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4 Top Donor Retention Strategies to Keep Your Year-End Donors

CauseVox

To do this you can: Gather the total number of donors in 2023/2024. You can also look at the number of first time donors from 2023 who gave a second gift in 2024 (your first-time donor retention rate). Use your donation software such as a CRM or even a spreadsheet to track and monitor this essential donor data.

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How to Prepare Your Grantmaking for Economic Uncertainty (and Why Now is Different)

Blackbaud

According to the 2023 Nonprofit Workplace Survey , 51.7% Start with flexible applications that feed directly into your CRM. When your CRM and grantmaking tools work together, you can spend less time managing data and more time focusing on your mission. of nonprofits have more staff openings than before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Exploring Alternative Nonprofit Funding Sources: 6 Ideas

Get Fully Funded

million DAF accounts were open as of 2023, and the average value of a DAF account was $141,000. To start analyzing your data, use your CRM to collect and store fundraising information, then look for patterns that emerge using analytic platforms or AI tools. These funds hold vast potential: recent data shows that over 1.7

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Annual Giving Basics: A Fundamental Guide for Yearly Donations

Blackbaud

Total donor count is decreasing: The number of donors who gave in 2023 decreased by 5.3% Revenue per donor is increasing: The average donor gave $865 in 2023 compared to $673 in 2019. Annual Giving Key Stats In addition to your organization’s proprietary data, here are a couple of helpful industry benchmarks and trends to keep in mind.

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Donor Cultivation Cycle: Tips for Each Major Stage of Fundraising

Blackbaud

Although the news is a little better for the retention of repeat donors, who account for 37% of all donors, even this loyal group shrunk by nearly 5% from 2023 to 2024. According to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project , only 8% of first-time donors make a repeat gift.

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Here come the Autonomists: Redefining nonprofit work 

Candid

“I tried many different types of nonprofit work: direct service, fundraising, and even CRM sales for a large corporation. Nothing fit my goals and personality until I started my business in 2023,” says Kristi Scott, who now runs a consultancy focused on nonprofit email marketing. “My

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What is GivingTuesday? A Nonprofit’s Guide to a Global Giving Movement

Blackbaud

billion raised in the United States in 2024, a 16% increase over 2023 Over $18.5 Those gifts synced with their CRM, Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®, providing a 360-degree view of donors that helped form the future of their year-round stewardship strategy. Key Facts and Stats $3.6 billion in total U.S. The average donation value was $219.