Ann Green

APRIL 28, 2025

A robust donor database or constituent relationship management (CRM) system is one of the best tools you have at your disposal to boost engagement at your nonprofit. Organizational connections: Compiles donors giving history and involvement in other activities at your nonprofit to help you choose the right next steps for engaging them.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 3, 2025

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2025

This article explores how nonprofits can leverage tools like organizational chart software and donor databases to streamline workflows, manage teams effectively, and enhance donor relationships. Leveraging donor CRMs to build stronger relationships Effective donor management is at the heart of successful nonprofit fundraising.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In today’s post,we dive into the Individual Donor Benchmark Report by Third Space Studio and focus on donor retention numbers. 4 out of 10 board members are active in fundraising in any significant way. Your retention rate is the percentage of last year’s donors who give again this year. Heather Yandow. Growing Your Base.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 14, 2025

Fundraising success relies on strong donor relationships, but manual data management makes engagement difficult. The Daxko Operations + Bloomerang integration eliminates this challenge by automating donor insights, strengthening retention, and enhancing engagement. Retention-focused fundraising strategies Did you know?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2025

2) Neglecting Donor Retention Strategies The Mistake: Pouring all energy into acquiring new donors while neglecting existing supporters. Retaining donors proves far more cost-effective than acquiring new ones, yet many nonprofits fail to prioritize retention, resulting in donor churn and stagnated growth.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 18, 2025

A proactive approach to reputation management helps safeguard trust and ensure long-term credibility. Manage Social Media Responsibly Social media can amplify your missionor jeopardize your reputation. Research from Nonprofit Quarterly shows nonprofits that respond to feedback promptly see a 20% increase in donor retention.

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Affnetz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Exploring Donor Management Software: A Go-To Guide for Small Nonprofits / By Mike Crum The best software for fundraising activities include a range of impressive features that help with the different stages of a fundraising cycle. This major pitfall can be avoided by investing in the best software for fundraising activities.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2025

A well-thought-out plan to diversify your revenue streams puts you in the drivers seat, helping your organization manage challenges with confidence. Why it matters: Donors who cut back dont always stop givingthey may just prefer smaller, manageable gifts. The data: Recurring donors have the highest retention ratesup to 90%.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 3, 2025

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Retail 130

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 10, 2025

While my manager and I would both recommend discontinuing the practice, this feels more like a judgment call than a best practices thing. The time and care required to develop our listings is manageable/not manageable. Especially if it opens up that time for more high-yielding fundraising and donor retention activities.

Public and Nonprofit Management 117

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Donor retention on steroids – Make it monthly I implore you to make soliciting recurring donations a priority. Maybe in the past you weren’t set up to manage monthly giving effectively. Retention is a phenomenal 80 – 90% compared with under 20% for new one-time donors and just 45% when ongoing donors are added to the mix.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 125

Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Values Retention 125

The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

Encourage team-building activities that foster understanding and collaboration. Leveraging Technology For Recruitment and Retention Technology can simplify hiring and keep teams connected. Use recruiting tools to streamline the hiring process and employee management platforms to boost productivity.

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Bloomerang

MAY 20, 2024

In the dynamic world of nonprofits, managing supporters effectively often feels like juggling too many tasks at once. Imagine harnessing the power of unified data to streamline operations, boost engagement, and drive retention. But what if you could simplify this? You’re not alone.

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Ann Green

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Let’s take a look at three areas where nonprofits can drive increased fundraising efficiency: staff retention, donor qualification, and campaign planning. If fundraiser retention has been a challenge for your nonprofit, work to improve it before diving deeper into other fundraising efficiency improvements. Cutting expenses?

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 30, 2025

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Affnetz

AUGUST 22, 2023

Exploring Donor Management Software: A Go-To Guide for Small Nonprofits Exploring Donor Management Software: A Go-To Guide for Small Nonprofits / By Mike Crum In today’s digital age, technology has transformed the way Nonprofit organizations operate and connect with their supporters.

Management 130

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JUNE 5, 2024

Implementing digital collaboration tools, custom knowledge management systems , and online learning platforms can facilitate communication, information sharing, and collaboration across generations and geographies. Encouraging empathy, active listening, and open-mindedness can help employees appreciate diverse perspectives and experiences.

Public and Nonprofit Management 246

Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Culture Leadership 246

NonProfit Leadership Center

JUNE 17, 2024

Retention Strategies for Nonprofit Organizations Creating a Positive Work Culture One of the most critical components to retaining your top talent is creating and fostering a supportive and inclusive workplace culture. Professional Development Another way to increase staff retention is to invest in the growth of your employees.

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Ann Green

APRIL 14, 2022

Effective donor engagement increases donor retention. However, before you improve your donor retention , you need to track metrics that tell you the effectiveness of your engagement strategies. The highest frequency scores are assigned to your most consistently active donors. Why is Measuring Donor Engagement Important?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

However, dont overwhelm yourself with managing too many networks at once. Actively engage with followers by answering their questions, tagging them in photos and videos, and commenting on and resharing posts they make about your organization. Cultivating Donor Retention to Grow Your Giving Garden. Use social media.

Nonprofit Organizations 102

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Uber, for instance, has been heavily scrutinized after record-setting valuations for a widely emulated business model that retains 30 percent or more of workers’ earnings, misleads its workers to create an oversupplied market, and has distorted activity to disadvantage other labor platforms. Funders—including the Annie E.

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Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 10, 2024

According to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project , a drop in gifts from major donors and a decrease in donor retention have led to fundraising challenges for nonprofits this year. That means that building a reliable, sustainable major gift moves management process is more important now than ever.

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Fundraising Coach

JULY 13, 2020

Proper donor management is the key to effective fundraising. This brings us back to the need for effective donor management. . Here at Bloomerang, we’ve helped thousands of nonprofits achieve their goals when it comes to donor data management. Track donor retention rates. . Track donor retention rates.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2022

The museum had notes saved in their donor management software about the seating preferences for their major donors and that particular donor preferred their regular seat toward the front. Nonprofits use donor management software or a donor database to organize their donor data and ensure its accuracy. Let’s get started.

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The Volunteer Hub

MARCH 7, 2022

With the value of a volunteer hour approaching $29 in 2022, now is the time to focus on retention and better utilize your existing volunteer contacts. But exactly what does it take to retain volunteers and keep them active? Susan would like to learn about your organization and refine her management and speaking skills.

Retention 92

Retention Recruitment Public and Nonprofit Management Activism 92

Bloomerang

MAY 12, 2025

When board members take part in mission-centered activities, whether its serving meals, shadowing frontline staff, or hearing directly from clients, they begin to internalize the mission on a visceral level. Importantly, these activities must be bookended by meaningful reflection. They see what staff see. Encourage creative thinking.

Nonprofit governance and management 92

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

However, successful volunteer recruitment, engagement, and retention are no easy feat. That’s where volunteer management software comes in. Volunteer management software is a tool that nonprofits can use to better organize their volunteers by handling everything from scheduling to ongoing communication. Let’s dive in!

Management 104

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 10, 2023

However, volunteers can quickly become another challenge for your event team if you don’t know how to effectively recruit and manage them. Actively market event volunteering opportunities. Actively market event volunteering opportunities. Let’s begin! If that’s not possible, make sure to note it for the future.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

DECEMBER 6, 2018

As a refresher, common goals — the broad outcomes you seek via communications — include engaging your community to keep people inspired and active in your work, raising awareness of issues to educate people on your cause, advocating on your issues, brand building/reputation management, and fundraising from individuals.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 6, 2025

One of their top responsibilities is assisting with financial management. These guidelines typically cover budgeting, financial reporting, cash management, investing, and fundraising. While leadership oversees risk management, board members may evaluate proposed risks and ensure your budget addresses them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 17, 2025

When done right, they can give supporters those warm and fuzzy feelings that are the foundation of donor retention. Its never too early to start working on donor retention. A recurring donor, for example, would receive a receipt after each gift, and theyd also receive a statement of all their giving activity for the year.

Charitable Contribution 104

Charitable Contribution Values Retention Technology 104

Anedot

MARCH 6, 2025

Specifically, this role will manage the grants calendar, develop grant strategies, and research, write and prepare foundation and government grant applications and funder reports. Grant Research, Proposal Development and Grant Writing 3 or more years of grant writing, management, fundraising and/or relevant experience.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

For instance, if you want to increase donor retention with an outreach campaign, you wouldn’t want to target donor prospects. Here are a few examples from NPOInfo’s guide to donor data management : Giving history, such as relationship duration and average gift amount. Marital and parental status. Employment. Events attended.

Communication 244

Communication Activism Donor Motivation Values 244

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JANUARY 10, 2025

While your team might have the right nonprofit management skills , they can only do so much on their own. A donor database To get to know your donors better, you must actively collect donor data. The best way to store and organize this data is with a donor database or constituent relationship management (CRM) system.

Technology 246

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Bloomerang

MARCH 14, 2025

Effective internal communication and trust are the foundation of donor retention success. And when everyone moves in the same direction, donor trust grows, retention improves, and revenue increases. This means: Encouraging open conversations about fundraising goals, donor relationships, and retention strategies.

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Finance Fundraising Fundraising Collaborations 79

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 31, 2023

One common issue is the use of multiple, disconnected tools and systems for managing donor and volunteer relationships, events, communications, and more. Enter an all-in-one nonprofit donor relationship management system (DMS), like Bloomerang. Event management tools: To organize and promote events, from church services to fundraisers.

Management 115

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