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. View fundraising data and trends from a reporting dashboard. Share success stories, event highlights, and the broader impact of contributions.

Fundraising

Greater Giving

DECEMBER 2, 2024

As it’s estimated that the cost of acquiring a new donor is five times that of retaining a current donor, it’s essential to have a dedicated staff member planning how to engage donors and keep them interested in your nonprofit’s mission and activities.

Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

JULY 16, 2025

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Retail

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 16, 2025

of new donors retained year-to-date. This comes at a critical time for non-profit fundraising. According to GivingTuesday’s latest report, new donor retention rates have declined for the fifth consecutive year, with only 19.4% The views expressed within may not directly reflect the thoughts or opinions of the staff of NonProfit PRO.

AI

Community Boost

JUNE 27, 2025

You don’t need 100 metrics, just the 5–10 that truly drive relationships and retention for your organization 2. That’s what leads to more retained donors , more giving, and less burnout for your team. Translate behaviors into prompts Once you’ve chosen key behaviors, think about what action those behaviors should trigger.

Burnout

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? In addition, he is the author of six books and a sought-after motivational speaker and retreat facilitator. setForceSafeFrame(true).addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

Retail

Blackbaud

APRIL 22, 2025

Over time, youll start to develop the optimal recruitment solutions for your nonprofit and build (and retain ) a team of passionate advocates. When youre planning your recruitment tactics, ensure that you establish a regular cadence for gauging their effectiveness and gathering feedback from other members of your team.

Nonprofit

Blackbaud

JULY 16, 2025

Can becoming more intentional in your relationship-building strategies help your organization retain more donors? Qualify : Blackbaud’s CRM tools provide a 360-degree view of constituents, allowing you to easily track engagement, giving history, and other key metrics to determine who is truly ready for cultivation.

Fundraising

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

To determine these target metrics, review past event results. Use multiple channels and take insight from past data and metrics for guidance. One of the best (and easiest) ways to retain new donors is to follow up after the campaign. This committee will be responsible for: Setting goals for the auction.

Procurement

CauseVox

JULY 1, 2025

In short: CRM software for nonprofits helps you remember, recognize, and retain your donors (and that’s where the real magic happens!). Real-Time Analytics : Monitor campaign performance, donor retention, and engagement metrics without switching tools. Download Our Free Guide To Nonprofit CRMs.

CRM

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

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

Gail Perry Group

JULY 17, 2025

Gaming the Metrics? Why the number of visits may not be enough P roblem: Quantity-based performance goals alone don’t tell the whole performance story What kind of metrics really drive results? Remembering that “what gets measured, gets done” reminds us that metrics can inhibit or support major gift progress.

Burnout

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Funding Operations: Increasing general operating funding support is another approach that goes a long way toward reducing the administrative burden on grantees and enabling organizations to provide competitive compensation and attract and retain talented staff.

Burnout

NonProfit PRO

JULY 10, 2025

Related story: Why Do Nonprofits Struggle to Retain Fundraising Staff? This marks a shift from last year’s findings, when 55% of respondents anticipated leaving their current position. The 2025 data suggests improved job satisfaction and organizational loyalty. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

Retail

The Fundraising Coach

MAY 30, 2025

After the donor passes away, the nonprofit retains the remaining value. While planned giving programs can take years to yield actual gifts, it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be tracking every metric from the program’s inception! Charitable gift annuities (CGAs): CGAs are contracts between a donor and a nonprofit.

CRM

NonProfit PRO

JULY 25, 2025

How do they hire, train, and retain people? Professional development. Appreciation days and casual dress codes. Small gestures, like snacks or Friday half-days. Then study successful nonprofits. What does their internal culture look like? Ask nonprofit consultants, human resource specialists and thought leaders for advice. rail-container).hide();

Retail

Gail Perry Group

JANUARY 22, 2025

We have a challenge retaining some of our most generous supporters." "We Its all based on thoughtful metrics like donor engagement, frequency of gifts, and giving history. We recommend that teams set individual and shared metrics for success which offer clear accountability. There aren't enough prospects.

Fundraising

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. Here are some additional, specific ways to showcase impact: Share metrics and stories. Create a structured onboarding process.

Training

NonProfit PRO

JULY 16, 2025

Blackbaud customers can easily import constituent lists, update subscription preferences to comply with supporter consent, and retain selected fields from Raisers Edge NXT in their Constant Contact accounts. This simplifies automation and personalization of outreach based on supporter interactions and characteristics. setForceSafeFrame(true).addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

AI

Big Fundraising Ideas

APRIL 22, 2025

By focusing on these metrics, youll gain a holistic view of your fundraisers success and identify areas forgrowth. Volunteer Burnout Recruiting and retaining volunteers can be tough. Overcoming Common Fundraising Challenges Even the best-planned fundraisers face hurdles.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JUNE 11, 2025

Baseline Admissions Metrics Let’s start with the basics and then look beyond typical admission metrics to capitalize on this growth potential. Leveling Up Your Analysis Those are the basic metrics for all admissions officers. You should be looking at the data you already have to proactively retain students.

Applicant

NonProfit PRO

JULY 8, 2025

Why Do Nonprofits Struggle to Retain Fundraisers? The views expressed within may not directly reflect the thoughts or opinions of the staff of NonProfit PRO. window.dfp_npp_ros_inline = googletag.defineSlot("/124057991/npp_ros_inline", [fluid], "napco-ad-npp_ros_inline").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. Monitor key metrics like denial rates, clean claim rates, and payer response times. Standardize coding and claim submission protocols to reduce errors.

Insurance

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Here’s what we suggest: We need to start rethinking annual giving metrics to create a new storyline about fundraising for higher education. Maybe we need to focus our attention on narrower metrics. News & World Report metric of alumni participation , the impact of this ranking indicator is going to show in our data for years.

Metrics

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. To evaluate your segments, your nonprofit should: Review engagement metrics. between 2022 and 2023.

Demographics

Candid

JUNE 28, 2022

You can calculate this metric for your organization by dividing the number of donors who gave again this year by the total number of donors who gave last year. . Donor retention is the measurement of how many donors continue giving to your nonprofit year after year.

Retainer

Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 30, 2024

However, make sure you have the right tools and technology in place to capture these metrics. If current trends continue, stewarding and retaining a loyal donor base will only become more important. Each point in the donor journey can allow your nonprofit to see how, when, and why donors engage with and support your cause.

Ethics

Blackbaud

MARCH 8, 2024

When looking at online benchmarks and digital revenue, we saw that any growth or ground held was due to increases in sustainer metrics. The annual and lifetime value of a sustainer is usually higher than the average one-time giver because one-time givers are only retained at around 20%, according to Giving USA.

Metrics

Joe Garecht Fundraising

MARCH 7, 2022

Use these metrics to better understand your fundraising efforts, find areas for improvement, and create a more impactful fundraising strategy. #1: This dashboard will help you track the metrics that matter and demonstrate your fundraising performance over time. . #2: 1: Donor Acquisition Rate. 2: Donor Lapse Rate.

Fundraising

The NonProfit Times

JULY 30, 2024

There was a significant decline in new and new retained donors (10.3% Repeat retained donors, constituting 50.4% “This indicates that the numbers do not reflect a decline in donor generosity, but rather a need for our sector to adapt and figure out new ways to unlock that generosity more effectively.” year-over-year respectively).

Fundraising

The Fundraising Coach

MARCH 15, 2021

We’ve helped thousands of successful nonprofits understand the fundraising metrics which are most critical to crafting a winning fundraising strategy. In this article, we’ll explore the following 6 fundraising metrics: Fundraising ROI. Essentially, this metric reveals how much money you raised for each dollar you spent on fundraising.

Metrics

amplifi

AUGUST 8, 2024

LEARN MORE: The next step to thank and retain year-end donors. But it’s important to know what metrics to look for ahead of time. Specifically, there are five key metrics to track that will help you adjust your approach during the campaign and learn what to do or not do differently next year. Let data drive decision-making.

Metrics

amplifi

JUNE 27, 2024

There are two key metrics to examine when determining the success of your mid-level donor program. Nonprofits with a thorough and effective outreach plan for mid-level donors should retain this group at a higher rate than their average donors. READ MORE: Why are you struggling to retain donors? A lesson on loyalty.

Retainer

Blackbaud

MARCH 13, 2024

This metric is one to watch for the future. Conversely, walks/5Ks with registration fees declined year over year in total number, participation, and revenue. This could have been driven by uncertainty in 2021-2022 about cancellation of events due to COVID-19 surges.

Fundraising

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Focus on Acquiring and Retaining Donors. So, if you know you want to attract high-impact donors and retain them, turn to the data in your CRM. Measure all fundraising metrics. No matter how extensive your software features are, the most important thing is that all of these metrics are stored in your centralized CRM system.

Fundraising

Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

Because of the increase in donations, GivingTuesday is a great opportunity for your organization to boost your acquisition metrics. Offer recurring giving plans While acquiring new donors is important, GivingTuesday can help you retain donors as well. higher than the rest of the year and leads to higher donor retention as well.

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