Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Budgeting by program with fund accounting software that has sub-fund capabilities provides a more nuanced financial management approach, enabling you to better prioritize and allocate resources to meet the diverse needs of your nonprofit organization. Using software without sub-fund tracking limits nonprofits to budgeting one-dimensionally.

Budget

Ann Green's Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Connect with relevant software providers to streamline your mobile giving strategy. For example, event registration software can help with ticketing for an auction. However, your nonprofit will unlock other functionalities by choosing auction software , such as an item inventory, mobile bidding, and other auction-specific tasks.

Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Retaining donors is equally challengingthe average nonprofit donor retention rate is consistently around 45%. Youll need the right fundraising software to accomplish these steps successfully. Explore Kindfuls online fundraising software roundup to understand the current software landscape for nonprofits.

Donation

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Small-dollar items, such as office supplies, equipment, printing, or software subscriptions, can add up surprisingly fast. Nonprofit Quarterly estimates that retaining a donor costs ten times less than bringing in a new one. To effectively manage inflations impact, budget reviews should happen more frequentlyideally quarterly.

Budget

Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2025

Explore our educational case studies to understand how other educational organizations have used our tools to drive fundraising success and retain donors long-term. Here are our favorite ideas for the most profitable school fundraising campaigns that drive a high ROI: 1. Bake sales A bake sale is a classic fundraiser for a reason.

Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

JULY 16, 2025

Prompt and Personal Gratitude Matters When a donor makes a gift — especially a mid- or major-level gift — they’re doing more than just writing a check. They’re taking a step of trust. They’re raising their hand and saying, “I believe in you. I believe in this work. I want to be part of it.” We see you.

Retail

NonProfit PRO

JULY 21, 2025

This opens the door to competitive differentiation for those who are willing to invest in a proactive approach to retaining individual donors. With the average cost of acquiring a new donor five times greater than retaining an existing one, organizations would be remiss to ignore this key aspect of their strategy. rail-container).hide();

Retail

Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Start by selecting flexible holiday eCard software with intuitive design tools, templates, and branding capabilities. Charity marketing research emphasizes that viewers who watch a video retain 95% of the information they see, compared to 10% retention when reading that information as only text. Center your annual report around impact.

Template

Blackbaud

JULY 16, 2025

Can becoming more intentional in your relationship-building strategies help your organization retain more donors? A donor cultivation cycle is a systematic process that helps nonprofits build lifelong relationships with their donors through five key stages: identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.

Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 16, 2025

of new donors retained year-to-date. According to GivingTuesday’s latest report, new donor retention rates have declined for the fifth consecutive year, with only 19.4% This underscores the urgent need for data-driven strategies like AI-driven donor engagement to improve fundraising efficiency and long-term donor relationships.

AI

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

By incorporating silent auction software into your event, your checkout process will look more like this: The auction ends. Plus, you can use these photos in your social media posts to promote the event and entice your followers to get involved. Set auction item starting bids at around 25-30% of the fair market value.

Procurement

Blackbaud

APRIL 22, 2025

Both types of organizations should leverage people-first recruitment software to improve the experience both for staff and applicants. Over time, youll start to develop the optimal recruitment solutions for your nonprofit and build (and retain ) a team of passionate advocates. Focus on skills and experience. Connection to the cause.

Nonprofit

Blackbaud

JUNE 18, 2025

Many nonprofits participating in GivingTuesday rely on Blackbaud’s fundraising platforms , donor management software , payment processing , and data analytics capabilities for their campaigns. Blackbaud software can be the key to their fundraising success. “We When is GivingTuesday? The numbers show its incredible growth.

Software

NonProfit PRO

JULY 3, 2025

Related Content Strategic Advice for Navigating DEI Challenges Why CEOs Must Be Community Relationship Champions Why Do Nonprofits Struggle to Retain Fundraisers? According to LendingTree , 21.5% private sector businesses fail in their first year. At five years, that percentage jumps to 48.4%, and at 10 years, it reaches 65.1%.

Retail

NonProfit PRO

JULY 29, 2025

Nonprofits Struggle to Obtain Second Gifts and Bring Back Lapsed Donors Donor acquisition remains soft with new donors having dropped 10.9%, and new-retained donors (first-time donors in 2024 who gave again) having fallen 11.4%. Meanwhile, loyal repeat-retained donors had a less severe drop of 6.1% Overall, the low 18.1%

Retail

Blackbaud

APRIL 28, 2025

Higher education institutions today face mounting pressures to attract and retain students in an increasingly competitive landscape. Start by providing role-based access to your student information and scholarship software, which means some users will have read-only views of certain data while others can edit and build custom reports.

Award

Big Fundraising Ideas

JANUARY 21, 2025

Most digital platforms have minimal setup fees compared to organizing significant in-person events, allowing teams to retain more of the funds raised and direct them toward essentials like uniforms, travel, and tournament fees. You can better prepare for a successful online fundraising campaign by understanding these challenges.

Fundraising

The Fundraising Coach

MAY 30, 2025

After the donor passes away, the nonprofit retains the remaining value. Charitable gift annuities (CGAs): CGAs are contracts between a donor and a nonprofit. The donor makes a gift of cash or property, and in exchange, they receive a fixed lifetime income stream. Many CRMs will offer wealth screening tools that can help identify prospects.

CRM

NonProfit PRO

JULY 25, 2025

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Retail

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Count the Salvation Army among organizations where leaders are bullish on the day, despite the late date directly impacting one of its unique fundraising channels — the bell ringers who stand aside its trademark Red Kettles. “We So maybe you’ve got more appetite to give than if it was coming right off of an election.” It feels very soon.

Pass-Through

Get Fully Funded

JULY 17, 2025

In this guide, we’ll explore four strategies for retaining your volunteers and cultivating loyal support for your mission. With extensive expertise in product-led software solutions, Timothy thrives on turning complex challenges into simple, effective solutions that make our customers’ lives easier through the smart use of technology.

Training

Big Fundraising Ideas

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

This guide offers various creative ideas tailored to each season, from spring fairs to festive holiday activities. Youll find practical tips on planning, organizing, and engaging the community, all designed to help your school meet its goals while keeping the excitement high. Raising money for a primary school is a balancing act.

Fundraising

Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 24, 2024

We had our own in-house donor base software program that was actually ahead of its time and worked well for us. But it was becoming obsolete with software limitations. We do really well at retaining donors. That’s how I was feeling the other day. Then Dawn’s email arrived. Many of our donors have been with us 20-28 years.

Donation

The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

ByJackie Sue Griffin The nonprofit world isnt what it used to be. With competition for skilled professionals rising and work environments shifting, finding and keeping great talent takes more than just passion. It takes strategy. Your nonprofits brand isnt just about marketing; its about showing potential hires what makes your organization special.

Retainer

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This guide covers what you need to know to expertly manage volunteers through the following sections: Volunteer management: FAQs Volunteer management best practices How volunteer management software can help Volunteer management: FAQs What is volunteer management? Retain more volunteers over time. Improve volunteer satisfaction.

Management

Blackbaud

JUNE 11, 2025

According to EdWeek’s evaluation of U.S. Census data: from 2019 to 2020, the share of students attending private schools grew by 3.4 From 2020 to 2021, it grew by 5.9 And from 2021 to 2022, it grew by another 1.8 crucial for schools looking to attract the right applicants. Funnel traffic is an easy indicator of areas that need improvement.

Applicant

NonProfit PRO

JULY 8, 2025

Why Do Nonprofits Struggle to Retain Fundraisers? Abramson, this new report and field-level data dashboard provide important insights into the crucial economic role of the nonprofit sector in state and territorial economies. Access the "Nonprofit Employment in the States, 2017-2022" here. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

Retail

Blackbaud

JULY 18, 2025

Practices may lose income due to small inefficiencies, outdated systems, or missed opportunities to engage and retain patients, even while sticking to an existing budget. It’s also essential to evaluate whether your software solutions support secure financial transactions that are compliant with local and federal regulations.

Insurance

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

OneCause

AUGUST 2, 2023

So, let’s look at some proven tips to help your nonprofit recruit and retain more peer-to-peer participants. Provide participants with robust, yet easy-to-use, software tools. Make sure your peer-to-peer fundraising software supports a great participant experience, including: Easy event/campaign registration. Learn more.

Retainer

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

That’s why it’s essential to carefully choose the right software solutions to support your operations–the right tool can drive a high ROI for your fundraising efforts. Luckily, there are many nonprofit software solutions designed to meet the unique needs of your organization and help keep you and your staff from getting overwhelmed!

Software

Qgiv

JANUARY 20, 2022

Here are five tips for thanking your year-end donors that will increase the likelihood of them being retained in the following year: 1. Get the eBook: Retaining Your P2Peeps. The post How to Thank and Retain Year-End Donors appeared first on Qgiv Blog. Know who your year-end donors are. Why are they passionate about your cause?

Retainer

The NonProfit Times

JUNE 4, 2024

Constituent relationship management firm Keela has been acquired by Aplos Software and will become part of a three-application cloud solution for nonprofits. Aplos’ flagship product is accounting software. Aplos already owns Raisely, a fundraising software. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Software

Blackbaud

JUNE 20, 2023

Software compliance is critical guide to ensuring that you are following these laws and standards in a digitally driven world. How does this software help protect our users from fraud? How does this software help us stay in line with privacy regulations? Legislation grows increasingly rigorous each year.

Software

Blackbaud

JULY 16, 2024

One of my primary goals over the past three years has been creating a donor appeal process to generate revenue for our annual fund, using Blackbaud fundraising software to help us accomplish our goals. Attracting and retaining new donors is a goal of every nonprofit since unrestricted funds are essential to our operations.

Funding

Wild Apricot

JUNE 9, 2022

It will add value to their membership, help retain your current members , and attract new ones. If you run a professional association, one of the best things you can do for your members is host a job board to your website. Not to mention, a job board.

Software

CauseVox

JANUARY 2, 2025

For example, if you sold 1,000 tickets at $5 each ($5,000 jackpot), your organization retains half of the proceeds ($2,500) and the winner takes home the other half ($2,500). From school fundraisers to upscale galas, hosting a raffle is unequivocally a great fundraising tool for any nonprofit. What Is A 50/50 Raffle? Its a win-win!

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