Qgiv

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

To run a silent auction, you’ll need to plan many logistics, such as how guests will bid on items, what items you’re procuring, and how you’ll process donations. If you need to budget more conservatively, recruit more volunteers to support the event or gather more in-kind donations rather than purchasing auction items yourself.

Procurement

Blackbaud

JUNE 18, 2025

GivingTuesday is a global movement that inspires millions of people to give back through donations, volunteering, and acts of kindness on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. In the United States alone, donations jumped from $400 million in 2018 to over $3.6 donations since the movement launched in 2012 36.1 Key Facts and Stats $3.6

Software

The Fundraising Coach

MAY 30, 2025

When your nonprofit aims to maximize donor outreach , you’re likely hoping to reach new supporters or secure recurring donations. Understanding Planned Gifts Let’s begin by understanding precisely what planned gifts are and how they differ from other types of donations. Do you have a strong base of long-term supporters you can tap?

CRM

Qgiv

APRIL 18, 2022

And what’s the difference between a fundraising CRM and a fundraising platform? This blog post will break down what a fundraising CRM is, what a fundraising platform is, and the key differences between them. What is a fundraising CRM? There are for-profit and nonprofit CRMs out there. What is a fundraising platform?

CRM

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It’s imperative that you recruit a strong volunteer base and, more important, retain volunteers by valuing their time, effort, and skills. If you’re ready to make a plan to retain your volunteers, start with these six tips. Value Their Time Volunteers are generously donating their time and energy to your mission.

Retainer

Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 30, 2024

One option is to use online forms or surveys, like your donation page, that require donors to enter responses in a certain way. No matter what technology you’re using to collect data, make sure all of these findings are routed to your constituent relationship management (CRM) system so the information is consolidated in one unified platform.

Ethics

Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

To keep donors around and retain their support, organizations have to grab supporters’ attention and make their communications stand out from the thousands of messages their audience receives each day. Recent nonprofit trends show that giving is on the decline, decreasing by 2.1% between 2022 and 2023. Select segmentation criteria.

Demographics

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

In difficult circumstances, it’s helpful to return to the fundraising basics to ensure you’re making the most of tried and true strategies to boost your nonprofit’s donation revenue. This guide will review these tips for bringing in more donations: Prioritize building strong supporter relationships. Explain the impact of donations.

Donation

Blackbaud

MAY 1, 2024

It should encompass friction-free and on-brand donation forms, personalized and automated communications, and integration of internal systems. Convert More Donors with a Better Donation Form The goal for nonprofit organizations and higher education advancement teams is always to raise more money online.

CRM

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Focus on Acquiring and Retaining Donors. Use a CRM to help w ith donor research . Data-driven fundraising strategies are always the smartest move, so make sure you have the necessary constituent relationship management software (CRM) integrations and reporting tools. Develop a Strategy. Understand the Giver’s Journey.

Fundraising

The NonProfit Times

JUNE 4, 2024

Aplos started looking for a CRM component during the fall of 2023. The firm released an online donation product, along with a CRM and communication tool, in 2014 and unveiled Advanced Accounting in 2016, the same year the firm secured $4 million in Series A funding from San Joaquin Capital. Raisely was acquired by ASG in 2023.

Software

GiveSmart

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Many people are inclined to feel the warm and fuzzy emotions that come with helping others and choose to make charitable donations during this time. One poll found that 70% of Americans find the holiday season the best time to give back to others, and 65% of respondents are making it a personal goal to donate more.

Software

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Offer recurring donation options. Reduce donation page abandonment. Retaining your supporters is one of the best ways for your organization to save money on fundraising outreach and earn more revenue. Instead, use strategies like the following to build personal connections: Create donor segments in your CRM.

Donation

The NonProfit Times

JULY 30, 2024

The data comes from and the project is supported by nine constituent relationship management (CRM) platforms. There was a significant decline in new and new retained donors (10.3% Repeat retained donors, constituting 50.4% If one individual donates to two separate organizations, the donor will be counted twice.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JULY 30, 2024

Since major gifts are, by definition, the largest individual donations your nonprofit receives, they typically come from your wealthiest donors. Constituent relationship management (CRM) platform. Your nonprofit may have viable major donor prospects among its current supporters, so digging into your CRM data can help you find them.

AI

Qgiv

JULY 30, 2021

Peer-to-peer fundraising is a great way to raise money and build your donor base, but the type of platform you use also has a major impact on your campaign’s performance, and your ability to retain new donors and fundraisers from year to year. . Let’s break down each platform! Qgiv | Best Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Platform.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JULY 19, 2024

This analysis was based on 210 global nonprofit organizations’ fundraising data, covering 512 million donations, 41 million donors, and 9.4 They give more per donation and often give more frequently and across different fundraising programs (appeals, recurring giving, planned giving), and for a longer period. million monthly donors.

AI

Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2021

However, with a few ideas and implementation tips, you’ll be able to retain donors, steward them to the next level, and strengthen your organization as a whole. Reaching out to supporters without the intention of asking for a donation. Use the information in your CRM to collect and leverage the most correct and accurate information.

CRM

Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

Learn more about how volunteer management and retention can help your organization: What is volunteer management How to manage volunteers Why is volunteer retention important How to retain volunteers What is volunteer management? Here are seven tips to help you retain your volunteers: Communication.

Management

Joe Garecht Fundraising

MARCH 7, 2022

Here’s the formula for Annual Second Gift Variance Rate: ([Total Amount of Second Time Donations – Total Amount of First Time Donations] ÷ Total Amount of Second Time Donations) x 100 = Annual Second Gift Variance Rate. Use this metric to understand if your recurring donation appeals are successful.

Fundraising

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

In fact, 67% of nonprofits use a CRM. Qgiv helps your organization focus on making the donation process as easy as possible for both you and your donors. The features of GoFundMe’s nonprofit software include: Easy sharing Donation tracking Leadership board Fundraising photos Pricing GoFundMe charges a processing fee of 2.2% + $0.30

Software

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Setting up an online donation system might seem like an easy next step in your nonprofit’s journey. With no pre-planning, quickly setting up an online donation tool certainly might be easy and quick. Transfer current data to your new donation processing tool. Integrate your processor with your donation page.

Donation

The Fundraising Coach

MARCH 15, 2021

Ideally, you’re working with a robust donor management system that can track all your engagements with and donations from each supporter, both online and offline. Since the cost to acquire a new donor is higher than the cost to retain an existing one, retaining more donors will increase the sustainability of your fundraising efforts.

Metrics

CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Put simply, major donors are individuals who make the biggest donations to your org. With any significant donation, major donors aren’t easy to come by no matter how big or small your nonprofit is. Retaining Major Donors. Having a personalized stewardship plan is a fail-proof approach to retaining major donors.

CRM

Candid

APRIL 14, 2021

Think about how you can adapt the key components of a strong major gifts program to your organization: Data—from a spreadsheet to an enterprise-level CRM (customer relationship management), you’ll need a way to track and analyze giving history, affinity, capacity, and interactions. What does success look like, and how will you track it?

CRM

Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Donations are essential to the health of your nonprofit organization. However, collecting donations is easier said than done, whether you’re a small nonprofit just starting out or a large, well-established organization. You just need some fresh strategies so you know how to get donations for your cause. Use social media.

Donation

Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2023

In the digital age, it’s more important than ever for nonprofit organizations to be able to accept donations online. Nonprofit organizations partner with one of these vendors in order to make it possible to accept donations as digitized payments. That means your donor data enters your CRM as soon as donors make their gifts.

CRM

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2022

The fundraising cycle or donor cultivation cycle is the key to gaining, engaging, and retaining donors. A helpful tool that can aid you in organizing the data you collect is a CRM database. With a good nonprofit CRM platform, you can store and organize all of your data and use it to segment your donors with different filters.

Fundraising

Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

These supporters give your organization’s largest donations, and it’s not an exaggeration to say their support helps keep your nonprofit afloat. Store data about your wealthiest donors in your nonprofit’s CRM to reference in future communications. Use your CRM to note every interaction you have with major donors.

CRM

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 19, 2024

While retaining donors is far more cost-effective than acquiring new donors, nonprofits face a challenge as only 40-45% of donors typically continue their support. Here are some essential data points to consider: Demographics: Age, gender, location, and occupation can influence donation behavior.

Demographics

Get Fully Funded

MAY 13, 2022

This makes it essential for nonprofits to ensure that their online fundraising strategies and online donation processing systems are as effective as possible. So, whether you’re fundraising for a specific event or hosting a capital campaign, we’ll unpack best practices for how to effectively attract and accept online donations.

Nonprofit

DonorSnap

MAY 17, 2023

Sustaining Existing Donors with Moves Management It is widely known that it costs less money to retain current donors than to acquire new ones. A warm welcome is key to retaining new donors. How to Effectively Track Moves with Your CRM Keeping track of where a donor is in your moves management plan is crucial to its effectiveness.

Management

Qgiv

JANUARY 17, 2024

Even though many nonprofits use the season as an acquisition tool, it’s an even bigger opportunity to retain the long-term support of year-end donors. Reducing attrition by retaining year-end donors To prevent attrition, many nonprofits double down on donor acquisition efforts.

Retainer

GiveSmart

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Nonprofits rely on donors to continue their mission, so it’s important to keep track of your donor information to retain your current donors and potentially gain more. Making donating easy: Donor management software often includes tools that allow donors to contribute with a few simple steps.

Management

The Fundraising Coach

AUGUST 27, 2024

Use a Robust CRM A robust constituent relationship management (CRM) system will aggregate donor data , making it easy to derive insights that could influence your marketing and fundraising strategies. Your CRM will allow you to set permissions, so controls can be placed over different sections and types of data.

Fundraising

The Fundraising Coach

MAY 1, 2024

Use the following bookkeeping data to send tailored, relevant reports to donors: In-kind contributions: Highlight the importance of a donor’s noncash gift by tailoring an impact update to address their specific in-kind donation. Use individual donation data to personalize donor acknowledgments. Match the donation amount.

Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 23, 2022

By focusing your fundraising mindset on retaining supporters rather than just acquiring them, you’ll raise more money than ever before. This is because the lifetime value of a retained donor is generally higher than a one-time donor. So, how can your nonprofit start building relationships and retaining more donors?

Nonprofit