
6 Tactics for Increasing Donor Retention
The national average is 45.5%—but what’s your organization’s donor retention rate?

7 Ways for Arts & Cultural Organizations to Retain Members
Members are the catalyst of your arts or cultural organization. Follow these 7 tips for a successful membership retention rate.

Predicting the Future: Driving Fundraising Outcomes with Models
Prospect modeling has evolved vastly over the decades. While it still isn’t a guarantee that constituents will behave one way or the other, a good model reduces uncertainty and highlights those most likely to give or upgrade their gift, allowing your nonprofit to be more strategic.

Majors Gifts: 3 Tactics for Taking Your Strategy Online
Nonprofits use digital channels to engage with donors, but there is still resistance to building a major gifts strategy online. Here are tactics to try today!

Donor Stewardship: Guiding Donors to The Next Level of Support
3 out of 4 donors only give once. A solid donor stewardship plan is essential to combating donor retention and guiding supporters to lasting relationships.

The Era of Corporate Social Responsibility is Ending: Why That’s a Good Thing
I have come to learn that the focus on “corporate” is actually a problem. In America, 70% of all people in business work for small to mid-sized businesses.

Three New Ways to Delight Your Donors
You have to do the basics well before you can get fancy. That means prompt acknowledgement letters, hand-written notes for major gifts, and regular phone calls of gratitude to new donors.

From an Event Manager | Focus on the End Goal: Donor Engagement + Retention
Stewardship tactics to ensure your events pay off in the long run in the form of long-term relationships and stronger communication between your org and your supporters.

Finding the Usual Suspects in your Database
Steward all levels of donors, but don't neglect the very valuable group of individuals that are waiting for a reason to give.

How to Grow Offline Support by Executing Stronger Online Strategies
With proper planning and execution, a stronger online fundraising and marketing strategy can grow all avenues of offline support.