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

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 3, 2025

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 29, 2025

Sharing this collective data helps individual organizations make informed, resilience-oriented decisions, and equips our sector to advocate more effectively for policies that strengthen long-term nonprofit impact.” Meanwhile, loyal repeat-retained donors had a less severe drop of 6.1% Overall, the low 18.1% rail-container).hide();

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2025

Recruiting, training, recognizing, and retaining volunteers requires dedicated resources, yet funding for these efforts is almost nonexistent. Encourage corporate partners to activate volunteer time off policies, demonstrating how employer-supported service strengthens workplaces while expanding community impact.

Training

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();

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The challenge becomes even more daunting when their work is compounded by external factors such as economic fluctuations, policy changes, climate events, and outdated technical infrastructure. Support field-wide research and policy efforts that aim to make the nonprofit sector more sustainable for its workforce.

Burnout

Planned Giving

MAY 19, 2025

Retained Life Estate Situation: My home is valuable, but I still want to live in it. RETAINED LIFE ESTATE Give your home, but live in it for life. LIFE INSURANCE Donate a life insurance policy you no longer need. Bargain Sale Situation: Id sell this property, but I also want to give part of it to charity. Its a win-win.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 17, 2025

Organizational culture is the concept of shared values, policy, and purpose. Funding is to retain expert consulting services to address court-related challenges. Free snacks, team-building retreats, or a swanky office is all it takes for a healthy organizational culture.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

trillion fiscal cliff for years, and with most of the election results in, the outlook for tax policy negotiations and how they could impact the nonprofit sector is crystallizing. Trump won convincingly and can credibly claim a broad mandate to enact his preferred policies, which include tax cuts for individuals and businesses.

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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",

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The Fundraising Coach

MAY 30, 2025

After the donor passes away, the nonprofit retains the remaining value. Life insurance: Donors can name a nonprofit as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy. The donor makes a gift of cash or property, and in exchange, they receive a fixed lifetime income stream.

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();

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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. To ensure volunteers stick with your organization, you need to cultivate a positive volunteer experience and create structured ways to build lasting connections. Create a structured onboarding process.

Training

Candid

MARCH 12, 2025

Policy advocacy: There are myriads of nonprofit associations, vertical-specific organizations like NTEN and Network for Good, and professional membership organizations. A mutual aid alliance could fill that gap by focusing on policy making and electoral interests. A new nonprofit mutual aid and defense strategy?

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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",

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GrantNews

MAY 1, 2025

Read on as we dive into the fascinating world of volunteering, along with a short list of sample grants designed to help nonprofits attract, train, and retain volunteers! Grants to Texas Volunteer Fire Departments – Grants to offset the cost of insurance policies. Here it is!! Without them, nonprofits would have minimal impact.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 11, 2025

Court Interventions Are Slowing Executive Overreach Thanks to recent rulings, some of the most harmful policy rollouts from the Trump administration have been blocked or reversed. This legal advocacy focuses heavily on education equity, climate resilience, and community justice programs—areas often targeted in ideological policy shifts.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 24, 2024

We do really well at retaining donors. We have always had a policy to thank every donor no matter how big or small. We do very well with bequests and that has been keeping us going well with our bigger financial picture. But we do need to raise $350 – 400,000 in donations each year. Letters go out within 48 hours.

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Blackbaud

JUNE 11, 2025

Political motivations Parents across the political spectrum are seeking different educational experiences for their children due to shifting policies impacting their local public schools. You should be looking at the data you already have to proactively retain students. Ready to transform your admissions process?

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 8, 2025

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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.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 17, 2023

Recruiting and retaining nonprofit volunteers can be a challenge, especially in today’s busy and competitive world. In this article, we’ll explore some best practices for recruiting and retaining nonprofit volunteers. Volunteer Management Effective volunteer management is key to attracting and retaining volunteers.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

Recruiting and retaining staff can feel like scaling a mountain. These signs could include but are not limited to indications of burnout, miscommunication issues, poor engagement, underperformance, or misalignment with workplace policies. When recruiting and retaining new team members, start with the end in mind.

Nonprofit

Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

Recruiting and retaining staff can feel like scaling a mountain. These signs could include but are not limited to indications of burnout, miscommunication issues, poor engagement, underperformance, or misalignment with workplace policies. When recruiting and retaining new team members, start with the end in mind.

Nonprofit

Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

Staffing The National Council of Nonprofits reports that “nonprofits around the country are reporting significant challenges retaining staff and filling vacancies. Your job is to figure out how to navigate policies for its responsible use, both for internal and for external communications. And that’s saying a lot.

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Candid

DECEMBER 8, 2022

There is even some concern that historically white-led organizations may purposefully hire a new BIPOC CEO as a “token” figurehead—without committing to more meaningful shifts in power, policies, or communities served.

Demographics

Planned Giving

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Depending on the nonprofit’s policies, you may be able to donate a fixer-upper, or even a property that has a lien on it. Depending on how the gift is structured, the donor can continue to live in or use the property for life through a Retained Life Estate. The property does not even need to be mortgage-free.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2024

According to the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy , there are now over 300 community land trusts in the U.S. They have been shown to enable families of color retain their homes—whether they rent, own, or are working toward homeownership through rent-to-own programs—helping to build equity.

Policies

GrantNews

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Having a code of ethics or statement of values helps attract talented employees, recruit board members, retain donors, and of course ensure that all transactions are aligned with the values of the organization.

Ethics

Selfish Giving

JULY 25, 2017

How national offices generally share revenue with local chapters and the need for clarity and a policy. How national nonprofits and field offices can work together to retain corporate partners. The "Four C's" that characterize the collaboration between HQ and field offices with regard to corporate partnerships.

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Network for Good

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Your partnership can provide a boost to their brand image, team-building opportunities, and a concrete way to implement their corporate social responsibility policy. . If a business is looking for ways to attract new talent and retain the people they have, they’re likely to welcome a Remote Volunteer Day.

Media

RBW Strategy

JUNE 11, 2024

Objective 3: Clarifying Sections that Recipients or Agencies have Interpreted in Different Ways : While this objective does not constitute specific policy or process changes, it does help to diminish confusion when questions are raised. This has led to a more robust definitions section and ensures a lack of ambiguity.

UEI

Blackbaud

JUNE 17, 2024

As schools of all kinds—public, private, K–12, and higher ed—struggle to recruit faculty, they must also work harder to retain them. Normalize DEIA: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility programs and policies are critical to a culture of belonging. Build meaningful relationships: Listen to your people.

Burnout

The NonProfit Times

APRIL 25, 2024

United Way later retained a law firm to conduct an investigation into the various complaints. Leaders of the organization announced in February 2021 that the investigation had concluded with a finding that all policies and procedures had been followed appropriately. Gallagher stepped down from his CEO position shortly afterward. “I

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Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2017

In late 2016, note-taking service Evernote caught some flack for a change in its privacy policy that would have allowed employees to be able to access customers' data stored on Evernote's servers. According to Microsoft , "You own your data and retain all rights, title, and interest in the data you store with Office 365.

Retainer

Fundly

AUGUST 28, 2020

While many campaigns may be controversial, it is our policy to allow any campaigns that do not violate our terms of use. In most cases, the campaign owner retains any funds already raised and can view and withdraw the funds via Stripe even if their campaign is removed. In these cases, Fundly’s policy is to let campaigns continue.

Policies

Candid

MAY 5, 2021

Also, after hiring an employee, you’ll want to retain them. While a candidate who asks about vacation days in their first interview might be a red flag, don’t be afraid to share your time-off policies in your job descriptions. As you build out your hiring process, keep an eye on the kind of work culture you’re building. .

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