Blackbaud

JANUARY 14, 2025

As a tech leader at a growing social impact organization, you know that migrating to an enterprise-scale constituent relationship management (CRM) system can be a daunting proposition. An enterprise-scale CRM is designed to handle large volumes of data, ensuring that you can manage your records and maintain required data hygiene.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 20, 2022

Here are five tips for thanking your year-end donors that will increase the likelihood of them being retained in the following year: 1. Get the eBook: Retaining Your P2Peeps. The post How to Thank and Retain Year-End Donors appeared first on Qgiv Blog. Know who your year-end donors are. About Bloomerang.

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Bonterra

JUNE 16, 2022

We’ve all experienced the challenges of building and retaining strong constituent relationships. From donors to corporate partners to staff, these supporters help to drive your mission forward in their own unique ways, which makes it essential to manage and nurture all of your constituent relationships. We’ll cover the following:

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Blackbaud

MAY 30, 2024

Plus, as a manager in a nonprofit, retention is a key component of your job. Retaining top performers is likely a measure of your effectiveness and success in your role. But while not every contributing factor to retention will be within your control as a manager, many thankfully are.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Donor Retention and Acquisition By measuring these metrics you can assess how well your event balances attracting new attendees with retaining existing ones. Invest in Technology: Use event management tools to simplify planning and track performance. To calculate, divide the number of new attendees by the total number of attendees.

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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%. Recommendations Master Digital Fundraising Always, always, always focus on ease of giving from the donors perspective and how youre managing your follow-up. Fundraising has been showing troubling trends for a while now. Only 13.8%

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The best way to manage those differing priorities is through budget management tools that give you a clear view of each program, instead of trying to pull apart the organizational budget. One program could use more headcount to serve more people. A new van can provide more opportunities for your senior care program.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

To keep your volunteers as effective as possible, develop a volunteer management process that helps you recruit, train, and steward volunteers for your organization. Having a successful volunteer management strategy will help you increase your volunteer retention rate, which ultimately creates more efficient volunteer staff.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 10, 2024

You know how important it is to manage your funds according to their purpose and source. Many nonprofit organizations struggle with managing restricted funds in an accounting system built for businesses, not nonprofits. If this mess of circumvention sounds familiar, you are not alone. What’s a CFO to do?

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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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Candid

JUNE 28, 2022

Keep an eye on your retention rate using the analytics dashboard in your donor management system. Note their feedback where possible (ideally, in your organization’s database) so you have guidance on when and how to engage them in the future. .

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Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Though many nonprofit professionals are familiar with the term “change management,” few understand everything it involves. Finance departments and CFOs often focus on project management—which is the technical side of change—making sure all the boxes are checked, and everyone moves along the Gantt chart in an orderly fashion.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Believe it or not, this all starts with member data management! Collecting accurate member data helps you to grow, engage and retain. Growing your membership organization is all about one thing: fostering strong connections with your membership base.

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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. Sync your nonprofit event management platform with your constituent database so you can use your segments to inform your event communications.

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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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GiveSmart

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Now that you know how vital donor management software is to your organization, learn the best practices and strategies to ensure you’re making the most of the program and improving your relationship with your donors. Learn more about how to implement these donor management best practices.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 31, 2022

Retaining donors is difficult and retaining a significant number of donors is rare among nonprofits.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 30, 2024

No matter what technology you’re using to collect data, make sure all of these findings are routed to your constituent relationship management (CRM) system so the information is consolidated in one unified platform. If current trends continue, stewarding and retaining a loyal donor base will only become more important.

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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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GiveSmart

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Nonprofits rely on donors to continue their mission, so it’s important to keep track of your donor information to retain your current donors and potentially gain more. Donor management software helps streamline the process and allows you to devote more time to your goals. What is donor management?

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GiveSmart

JANUARY 23, 2025

Storytelling Storytelling is paramount to achieving success with your fundraising and donor management strategies; it drums up emotions, creates deeper understanding, and bridges genuine connections with your support network to your mission. Stories stay with us.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 15, 2025

It takes more than thank-you letters to retain donors for your nonprofit long-term. To effectively steward donor relationships and inspire higher levels of giving, you must strategically engage donors in various ways that deepen their connections to your nonprofit.

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GrantNews

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The value of volunteer time is perpetually affected by how well you manage your volunteer team. Grant-makers provide capital funding and in-kind grants to fund projects like developing volunteering opportunities and volunteer management systems for your cause. Also, did you know? For this reason, tracking volunteer hours is critical.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 20, 2024

While every organization is different, there are some guiding practices that nonprofits should follow in order to attract and retain major donors. Here is some insight into what two nonprofits are doing to steward their major donors.

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Keela’s complete fundraising and donor management software helps nonprofits build donor relationships, organize data, and shows you where to focus to bring in more donations. Find out how you can use Keela's software to retain donors, save time, and raise more for your cause!

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

APRIL 29, 2024

However, DAF fundraising is notoriously opaque—the names of DAF account owners aren’t disclosed, and these accounts are managed by a wide range of organizations including banks, financial service providers, and community foundations. What steps does your nonprofit currently take to steward and retain these donors?

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DonorSnap

MAY 17, 2023

Moves Management helps nonprofits sustain and cultivate donors at different stages of the donor life cycle. To better understand Moves Management, it is important to define the term and explore how to build a plan for it. To better understand Moves Management, it is important to define the term and explore how to build a plan for it.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 21, 2024

Here are five tips to help you acquire and retain sustainers. As donor count continues to decline, it’s important to find loyal supporters.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

To effectively manage inflations impact, budget reviews should happen more frequentlyideally quarterly. Nonprofit Quarterly estimates that retaining a donor costs ten times less than bringing in a new one. What creative strategies has your organization used to manage costs and build capacity during challenging economic times?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 12, 2023

Nonprofits play a critical role in supporting important causes and making a positive impact in our communities. Donations play a huge part in allowing nonprofits to achieve their mission. They provide the financial resources needed to make a difference.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Fundraising Manager Your nonprofit’s fundraising manager or director will oversee all fundraising activities, develop high-level strategies, and ensure that fundraising efforts align with organizational goals. According to Jitasa , grant management is an ongoing process that begins before funding is even secured.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JUNE 25, 2024

The segments you create based on lifecycle stage may include: New donors Active donors Lapsed donors Reactivated donors Donors with upgrade potential This segmentation strategy can set you up for long-term, sustainable success by focusing on retaining current donors and re-engaging lapsed donors. She earned both a B.S.

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CauseVox

JULY 1, 2024

We’ve created this comprehensive guide to help you navigate the essential steps to plan, launch, manage, and grow your recurring donation program effectively. Retaining and Growing Recurring Donations : Tips on keeping your recurring donors engaged and increasing their contributions over time. Start Today!

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

Recruiting and retaining staff can feel like scaling a mountain. Hard skills are measurable technical skills or certifications such as CRM management proficiency. Set opportunities in place for new hires to ask questions, express concerns, and provide general feedback to their managers. Necessary experience. Preferred skills.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

Recruiting and retaining staff can feel like scaling a mountain. Hard skills are measurable technical skills or certifications such as CRM management proficiency. Set opportunities in place for new hires to ask questions, express concerns, and provide general feedback to their managers. Necessary experience. Preferred skills.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 12, 2024

This approach, which champions the spirit of entrepreneurship within existing organizations, is not just beneficial; it is vital for recruiting and retaining the talent that will drive our missions forward. Brooks’ nonprofit management course at the Harvard Kennedy School. I first learned of this concept from Professor Arthur C.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This simple act is the key to retaining supporters, and retention is crucial to the financial health of charitable organizations. Getting good at saying “thank you,” and doing so regularly and meaningfully is something every nonprofit must do.

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