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April is National Volunteer Month. Do you know where your volunteers are? 

Candid

So, what can organizations do to better engage and retain volunteers in 2025? These articles explain the role volunteers play in building community relationships and resilience. So, what can nonprofits do to recruit these essential volunteersand retain them? Proven strategies for engaging and retaining volunteers.

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End-of-Year Giving Campaign: 13 Successful (Yet Underutilized) Strategies

CauseVox

We’ve got all kinds of challenge ideas and more in our 200+ Fundraising Ideas article ! Thanking your donors is an essential step in retaining your year-end donors. Luckily, this article has everything you need to write the perfect year-end appeal. Host a Gala or Virtual Gala Bring your community together with a Gala fundraiser.

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

CauseVox

From these stats, you would have retained 40% of your donors, and lost 60%. The Art Of The Thank You The first piece in any donor retention strategy (especially one for retaining year-end donors) is the thank you. For example, say you had 100 donors from last year that returned to give gifts again out of the total 250 donors.

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Tips to Improve Your Nonprofit’s Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

OneCause

Retaining participants : Build an ongoing relationship with participants to keep them coming back year after year. Use the tips in this article to try something new and watch your peer-to-peer program grow to new levels! Theres almost always an opportunity to take your peer-to-peer fundraising up a notch.

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Foundation grants, check. Corporate support, check. What else can nonprofits do to diversify funding streams? 

Candid

In recent articles, we’ve discussed foundation grants and corporate support as potential avenues to explore for organizations affected by federal funding cuts. While these funding streams can help fill some of the gaps, they’re only a partial remedy for a sector that has been heavily reliant on government support.

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Perfecting the Thank-You Call: How a Five-Minute Phone Chat Can Triple Donor Retention

Center for Major Gifts

In this article, well discuss how making thank-you calls a key part of your donor stewardship routine can boost donor retention and fundraising results and show you how to make effective calls for your organization. A quick, heartfelt phone call can be a game-changer when it comes to retaining donors and inspiring future giving.

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Leveraging Matching Gifts Programs to Boost Donor Retention

Blackbaud

In this article, well help you understand how to make this magic relationship work for you. There are multiple reasons nonprofits should always be aiming for high levels of retention, not the least of which is that its significantly more cost-effective over time to retain than to acquire donors.