The Fundraiser Coach

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Pro Tip: you only need to invest in donors you want to retain! But not so much in nurturing the relationships with our supporters. Is it time for your nonprofit to invest in building relationships and focusing on retention and the Ask? Many nonprofits offer little or no reporting back how the gift was used.

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re:Charity

JULY 16, 2024

The post How to Retain Your Nonprofit’s Major Donors: 4 Strategies appeared first on re: charity. It’s a well-known fact that major donors play a significant role in driving nonprofit missions forward. 88% of fundraising revenue comes from 12% of donors, meaning a small percentage of dedicated major.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 23, 2024

Here are eight ways to engage and retain DAF donors. With no signs of slowing down, DAF donors are a big source of donations for nonprofits.

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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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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Learn how to create a message that attracts and retains recurring donors, transforming your year-end and year-round marketing for lasting impact. How can you attract and retain committed donors during the end-of-year season? With many worthy causes seeking attention and support.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 8, 2024

Here are 10 lessons that are essential to retaining and upgrading donors. Nothing should be more personal and passionate than thanking donors.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 14, 2023

Here are 12 ways service clubs can recruit and retain members. A service club or organization is a voluntary nonprofit organization where members meet regularly to perform charitable works.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 14, 2025

When we recently asked the Blue Avocado community, “What is your biggest challenge in recruiting and retaining skilled staff or volunteers?” It has been increasingly difficult to not only recruit and retain skilled staff, but just to get them to the interview process! ” , once again, nonprofit leaders came through!

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amplifi

JANUARY 4, 2024

And you can do even more if you make it a priority to retain year-end donors! And saying thank you the right way after someone gives is crucial if you want to retain year-end donors! You need to be timely with your thank you’s if you want to retain year-end donors. And the same is true if you want to retain year-end donors.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 21, 2023

How can you attract and retain employees when other organizations have more resources to win talent? Many nonprofits are feeling the pressure of today’s challenging labor market. Here are four steps to creating an inclusive and robust benefits package to bolster company culture, as well as to attract and keep talent.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 13, 2025

Nonprofit executives Jordan Shenker and Keena Friday share tips on how to recruit and keep great staff members.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

So far he’s supported student aid, new buildings, efforts to recruit and retain faculty, and more at 22 nursing schools, including Catholic University. The Catholic University of America Bill Conway (center) is about a third of the way toward his target of giving $1 billion to nursing.

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Clairification

JANUARY 4, 2024

Now… you should be devoting at least as much time to thanking the donors who responded to your appeals, with the goal of retaining and upgrading them over time. To Retain Donors, Stand Out from the ‘Get Go’ Believe me, most donors aren’t sticking around. I’ll bet you devoted a lot of time to this endeavor.

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OneCause

AUGUST 2, 2023

So, let’s look at some proven tips to help your nonprofit recruit and retain more peer-to-peer participants. Attracting and retaining participants is key to your nonprofit’s peer-to-peer fundraising success. The post 9 Tips for Recruiting and Retaining Peer-to-Peer Participants appeared first on OneCause.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2025

From these stats, you would have retained 40% of your donors, and lost 60%. The Art Of The Thank You The first piece in any donor retention strategy (especially one for retaining year-end donors) is the thank you. For example, say you had 100 donors from last year that returned to give gifts again out of the total 250 donors.

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Clairification

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Your goal with any fundraising strategy is to retain and, ultimately, upgrade these transactional donors. And a huge part of your goal with Giving Tuesday should be to strengthen your bonds with donors. That’s the real something you’re after. It’s not just about the money you raise today.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

To be successful, groups need to encourage interaction among workers and help managers learn how to supervise employees they don't see everyday. By Rasheeda Childress Getty Images To be successful, groups need to encourage interaction among workers and help managers learn how to supervise employees they don't see everyday.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

At their core, nonprofits are service-oriented. And while there are distinctions between the way for-profit and nonprofit entities run, the standards of customer service apply equally between the two.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Key takeaways: Optimize Your Social Media Profiles for Fundraising: Learn how to enhance your social media presence to attract and retain donors. Using real-world examples from successful campaigns, Julia will demonstrate how to craft compelling content, engage your audience, and drive donations.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 10, 2025

However, recruiting and retaining these essential team members is not always easy. Use these onboarding best practices to set your new hires up for lasting success. By Debbie Willis Every new employee brings passion, talent, and a fresh perspective to your nonprofit.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

While text messaging has remained a reliable conversion channel over the years, nonprofits are taking advantage of texting’s strong and immediate open rate to focus on retention.

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Clairification

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

To Retain Donors, Stand Out from the ‘Get Go’ Believe me, most donors aren’t sticking around. Most thank you letters are simply boring. This could come from almost any nonprofit. They’re generic, not specific.They look like a form letters. You can do a lot better, and it’s not hard.

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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.

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Clairification

APRIL 11, 2024

It costs more to acquire a new donor than retain a current one. It’s why they retain, on average, 80 – 90% of current customers. Per the Fundraising Effectiveness Project, less than 20% of new donors (aka customers) are retained. A lot more. Please, please, please… let this sink in. The for-profit world understands this.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Professional fundraising firms retained 17% of donations raised in New York State during 2023, the lowest amount during the past five years. million was retained by the fundraising firm. The number of campaigns in which the telemarketer retained more than 50 percent of the collected dollars dropped from 129 in 2022 to 120 in 2023.

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Tony Martignetti

JUNE 26, 2023

Julia Campbell: Data Driven Storytelling Julia Campbell returns to share her thinking on retaining and engaging donors by creating and curating your best stories. She’s an author, trainer and speaker. This continues our coverage of the 2023 Nonprofit Technology Conference, hosted by NTEN. She’s an author, trainer and speaker.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 22, 2025

of new donors are being retained year-to-date, and even repeat donor retention decreased by 4.6%. Staffing The National Council of Nonprofitsreports that nonprofits around the country are reporting significant challenges retaining staff and filling vacancies. Fundraising has been showing troubling trends for a while now. Only 13.8%

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Explore effective strategies and tips to attract and retain supporters. Struggling to find donors for your nonprofit? Learn how to build relationships, leverage online tools and craft compelling campaigns to boost your fundraising efforts.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 4, 2023

By Sara Herschander A panel of fundraising and human resources experts discuss how nonprofit leaders can incentivize fundraisers — and keep them on the job — even with a shoestring budget.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Related Posts: Lessons From Motivate Monday | Retaining and growing… Lessons from MotivateMonday | Why monthly giving is… Motivate Monday | Bolster your back-end for monthly… Are you missing this key fundraising “system?

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 9, 2024

Retaining your membership base saves money on recruitment and helps build a lasting community. Get inspired by these 15 member retention strategies!

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Pamela Grow

JULY 2, 2025

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. Messages sharing how donors’ gifts aided your cause, particularly when they include powerful visuals , will humanize your mission and inspire future donations.

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Candid

JUNE 18, 2025

This short cycle of funding affects an organization’s ability to plan, implement strategy, and retain high-quality staff. Helping to stabilize the sector with multiyear grants The need to seek renewed funding on an annual basis can be destabilizing for the nonprofit sector, particularly as funding cuts are occurring.

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

There are multiple reasons nonprofits should always be aiming for high levels of retention, not the least of which is that its significantly more cost-effective over time to retain than to acquire donors. However, the retention level jumps to approximately 60% for donors retained annually on a multiyear level.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 24, 2025

Donors rattled by the stock market volatility and gloomy economic forecasts may be hesitant to give. But that doesnt mean they won't, say experts. By Rasheeda Childress Getty Images Donors rattled by the stock market volatility and gloomy economic forecasts may be hesitant to give. But that doesnt mean they wont, say experts.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 12, 2023

The percentage of American adults who identify as LGBTQ+ has doubled since Gallup first began measuring it in 2012. And the younger the generation, the larger the percentage, with nearly 21% of Gen Z and almost 11% of millennials identifying as LGBTQ+. So, how can nonprofits connect with this growing demographic?

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 8, 2022

By Rasheeda Childress. Unrealistic expectations and feeling undervalued are among the factors that drive turnover.

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