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Retaining First Time Donors this GivingTuesday

Blackbaud

These donors, who contribute without prior planning, can be the unsung heroes of your end-of-year fundraising. Retain and Set the Stage for Next Year Turning a one-time donation into ongoing support can significantly boost your organization’s impact. Ready to take the next step?

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7 Signs Your Organization Is Ready for an Enterprise-Scale CRM

Blackbaud

While you may be aware on a general level that your CRM platform is becoming a headwind to your organization achieving its fundraising goals, the prospect of migrating vast amounts of data, retraining staff, and committing the money and resources required for a successful upgrade can make it tempting to say, Lets make do for another year.

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April is National Volunteer Month. Do you know where your volunteers are? 

Candid

So, what can organizations do to better engage and retain volunteers in 2025? Beyond fundraising: How building community strengthens nonprofit sustainability. So, what can nonprofits do to recruit these essential volunteersand retain them? Proven strategies for engaging and retaining volunteers. Fundraisers need to adapt.

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Why are Good Nonprofit Fundraisers Hard to Keep? RESPECT

Clairification

I can’t get no… Oh, I can’t get no… satisfaction… Fundraisers report money is the number one reason they leave their jobs [See Part I of this two-part series here ]. The real reason fundraisers leave their jobs, and the sector, is very similar to why donors leave you. I gave you a hint in the title.

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Fasten Your Seat Belts! 2025 Will Be a Bumpy Ride…Here’s Help!

Pamela Grow

Fundraising has been showing troubling trends for a while now. of new donors are being retained year-to-date, and even repeat donor retention decreased by 4.6%. Nonprofit organizations will need to be a whole lot more serious about fundraising particularly donor retention in 2025. Fundraising isnt wrong. Only 13.8%

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13 Top Secrets of Donor Thank You Letters Revealed

Clairification

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. it sounded like another fundraising appeal).

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13 Top Secrets of Donor Thank You Letters Revealed

Clairification

To Retain Donors, Stand Out from the ‘Get Go’ Believe me, most donors aren’t sticking around. In fact, research from Penelope Burk, author of Donor-Centered Fundraising, found 70% of donors reported they would increase their giving if they received what they needed from you. Most thank you letters are simply boring.

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