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Building Capacity Without Breaking the Budget: Coping with Inflation’s Ongoing Effects

Grant Professionals Association

Small-dollar items, such as office supplies, equipment, printing, or software subscriptions, can add up surprisingly fast. Invest Strategically Every budget has two sides: revenue and expenses. A good strategic plan can uncover inefficiencies and highlight areas with the greatest return on investment.

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How Are You Thanking Your Donors?

NonProfit PRO

Your Strategic Plan Thanking shouldn’t stop after a week. Every donor should have a plan. And within that plan, you should include three to four “just because” thank-you moments across the year. Recognition loses its meaning when the follow-through is sloppy. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

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Report: Tech-Savvy Nonprofits are More Optimistic and Better Prepared for the Future

NonProfit PRO

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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5 Reasons Many Nonprofits Fail to Reach Their Highest Potential

NonProfit PRO

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",

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Study Shows Donations Increase With AI-Powered Donor Data Analytics

NonProfit PRO

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.

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Supersized Gifts Mask Declining Nonprofit Grassroots Support, Q1 FEP Report Finds

NonProfit PRO

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%

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Recruitment for Nonprofits 101: A Guide to Getting Started

Blackbaud

Both types of organizations should leverage people-first recruitment software to improve the experience both for staff and applicants. 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.