle with low donor retention rates, yet the reasons supporters lapse arent always obvious. While financial constraints are often blamed, our research found that many donors stop giving for reasons nonprofits can fix. Why donors quietly disengage 1. Frame impact updates around the donors role.

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Allegiance Group

JANUARY 28, 2025

In response, a donor writes you a $20 check. But once the benefit is exchanged or used, whats left to keep a one-time donor coming back? Transactional Fundraising vs. Relationship Fundraising In transactional fundraising, someone donates to you in exchange for something else. Say you rely on 1,000 donors to give you $10 each.

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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

MARCH 4, 2023

That’s why it’s imperative for your nonprofit organization to have a presence on these platforms: the right social media strategy will allow you to meet supporters where they are and make sure your organization is easy to access and interact with. Consider your target donor audience as well as the constituents you serve.

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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. It is a single source of truth for all constituent data, including interactions with different teams and campaigns within your organization.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 29, 2022

Customer experience is how customers perceive their interactions with your organization, which greatly influences their loyalty and likelihood to recommend or evangelize the organization. . Today it’s not enough to simply have a great product or mission, great organizations must be intentional in creating a positive customer experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Your year-end fundraising campaigns should show your donors what you’ve accomplished together over the past year, and invite them to give toward an even brighter future. Done well, your year-end campaigns (print, email, and social media) will inspire donors to give generously at year’s end and throughout the year after.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2024

Today, text messaging platforms enable instant, direct interaction with wider audiences, facilitating greater fundraising, awareness campaigns, volunteer coordination, and real-time updates during crises. The integration of multimedia capabilities, such as video and photo sharing, has further enriched these interactions.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

To get the attention of your donors and increase their engagement, you can make your impact report come to life. Making your report web-based unlocks interactive opportunities to recap your achievements and connect with your stakeholders. To do that, it needs to live where your audience lives: online.

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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. The number of current major donors. The number of current mid-level donors. The number of repeat donors. The finance directors understanding of their role in helping put together compelling donor offers.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Register now and join us on Wednesday, September 20th, 2023, at 2:00 pm ET for “The Biggest Challenge Facing Nonprofits Today: Executable Strategies for Increasing Donor Acquisition, Building Lasting Relationships, and Increasing Donor Retention!”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

By Meredith Gray , Head of Marketing at Keela – a complete software solution for nonprofits looking to grow revenue, centralize and manage data, and deepen donor engagement. While this tool is a valuable asset for nonprofits, it shouldn’t be seen as a substitute for human interaction.

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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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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 20, 2023

Join us for this highly interactive, panel conversation webinar to gain valuable insights and advice from faith-based fundraising experts, including Dan Kearns, Executive Director for the Society of St.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 27, 2023

Join us for this highly interactive, panel conversation webinar to gain valuable insights and advice from faith-based fundraising experts, including Dan Kearns, Executive Director for the Society of St.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Offering donors the option of becoming monthly or sustaining supporters makes that revenue source even more reliable. Relationship-building, communication, commitment to the cause, perseverance, creativity, and project management are all transferable skills that can be applied to fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 19, 2022

The effective accounting, donor management, and data analysis of donor activity has become essential as nonprofits have embraced online fundraising, virtual events, and fundraising on social media in recent years. Track all interactions with donors across all staff and all locations.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Online fundraising has become a popular option for organizations since it allows access to a wider donor base that can support their mission regardless of location. Online fundraising opens the door to a range of creative ways to connect with potential donors. It’s also how donors prefer to support.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 12, 2020

By Ines Alvergne , Content Marketing Specialist at Keela – a cloud-based CRM and fundraising platform that gives nonprofits powerful, intelligent tools to manage your donors, mobilize your volunteers, market your nonprofit, and raise more money. You don’t want to bore your audience right from the start of your relationship.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Did you know as many as 81% percent of new donors don’t return to give again? And only 43% of all donors remain loyal? Do you know what your retention rates are or how to increase donor loyalty? Yet too many nonprofits still don’t prioritize donor retention strategies. . Consumers want a relationship with a brand.

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