Fundraising Basics: [Part 1] How to Create and Provide Value to Your Donors
Overall U.S. giving was up 4.9% during 2013 while online giving was up 13.5%. In order to see those types of increases [...]
The 3 Principles to Acquire, Retain, and Upgrade Your Donors
This is a guest blogpost by Jeff Haguewood on the basic principles of successful fundraising.
Engaging Young Donors
One of the biggest challenges facing non-profit organizations today is changes in generational giving.
Acquisition Trends and New Donor Stewardship
Nonprofits need resources to accomplish their mission and can’t just watch their donor file shrink. Well, there are a number of steps that fundraisers should take.
Revenue, Retention and Reactivation: Findings from the 2011 Index of Higher Education Fundraising Report
The 2011 Higher Education Fundraising Performance Report shows that Higher Education fundraising is bouncing back to pre-recession levels. Learn More!
2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report
Target Analytics, a Blackbaud company, has released the third edition of it’s groundbreaking research into multichannel giving trends among nonprofit [...]
Keys to Following Up with Disaster Response Donors
I’ve been following the fundraising response to Japan very closely and so I was very pleased to be able to sit down with Katie Beth DeSchepper of StrategicOne earlier today. Convio acquired StrategicOne earlier this year, and they have done significant analytics on disaster donations with some hefty data sets to look at, so Katie Beth had some excellent suggestions. [...]
Helpful Ways to Measure and Optimize Your Nonprofit’s Performance
Unless you measure your nonprofit’s performance, it’s impossible to know where you are succeeding and where you need to focus [...]
December Stress Relief: Automation for Gift Processing
Fundraising requires timely and efficient processing of donations, especially in the typical end-of-year rush of gifts. This season, give your [...]
4 Reasons to Start Planning Ahead for Giving Tuesday
Whether you’re brand new to nonprofit work or a veteran of the sector, you know that Giving Tuesday is one [...]