The Charity CFO

DECEMBER 30, 2024

In a recent episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, host Tosha Anderson sat down with Greg Miller, President and CEO of Penn-Mar Human Services, to discuss the critical issues of recruitment, retention, and strategic partnerships in the nonprofit sector. He stated, “When we get retention correct, recruitment becomes less of an issue.”

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 18, 2025

In 2024, donor retention continued to drop. Now that 2025 is in full swing, let's consider why this is and what fundraisers can do.

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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. By Chelsey Newmyer What first comes to mind when you think about increasing your nonprofit’s fundraising efficiency? Prioritization is a key part of efficient fundraising.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JULY 10, 2023

Written by: Michael Ash, Ma, CNP, PCM, PMP Reading Time: 5 minutes In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, nonprofit organizations face unprecedented challenges, from transitioning to remote work models to addressing economic hardships, new challenges in fundraising, and community struggles.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Image credit: Tim Marshall on Unsplash Born as a small, local fundraising effort, GivingTuesday has grown in just over a decade into a global movement of generosity—and a cornerstone of fundraising for countless nonprofits here in the United States and abroad. Donor retention presents another challenge. notes Wong.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2025

More recently, the pandemic disrupted traditional fundraising models and reinforced a critical truth: nonprofits with diversified revenue streams were better positioned to adapt and sustain their missions. Nows the time to lean into fundraising and partnershipsnot to wait and see.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

End of year is the most lucrative, high-stakes fundraising there is. A solid year-end fundraising plan can help! I’m here with an end-of-year timeline and fundraising communications calendar to make end-of-year fundraising as easy as pie. Just follow my timeline below to create your year-end fundraising plan!

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Bloomerang

MARCH 14, 2025

Introduction If you’re reading this blog post, you’re probably involved in fundraising in some capacity. What if your entire organizationnot just the development departmentfelt a sense of ownership and responsibility for fundraising success? Because when fundraising becomes a team effort, the results speak for themselves.

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Affnetz

APRIL 15, 2024

Donor Management Software for Small Nonprofits | Affnetz / By Bala Guntipalli Introduction: Donor management is the cornerstone of success for any nonprofit organization, and for small nonprofits, efficient management of donor relationships can make all the difference in achieving their missions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Donor retention is a crucial aspect of a productive fundraising strategy. Here are seven excellent methods of increasing donor retention and how to automate them.

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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.

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Jeff Brooks

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

From the Better Fundraising Blog, here are eight foundations (plus my comments) for success in fundraising: Communicate with your donors regularly. A lot of fundraisers worry about too much communication. Fundraising is a relationship, not just a series of transactions. Thats what fundraising is all about.

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2022

Best Practices for Donor Acquisition and Retention Through Direct Mail. Sending a personalized, well-written appeal via direct mail can be one of the most impactful ways for schools to fundraise. With that in mind, we recommend incorporating direct mail into your fundraising plan. Refer to the data. Define your audience.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 10, 2025

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. 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. Next look at external factors.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Welcome to NPQ s fundraising advice column, Ask Rhea! Rhea Wong is a fundraising expert and professional coach, exuberant author of Get That Money, Honey! Write Rhea with your fundraising questions through this NPQ submission form. We know that fundraising can be frustrating, exciting, unpredictable andultimatelynecessary.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Moving forward, organizations should steward new relationships virtually and bring moves management strategies into their digital fundraising programs.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Turns out love has everything to do with fundraising. Relationship Fundraising 3.0 from the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy proves it.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Nonprofits who care about donor retention employ numerous strategies to keep their donors coming back year after year. Personal acknowledgments, impact reporting, and a strong monthly giving program are some of the cornerstones to a high donor retention rate. Savvy fundraisers have always kept donor retention top of mind.

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Selfish Giving

MARCH 5, 2025

A great partnership newsletter makes retention easier and acquisition smarterand thats a winning formula. Fundraising Proposal Writer, American Humane Society , Washington D.C. Senior New Partnership Development Manager, American Lung Association , Boston ($90k - $100k) 4. Bottom line? You have until April 4th to apply here.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2022

When my sister first started working with a nonprofit museum, she had a lot to learn about the fundraising process for the organization. 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.

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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.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

A Guide to Donor Retention. What is Donor Retention? If you’re a fundraiser or nonprofit development professional, you’ve likely heard the term “donor retention.” But what is donor retention? Nonprofits with a high donor retention rate have long-term supporters who come back year after year.

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Ann Green

APRIL 14, 2022

As a fundraiser, you need to increase donor engagement , and the only way to do that is by tracking engagement metrics and monitoring your success. This article will show you four metrics for measuring donor engagement and tell you why they’re important for your fundraising team. . Effective donor engagement increases donor retention.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 12, 2021

Do you know your organization’s donor retention rate? According to the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ 2020 Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP), only 43.6% As important as it is to pay attention to donor retention, it’s equally important to know how to “move the needle”—and we do. I’d bet not. .

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 3, 2024

With reports of fewer donors and dollars, here are 10 strategies you can employ now to boost your fundraising success.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 28, 2025

Connecting with your donors on a personal level can help strengthen your fundraising efforts. Here's how segmentation plays a role.

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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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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Effective volunteer management vital to an organization’s day-to-day operations, meaning nonprofits need to invest in smart volunteer management practices to reduce administrative overhead and increase volunteer retention. Here’s what to expect: What is volunteer management? What is volunteer management?

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Retaining employees is always critical, but even more so for your front-line fundraising staff. Here's how to keep your fundraisers happy.

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Clairification

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

If you dont build trust, or if you somehow manage to destroy it, youre going to lose your donor. By now youre likely familiar with the stats on donor retention from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. If you want to improve on these retention rates (and you definitely can!), The most recent report revealed only 13.8%

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The Charity CFO

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Power of Mission Clarity in Nonprofit Fundraising In this enlightening episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, host Tosha Anderson engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Erin Straza, CEO and Chief Donor Engagement Strategist for nonprofits at ErinStraza.com. Erin begins by emphasizing the paramount importance of mission clarity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2024

By Abby Jarvise , writer, marketer, and speaker at Neon One – software built for small and midsize nonprofits to help them manage fundraising, communications, events, volunteers, and more. Donor retention is important. All that is true, but the fact remains that donor retention is a struggle. The short answer is “no.”

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 27, 2022

In today’s college environment, it does not take long for stakeholders to discuss the current state of enrollment and fundraising targets. Sadly, some schools are facing enrollment decline as a result of a lack of first-time students and issues surrounding student retention and success. .

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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 Center

DECEMBER 29, 2022

From fundraising strategies and emotional intelligence to diversity, equity and inclusion and management, classes span every area of expertise and experience level. From a Certificate in Grant Writing or Board Governance to Nonprofit Financial Management or Leadership, there is something for every leader and every experience level.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Much like you focus on donor retention, you also have to develop a plan for employee retention to ensure your team feels satisfied coming to work each day and upholding your mission. In this article, we’ll go over five tips to help your nonprofit nurture a flourishing work environment to keep employee engagement and retention high.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JULY 31, 2023

Despite nonprofits’ current concerns with hiring and retention, compensation and pay equity, and capacity shortages and burnout, they also offered potential solutions to address these challenges. Improved Leadership and Management Nonprofit leaders are vital in guiding their organizations toward achieving their missions.

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