Blackbaud

APRIL 28, 2025

Higher education institutions today face mounting pressures to attract and retain students in an increasingly competitive landscape. Targeted, renewable awards offer a powerful way to incentivize retention by providing ongoing financial support tied to academic milestones, helping students stay motivated throughout their education.

Award

The Fundraising Coach

MAY 30, 2025

After the donor passes away, the nonprofit retains the remaining value. Use your CRM to identify loyal, long-term donors, particularly those over the age of 55. Many CRMs will offer wealth screening tools that can help identify prospects. Educate Donors on Planned Giving Many donors are unaware of planned giving.

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. million people volunteered for a nonprofit organization in 2021, contributing $122.9 billion in economic value.

Retainer

Blackbaud

MARCH 4, 2024

This highlights the importance of making the most of higher education advancement technology with effective collaboration across advancement leaders, CIOs, CTOs and CITOs. Educational institutions have an abundance of data, but they are often challenged by making sense of it in the most effective ways possible.

Education

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. Demographics.

Demographics

Blackbaud

MAY 1, 2024

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. Motivate Donors with Personalized Communications Once donors give, create an email marketing plan to keep them engaged and retained.

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

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

GiveSmart

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The best way to retain your donors is to make them feel welcome and follow up with efficient communication on ways they can stay involved with your nonprofit. However, other studies show that the younger crowd is more likely to volunteer and support educational nonprofits than their elders.

Software

CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

She has a background in education and youth-serving orgs, especially grassroots org and small shops. Retaining Major Donors. Having a personalized stewardship plan is a fail-proof approach to retaining major donors. Make sure you can answer questions about their work, education, family, wealth, network, and passion points.

CRM

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

In fact, 67% of nonprofits use a CRM. Charity Engine | Nonprofit software with direct mail solutions CharityEngine is a CRM and fundraising platform designed to streamline operations for nonprofits of all sizes. Donor management software enables you to organize your donor information, track gifts, and strengthen your donor engagement.

Software

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

Bonterra

APRIL 10, 2024

Learn more Innovative fundraising and donor data management Go beyond a CRM Don’t just store contact information: Manage large quantities of data and make it actionable through powerful visualization, pipeline capabilities, and more. What is fundraising CRM? Why is fundraising essential for nonprofits?

Fundraising

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

Qgiv

JULY 11, 2023

A major gift pipeline is the process your organization follows to identify, gain, and retain major donors for your cause. Because of the current decrease in donor acquisition , finding new ways of acquiring and retaining major donors is crucial for nonprofits. Educate your supporters. Thank your donors.

Fundraising

The Fundraising Coach

MAY 1, 2024

You can also supplement this data with details from your constituent relationship management (CRM) system or donor database to further personalize messages. Identify involvement opportunities The end goal of stewardship is to deepen a donor’s involvement with your organization and retain (or upgrade) their support over time.

Nonprofit

Double the Donation

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

As you consider which higher education fundraising solution to use during your next campaign, this list of top platforms can help support your institution through the robust matching gift power of 360MatchPro. GiveCampus provides both software solutions and educational resources to help schools reach their fundraising goals.

Fundraising

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Solution: Invest in a dedicated donor management system or customer relationship management (CRM) software. Solution: Utilize your donor management system or CRM to segment your audience based on factors such as giving history, interests, demographics, and engagement levels. Host your next silent auction with tools from this list!

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 27, 2022

This will help you retain supporters’ attention and make your engagement opportunities more clear. Craig Grella is a Content Marketer at Salsa Labs , the premier software for growth-focused nonprofits that combines CRM and engagement software with embedded best practices, machine learning, and world-class education and support.

Donation

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

B: Bloomerang is a donor database, a nonprofit CRM, or a donor management software. Additionally, you can capture all of that data and giving history in Bloomerang through a robust integration to further retain and cultivate that relationship for years to come! Q: Tell us a bit more about Bloomerang. Stay tuned!

Software

Fundly

JANUARY 3, 2021

To tap into the value of corporate giving, you must leverage software to promote and educate donors on available programs. The right tool can help you: Educate supporters. To retain your donors, it’s important to nurture relationships even after they’ve donated a matching gift. becomes much more difficult. Follow up.

Software

Fundly

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

On a retainer basis: This typically involves paying a fixed monthly fee to retain the consultants services for a set amount of time. This could mean helping you implement a data warehouse , training your team to take full advantage of all your CRM has to offer, or creating a data management strategy for your organization.

Consulting

Double the Donation

APRIL 12, 2021

Arreva’s approach brings together households and donor relationships in a unique way to provide a full 360° view of your donors and constituents through robust dashboards and reporting capabilities, to help you make strategic decisions to cultivate, engage, retain, and grow your donor network.

Fundraising

Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

Let’s say your auction is dedicated to increasing educational opportunities for students in need. When your auction platform integrates with your other nonprofit tools, you can leverage your CRM to: Find and send invites to attendees of past events. Choose auction items that relate to your event theme.

Fundraising

Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Whether your nonprofit has a highly sophisticated CRM with all the bells and whistles, or you’re a new organization with a simple spreadsheet system, you’re likely tracking and recording information about your supporters. Let’s take a look at three essentials you should know to develop your multichannel strategy. Maintain data hygiene.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

MAY 30, 2025

For example, a nonprofit focused on education might offer its members access to professional development workshops, teaching certifications, and classroom management training. Attract and retain members. Learning opportunities create an ecosystem where individuals can grow, connect, and contribute meaningfully to their communities.

Training