OneCause

APRIL 28, 2025

Your participant portal is the website landing page where your peer-to-peer participants manage their fundraising and find resources to help them support your campaign or event. Retaining participants : Build an ongoing relationship with participants to keep them coming back year after year. Make the most of your participant portal.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JULY 22, 2025

Cost-Effectiveness Acquiring new donors can prove significantly more expensive than retaining existing ones. to acquire a new donor , while existing donors only cost about 20 cents to retain. Retained donors are more likely to respond to annual giving campaigns, major fundraising events, and emergency appeals.

Retainer

The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 7, 2025

According to Lynn Margherio, founder and CEO of Cradles to Crayons, volunteerism is the backbone of many successful nonprofits, even though attracting and retaining volunteers can be challenging. Fundraising isnt always about money. Mobilizing your volunteers can also have a financial impact.

Fundraising

CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

When you plan an online peer-to-peer fundraising campaign using CauseVox, we provide you with a user-friendly interface to both manage your campaign progress and keep track of your personal fundraisers. Thanking your donors is an essential step in retaining your year-end donors. Plus, it’s as easy as pie to get started!

Goals

Pamela Grow

JULY 2, 2025

Pull supporter names from your donor management system to personalize your greetings. These messages are particularly vital for retaining monthly donors, who want to see that their ongoing support is still valuable and that it makes a difference. Add a personal touch to your messages using donor data.

Donation

Pamela Grow

MAY 29, 2025

Weve all seen it: mid-level roles that expect CDO-level strategy, major gifts portfolios, team management, event planning, marketing knowledge, and oh, can you also design a new CRM integration before Friday? As Miriam Magnuson noted: The expectations of one person are so unrealistic, 4 JDs and FTEs all in one.

IT

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The best way to manage those differing priorities is through budget management tools that give you a clear view of each program, instead of trying to pull apart the organizational budget. One program could use more headcount to serve more people. A new van can provide more opportunities for your senior care program.

Budget

Candid

MAY 5, 2025

In practice, even when digital tools are available, they may not align with how people live and manage money. It also helps retain liquidity within the local economy and reduces reliance on intermediaries that charge high fees.

Policy

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Common project fees include: Writing proposals for new programs: $2,500-$6,000 Creating template grant proposals that work for different funders: $3,000-$6,000 Managing complex federal grants: $7,000-$10,000 Project fees usually come with payment milestones. Monthly retainer costs range widely.

Grants

NonProfit PRO

JULY 16, 2025

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Retail

Blackbaud

MAY 1, 2025

While complex strategies, modern donor data management systems, and multi-step engagement plans have their place, sometimes the simplest tactics can yield effective resultsand should not be overlooked. In essence, compelling stories not only attract and retain supporters but also build a strong foundation of trust and long-term commitment.

Fundraising

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

To effectively manage inflations impact, budget reviews should happen more frequentlyideally quarterly. Nonprofit Quarterly estimates that retaining a donor costs ten times less than bringing in a new one. What creative strategies has your organization used to manage costs and build capacity during challenging economic times?

Budget

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Retaining donors is equally challengingthe average nonprofit donor retention rate is consistently around 45%. Many content management systems (CMSs) will enable this webpage feature automatically, but you should also manually test your form on different devices to catch and fix formatting errors.

Donation

Blackbaud

JANUARY 15, 2025

It takes more than thank-you letters to retain donors for your nonprofit long-term. To effectively steward donor relationships and inspire higher levels of giving, you must strategically engage donors in various ways that deepen their connections to your nonprofit.

Donation

GiveSmart

JUNE 20, 2025

The assets grow tax-free, and the DAF manager grants funds to chosen nonprofit organizations from the fund. As previously mentioned, DAFs have no required distribution requirements, so the intended money is ultimately at the discretion of DAF managers. Don’t forget to reach out to and build relationships with DAF managers or sponsors.

Funding

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. Take advantage of donor management platforms, like Bloomerang , to easily track and reach out to your supporters about your fundraising campaigns.

Fundraising

Bonterra

JUNE 19, 2025

of new donors are retained after their first gift. The first gift isn’t the goal. It’s just the beginning. Acquiring donors is hard. Keeping them is even harder. According to Bonterra’s 2025 Impact Report , only 19.4% That means more than 80% never come back. The key to improving that stat is not more asks. It is better engagement.

Fundraising

CauseVox

MARCH 17, 2025

Online platforms like CauseVox make it easier than ever to organize, manage, and maximize your events fundraising potential. Enhancing the Golfer Experience One of the best ways to have a successful event and retain participants is ensuring you put the fun in fundraising! And the best part?

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

Case management and advocacy: Supports staff who work directly with individuals and families to navigate challenges and access resources. Median annual gift size: Data from Blackbaud’s Fundraiser Performance Management community shows that the median annual gift amount is $100.

Donation

NonProfit PRO

JULY 3, 2025

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Retail

Blue Avocado

JULY 8, 2025

These organizations face many common challenges like securing sustainable funding, managing volunteer engagement, and navigating internal dynamics that can hinder their vital work. Nonprofits are crucial for communities, but they face significant hurdles.

Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 16, 2025

The results demonstrate the power of behavior-based artificial intelligence in optimizing donor engagement, increasing contributions, and driving fundraising efficiency from initial contact during prospecting through ongoing management of the donor to maximize lifetime value. of new donors retained year-to-date. rail-container).hide();

AI

Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Continuous improvement enhances the quality of fundraisers and builds confidence in the schools ability to manage these initiatives effectively. A thorough review of the planning, execution, and cost management processes can uncover valuable lessons for future improvements. Identify any bottlenecks that delayed theprocess.

Fundraising

Greater Giving

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Fundraising Manager Your nonprofit’s fundraising manager or director will oversee all fundraising activities, develop high-level strategies, and ensure that fundraising efforts align with organizational goals. According to Jitasa , grant management is an ongoing process that begins before funding is even secured.

Fundraising

CauseVox

JULY 1, 2025

While a fundraising platform helps you raise money by hosting donation pages, peer-to-peer campaigns, events, and more, a CRM software for nonprofits helps you manage donor relationships. CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management; in the nonprofit world, that means tracking and managing your interactions with donors.

CRM

NonProfit PRO

JULY 21, 2025

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Retail

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Manage event registration, check-ins, bidding, and checkouts from one centralized platform. Include staff assignments and determine the number of volunteers you need to help manage each task. One of the best (and easiest) ways to retain new donors is to follow up after the campaign.

Procurement

Blackbaud

JULY 24, 2025

With the potential of AI to transform so many aspects of nonprofit operations, is it possible to employ AI technology responsibly; to retain the essential trust that underpins the uniquely human work of fundraising? Yes, but an understanding of human-centric AI is essential. So, what is Human-Centric AI?

AI

Blackbaud

JULY 16, 2025

Can becoming more intentional in your relationship-building strategies help your organization retain more donors? Cultivate : Automate personalized email campaigns, manage event invitations, and track interactions to build deeper relationships. Steward : Deliver timely, personalized acknowledgments and demonstrate impact with ease.

Fundraising

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% addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

Retail

Community Boost

JUNE 27, 2025

Most donor management systems are great at reporting. That’s what leads to more retained donors , more giving, and less burnout for your team. Reporting tells you what happened. Insight tells you what to do next. You see a recurring donor’s payment failed → You follow up before it becomes a long-term lapse.

Burnout

Pamela Grow

JANUARY 22, 2025

of new donors are being retained year-to-date, and even repeat donor retention decreased by 4.6%. Recommendations Master Digital Fundraising Always, always, always focus on ease of giving from the donors perspective and how youre managing your follow-up. Fundraising has been showing troubling trends for a while now. Only 13.8%

AI

NonProfit PRO

JULY 10, 2025

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Retail

Blackbaud

APRIL 22, 2025

Nonprofit vs. For-Profit Recruitment: Similarities and Differences As with other aspects of nonprofit management, you can develop your recruitment strategy by learning from for-profit organizations that take on similar activities. Once youve successfully recruited and hired a new team member, your HR team is responsible for onboarding them.

Nonprofit

GrantNews

JANUARY 17, 2025

Myth #3: Organizational Culture cant be managed; it is something that happens organically in the workplace. Myth #5: Once a strong Organizational Culture is established, no further action is required by management. Indeed, what is practiced by management is always reflected by staff.

Grants

Candid

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Candid education programming manager Lori Guidry answers some of the most commonly asked questions about nonprofit boards, including members responsibilities and what to do when theyre not being met. Heres a curated collection of articles and resources covering a wide range of topics on nonprofit boards.

Government

Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

Data Management: Doing It Right Handling patient data demands rigorous oversight. Best practices for data management include: Minimization : Collect and retain only the necessary data. This sustained approach enhances your donor acquisition results and builds a foundation for lifelong relationships.

Ethics