NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Retention rates declining? The Nonprofit’s Guide to Donor Science will challenge everything you thought you knew about effective donor acquisition and fundraising by showing you how to revolutionize your process with our new-world approach. Is your donor pool shrinking? Average gift size down? Feel like you’ve tried everything?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Investing in strategic email marketing can amplify your fundraising return on investment (ROI), engage supporters personally, and rally even more people to champion your mission. Fundraising emails play a key role in informing your audience about your campaigns purpose, goals, and how they can show their support.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2022

This guide is meant to help you prepare for each season in your fundraising year. Implement a multichannel fundraising strategy with plenty of different opportunities to give. Revenue from Facebook fundraisers alone grew by 14% last year. Transformative Multichannel Online Fundraising Ideas. Winter 2022.

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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. Therefore, your nonprofit must first master the art of effective donor retention. With these benefits in mind, weve compiled a list of strategies to help your nonprofit increase donor retention.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 1, 2025

Quick donation wins feel greatbut if you want to meet your fundraising goals year after year, you need more than a viral moment. You need a digital fundraising strategy that builds trust, deepens relationships, and turns curiosity into generosity time and time again. Thats where a full-funnel fundraising strategy comes in.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 8, 2025

Old fundraising models like the donor funnel fall short because they emphasize monetary contributions over meaningful connections. Our free guide explores four new models that deepen your relationships to drive engagement, retention, and donations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

While ChatGPT may be all the buzz, have you considered how it and other artificial intelligence tools could enhance your fundraising efforts ? For nonprofits, it’s proving to be a valuable resource for writing communications, deepening engagement with supporters, and fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 20, 2024

A supplemental post to 101 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits , the statistics listed below can guide your nonprofit in creating and maintaining a successful online fundraising strategy. Double the Donation ] The current donor retention rate is 41.9%. increase in revenue. billion—only 0.6%

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

In today’s fundraising sector, technology is vital. AI is becoming increasingly important in fundraising. Traditionally, fundraising has relied on old methods. They let organizations use data to improve their fundraising. They are moving to more efficient and effective fundraising. Nonprofits can embrace AI.

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DonorPerfect

MARCH 28, 2022

By Mallory Erickson Nonprofit organizations across the world are struggling with donor retention, with the average retention rate hovering around 45%. Of course, donor retention benchmarks vary depending on many factors, including the type of nonprofit. Contributors who Read More ».

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

By Paige Kutliek , SEO Manager at GoFundMe ––a free fundraising platform for charities, people, and the causes you care about. To date, more than 50 million donors have given over $5 billion through the GoFundMe fundraisers. 1) Choose the right fundraiser images and videos. 1) Choose the right fundraiser images and videos.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Seasoned fundraisers are well aware that fundraising involves a lot more than simply asking for donations. A fundraising calendar can help you streamline this process so you can raise more with less effort. Managing your fundraising efforts can be difficult, especially if you are working on a team.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 7, 2024

Old fundraising models like the “donor funnel” fall short because they emphasize monetary contributions over meaningful connections. Our free guide explores four new models that deepen your relationships to drive engagement, retention, and donations.

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Bloomerang

MAY 30, 2022

Nonprofits with written fundraising plans consistently outperform organizations without them. However, many nonprofits lack these important guiding strategies. One study found that 37% of organizations with budgets under $1 million and 22% of organizations with budgets over $1 million don’t have a fundraising plan in place.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

What if I told you that how you recruit peer-to-peer fundraisers and donors could be more efficient and result in more donations over time? . By creating donor retention strategies for retaining your past fundraisers and donors. Let’s take a look at how you can retain your peer-to-peer fundraisers! How are they helping?

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Learning how to manage volunteers effectively will help bridge the gap between recruitment and retention, ensuring more supporters stick around long-term. Volunteer management is the process of working with volunteers throughout their engagement with your organization, from recruitment to ongoing engagement and retention.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 15, 2024

His consulting firm, Mind the Gap Consulting , focuses on executive director coaching and training as well as fundraising and board development. For more tips, like moving to asynchronous work, see The Complete Guide to Implementing a Four-Day Workweek. Learn more in The Complete Guide to Implementing a Four-Day Workweek.

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Donor retention and engagement is on the 2022 goal list of many fundraisers we talk to, is it on yours? Our free eBook, A Buyer’s Guide to Fundraising Software, will help you identify tools to achieve that exact goal. Software decisions don’t need to be difficult, Bloomerang can help.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Online fundraising has been on an upward trajectory for years. But because of pandemic-related restrictions on in-person interactions, online fundraising increased by 32% in 2020. After a year of significant growth, online fundraising grew by a more modest 3% in 2021 , and the number of gifts increased by 5%.

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Allegiance Group

JANUARY 28, 2025

Theres one simple truth in fundraising: people will support the things they care most about. At a deeper level, fundraising is transactional: I give you something, and you give me something in return for my charity. By contrast, relationship fundraising is a deeper, more personal connection.

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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. [We’ll look at strategies 4 – 6 in the final installment, Part 3, of this series.]

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2024

Employee retention is critical for the health of any organization, particularly for nonprofits. High retention leads to better outcomes all around as the organization saves money and develops stronger performers internally. Plus, as a manager in a nonprofit, retention is a key component of your job.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Over the years, as we’ve spent more time on our phones and computers, peer-to-peer fundraising has become one of the core avenues through which individuals donate to and advocate for the nonprofits they love. What is peer-to-peer fundraising? . Types of peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns. Benefits of peer-to-peer fundraising.

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sgEngage

APRIL 22, 2025

But between fundraising, engaging volunteers , and delivering services to your community, dedicated recruitment efforts can fall by the wayside. In this guide, you’ll learn the intricacies of nonprofit recruitment so you can build a strong, data -driven recruitment strategy and form the best team possible.

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Bloomerang

JULY 12, 2024

As we near the end of the year, we’re entering a critical period where strategic planning and execution can make or break your annual fundraising goals. Why year-end fundraising is crucial 50% of nonprofits receive most of their yearly contributions during this period. December 25 inspires 77% of donors to give.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 25, 2024

In today’s fast-paced and economically uncertain world, nonprofit organizations (NPOs) face the critical task of fundraising effectively. DRMs can directly address industry challenges by offering tools for personalized communication and targeted outreach to support relationship building and retention. you’ve got a lot of competition.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

It’s one of the most high-profile fundraising days of the year. It’s easy to focus on fundraising success and forget about donor retention. But here’s the thing: Your GivingTuesday fundraising success is only part of the equation. Recurring donations are a powerful fundraising tool for two reasons. Here’s why.

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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. This email is a key piece in your donor retention strategy. . 1) Welcome email.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

While you may be aware on a general level that your CRM platform is becoming a headwind to your organization achieving its fundraising goals, the prospect of migrating vast amounts of data, retraining staff, and committing the money and resources required for a successful upgrade can make it tempting to say, Lets make do for another year.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy encompasses more than just earning donations from supporters. That’s why developing a strategic fundraising plan is necessary. We’ll cover: Why you should create a fundraising strategy. 6 elements your fundraising strategy should include. 10 steps to build your fundraising strategy.

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Candid

AUGUST 18, 2021

If efficiency, technology, and smarter fundraising have been on your nonprofit’s radar, you’ve almost certainly encountered artificial intelligence (AI). . AI can completely change how nonprofits engage donors and prepare for fundraising appeals. This quick guide will review the essentials. How AI for Nonprofits Works.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By personalizing your donation letters, your nonprofit can increase fundraising revenue and develop long-lasting supporter relationships. With that in mind, this guide is designed to help you craft engaging, inspirational donation request letters to send to supporters. Plus, these campaigns see average response rates of 5.3%.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

How to Measure: Track metrics like monthly recurring revenue (MRR), member retention rates, and customer lifetime value to reveal the effectiveness of different membership levels and pricing strategies. Finance should monitor how campaigns impact overall revenue growth and donor retention over time.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Whether you’re crafting an emergency plan to react to unexpected external circumstances or creating your strategy for the next two to five years, this guide will help your nonprofit get the most out of its strategic plan. Volunteer boards should take charge of fundraising. Let’s get started. Our nonprofit shouldn’t take any risks.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

If you are trying to fundraise without an annual fundraising plan, you are trying to bake a pie with a lot of ingredients but no recipe. Do you really want to make fundraising so hard? Do you really want to make fundraising so hard? Can you do it? But… that either requires a good memory or a lot of guesswork.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 9, 2021

In part one of this series, I outlined my top six fundraising strategies for 2021: . Investing in digital-first fundraising and marketing communications. You need to prioritize how you can increase your donor lifetime value by using a variety of strategies that increase donor retention and upgrades. Promote bequests.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 3, 2022

You survived the end-of-year fundraising season ! . After you’re done celebrating your wins, it’s time to evaluate the success of your end-of-year fundraising campaign. . Why you should evaluate your end-of-year fundraising campaign . So, ask yourself : What was your original fundraising goal? Key Messages .

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