3 Fundraising Experts Sound off on Donor Retention from the Donors Perspective
Long time fundraising experts - Rachel Muir, Shanon Doolittle and Pamela Grow - Share valuable insights on how to improve nonprofit donor retention rates.
Making Your First Donor Retention Calendar, Step by Step
Donors staying loyal is the exception, not the rule. According to Chuck Longfield, ten years ago the average retention rates of a newly acquired donor were roughly 33%. Today it’s 27%.
Fundraising Basics:[Part 2] Provide Great Donor Service
In part one of the Fundraising Basics series, we began exploring the core principles of fundraising and how your organization can harness [...]
Engage Lapsed Donors as Volunteers
As we wind down the year 2011, we reflect on a year of challenges, both with the economy and its [...]
Scary Supporter Horror Stories
People share their nightmares with me. Well, ok – maybe that’s overstating it. They vent. And it freaks me out. [...]
Breaking out of the Volunteer Data Silo
Breaking out of the Volunteer Data Silo [...]
5 Tips for Reconnecting with Donors
While writing about multi-channel engagement, I couldn’t help but to think that each lesson learned applied mainly to supporters who [...]