The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 2, 2024

Speakers were Margaret Chialastri, senior vice president of client success at Moore’s Edge Direct division, and Victoria Horcasitas director, direct response marketing at Shriners Children’s, also known as Shriners Hospitals for Children. The next is objective and how you’ll measure overall success. Next is audiences.

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Retention Universities Children Activism 94

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 22, 2013

Until recently the nonprofit pioneers of the Social Web had to mostly rely on their intuition that their social media campaigns were resulting in more dollars raised online, an increase in brand and cause awareness, and higher rates of volunteer recruitment and retention. Your instincts have served you well. Source: Avectra.

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Advertising Fundraising Fundraising Recruitment 110

The Agitator

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

As the author begins … “Whether we’re talking to our 90-year-old grandmothers or our 3-year-old children, we all subscribe to a simple theory: if they can’t seem to hear us, we need. communications copywriting donor retention loyalty premium'

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Retention Children Production Communication 73

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Where children don’t feel hurt, alone, scared, and afraid. Where children don’t feel hurt, alone, scared and afraid. The more valued you make them feel, the more they will give and the better your retention. Because I wish we lived in a world where child abuse didn’t exist. That’s why I’m writing to you today.

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Children Retention Values Communication 116

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Just before the Great Depression, Hardy Sanders passed away from natural causes, leaving Ambert to take on farming responsibilities along with her adult children. The matriarch of the family, “Aunt” Ambert had lived 60 years of her life on that 39-acre tract, working, raising nine children, and rearing numerous grand and great grandchildren.

Food 119

Food Agriculture Governance Children 119

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 17, 2016

The training program — funded as part of the Meyer Foundation’s Children and Family Capacity-Building Initiative for Freddie Mac Foundation grantees — gives nonprofit leaders three day-long training sessions on topics like branding, message development, storytelling and media relations. In 2015, her nonprofit, College Directions Inc.,

Public and Nonprofit Management 140

Public and Nonprofit Management Universities Foundations Nonprofits 140

Bloomerang

MAY 30, 2022

What were our donor retention and new donor acquisition rates? We will improve overall donor retention by 5% (to 50% overall) by creating and implementing a donor-centered stewardship plan. Look back at your previous fundraising initiatives and outreach campaigns to assess your strengths, challenges, and opportunities.

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Fundraising Fundraising Retention Recruitment 140

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

How Does Reading Books Benefit Children’s Development? For children, reading books boosts cognitive and language development, enhances imagination, improves concentration, and can help in developing social and emotional understanding. Can Reading Aloud to Children Affect Their Development?

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Culture Children Retention Activism 98

Fundraising Coach

MARCH 18, 2013

If children are part of the audience, there are countless kid-focused items that parents will appreciate. Some newer research indicates that using promo products as up-front incentives may actually be counterproductive to donor retention. Know your audience and what they will use and not throw away. Milestones. Stewardship.

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Production Advertising Public and Nonprofit Management Retention 111

Bloomerang

MAY 30, 2024

Create a stewardship and retention plan showing how their support makes a difference. Brag about them to their peers, boss, or family members. Have fun with them. Give them special privileges or incentives. Share regular feedback, rewards, and recognition. Personalize the appeal to them as volunteers.

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Healthcare Health Children Retention 105

Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2024

Small nonprofits face even more challenges when it comes to securing funding in comparison to larger organizations—from low donor retention rates to limited resources to an overall lack of unrestricted funding. The team at EdVenture Children’s Museum is spreading the value of play.

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Culture Public and Nonprofit Management Fundraising Fundraising 102

Bloomerang

APRIL 19, 2021

B — Level B strategies will strive for retention and significant upgrades. C — Level C strategies will strive for retention and smaller upgrades. Whether they were most passionate about helping seniors or cared most about helping children, it was all the same. These donors will make up roughly 40% of your portfolio.

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Retention Activism Children Fundraising 130

The Agitator

APRIL 8, 2013

The study consisted of: A survey to define those organizations and programs perceived as having achieved ‘Great Fundraising’ A series of detailed case studies of organizations as diverse as Save The Children, Cancer Research UK, NSSPCC, the British Heart Foundation, The Royal British Legion and the British Red Cross.

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Fundraising Fundraising Culture Retention 109

The Agitator

OCTOBER 2, 2011

So, what does this mean in fundraising terms? These e-mails obtain response rates 10 to 18 times as high as those sent randomly.” ” Wouldn’t you like to increase your email fundraising response 10 to 18 times?!

Marketing 93

Marketing Marketing Retail Retention 93

The Agitator

OCTOBER 2, 2011

So, what does this mean in fundraising terms? These e-mails obtain response rates 10 to 18 times as high as those sent randomly.” ” Wouldn’t you like to increase your email fundraising response 10 to 18 times?!

Marketing 93

Marketing Marketing Retail Retention 93

Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2021

Your list could include: age range, income range, religious affiliation, making donations to other charities, having school-age children, etc. . Once you have their first gift, make sure you work extra hard to bond them to your organization—otherwise retention can be a problem moving forward.

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Children Retention Fundraising Fundraising 130

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Enjoy a FREE short stack of our pancakes and donate to Children's Miracle Network, Shriners Hospital for Children and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. They found that first year-donor retention is higher for online donors and offline donors that have an email address on file with the organization. Mark your calendar.

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Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Children Retail 100

Bloomerang

MAY 11, 2021

We began harvesting such best practices based upon the amazing Donor Retention work of Adrian Sargeant (you will see Adrian and his wonderful family in a few of the pictures below). Those of you who have watched Simone mesmerize a large audience should see her work with a small crowd of energetic and knowledge seeking children.

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Non-Profits Ethics Production Children 133

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

They can drive upgrades and retention . A lot of your donors might be thrilled to get their children introduced to philanthropy and this could be a great chance to do that. You get to mingle with donors and ask great discovery questions. Donors and prospects can experience your mission up close in an immersive way .

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Activism Technology Children Retention 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 1, 2023

At Overdeck Family Foundation , which aims to improve educational opportunities for children, we firmly reject this binary, and embrace mutual accountability between strategic capacity building and trust-based philanthropy. We also provided a grant to heavily subsidize the cost of the fellowship for LENA.

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Nonprofit Capacity Philanthropy Children Foundations 110

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

People have different values (some want to help children; others animals; others education, the environment, the arts… and so on). They, in turn, may “return the favor” (which is a huge reason donor retention, per the Fundraising Effectiveness Project reports , remains at under 20% for new donors and just 46% for all donors).

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Philanthropy Values Associations Children 130

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

A child advocacy organization might aim to double the number of volunteers trained to protect children in the court system. Donor retention is something you must pay attention to if you want your organization to grow and thrive. But seriously, 100% retention is unrealistic because life is fluid and peoples’ situations change.

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Fundraising Fundraising Activism Retention 134

Selfish Giving

APRIL 10, 2017

Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis celebrating an amazing accomplishment. There had to be a few cringes in the room after she said it. In December, Kmart CMO Kelly Cook was at St. That's where we'll continue to see the most significant growth of corporate cause engagement." - Ryan Scott, Founder & CEO, Causecast.

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Retail Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Public and Nonprofit Management 213

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

APRIL 19, 2013

She can now support her family and send her children to school. I mail the notecard with her story and the below photo and one of the little rams she sews to monthly donors within the first 90 days to help with retention (no ask, no BRE). The response has been overwhelming!

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Children Retention Technology Marketing 83

The Agitator

JUNE 30, 2010

AUM provides emergency food and shelter, residential recovery programs and transitional housing for men, women and children. I can think of many reasons why a dedicated site for donors only would be a smart component of a donor retention and cultivation strategy. For starters, building and maintaining such a site would (should!)

Public and Nonprofit Management 58

Public and Nonprofit Management Retention Children Food 58

Ann Green

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Calling first-time donors is known to improve retention rates. Your gift will help us purchase winter coats for homeless children. We’re so happy you’ve been a donor these past three years. Phone calls make a difference, too. Another more personal way to thank your donors is with a phone call. Write an awesome letter.

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Homelessness Retention Children Nonprofits 117

iMarketSmart

MAY 17, 2017

The people who care so deeply they give until it hurts and sometimes lessen their own children’s inheritances to make room for their beloved charities. I’m thinking this is exactly why donor retention rates among nonprofits are in the toilet. What do you think? Should donors be included in nonprofit mission statements?

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Retention Nonprofits Health Children 71

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Their network reaches children, seniors, and families no matter where they live or spend time. When I asked him about the ultimate point of paying attention to the donor thank you process, he said, “ Retention. Thanking a donor well increases donor retention multiple times. They seek “an America where no one is hungry.”

Food 116

Food Disaster Relief Retention Children 116

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

To do this, your organization will need to increase fundraising revenue by $10,000 by finding new outreach opportunities and strengthening relationships with existing supporters to increase donor retention. Meanwhile, you may assign another person to call new donors to thank them and increase your new donor retention.

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Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Nonprofit Administration and Development 122

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Auction items for children such as theme park tickets, movie theater rentals, etc. Appreciation is the first step to donor retention, meaning it’s the first step for even more incredible events with many attendees in the future. Sports fan items such as tickets, merchandise, etc.

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Nonprofits Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Technology 130

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Jude Children’s Research Hospital – Thanks & Giving Campaign (Ongoing) Campaign: This long-running campaign uses celebrity endorsements and patient testimonials to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer research. Patient Focus: Highlighting the impact on children creates a strong emotional appeal and motivates giving.

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Nonprofit Administration and Development Children Nonprofits Collaborations 95

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Amanda’s approach of gratitude, empathy, and understanding, has allowed her to create HR policies internally at Adams Keegan, and for hundreds of their clients that fosters a culture of care, which ultimately leads to a better work environment and employee retention.

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Non-Profits Nonprofit Administration and Development Medical Culture 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 19, 2023

Mothers Out Front was founded by a mom who became distressed about the prospect of her children growing up in a time of climate catastrophe and wanted to join with other concerned moms to create a better future. This deep examination can range from improving our outreach in hiring and retention practices to valuing experience in interviews.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Energy Culture Leadership 111

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Meeting deadlines is crucial if you are to succeed as a freelancer and for client retention. Freelancers with young children find it hard to make them understand they are working, albeit from home, making the freelancer’s work more difficult. Distractions from family and social media are a huge problem for freelancers.

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Nonprofit governance and management Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Construction 98

The Agitator

DECEMBER 13, 2017

One non-profit (who wishes to remain anonymous) segments by animal, whether the donor enjoys nature inside versus outside, and whether she involves her children in their nature activities. Those donors who were highly committed to the organization had their retention go down by nine percentage points when they got additional communications.

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Non-Profits Retention Medical Communication 74

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

While their retention rate is high, you still want to inspire them to (a) continue; (b) upgrade; (c) consider a legacy gift, and (d) tell their friends. They’re also warm and homey, befitting a nonprofit that is a home for orphaned children. They highlight one amount; then describe what this amount will accomplish. EXAMPLE: Vida Joven.

Marketing 115

Marketing Marketing Nonprofits Recruitment 115

NonProfit Hub

MAY 27, 2021

Whether it’s sponsoring children, saving animals, or underwriting a golf outing or gala, we are always working for sponsor support. Donor retention is one of the greatest challenges facing nonprofits. Here’s your guide to keeping them straight and also maximizing their ability to support your mission. Sponsorship is a fuzzy word.

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Nonprofit governance and management Charitable Contribution Public and Nonprofit Management Law 83