On average, half of a donor file is made up of new and reactivated donors. [the other half from existing donors that renew their support].
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Topics: New Donor Acquistion, Fundraising Strategies, Budgeting, Reactivation, Lapsed, Lapsed Donors, Action Strategies
A couple of weeks ago, we talked about Cost and Profit centers. One practical solution offered was to separate the acquisition / reactivation budget into it's own cost center from the house file development budget which should become it's own profit center. Instead of looking at both of these together as a profit center. Today we are going to talk about the house file consisting of any donor that has made a donation over the last two years.
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Topics: Lifetime Value, New Donor Acquistion, Fundraising Strategies, Revenue, Budgeting, Reactivation, Action Strategies, benchmarks, Mail Strategies
Our money is on you.
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Topics: Lifetime Value, New Donor Acquistion, Fundraising Strategies, Revenue, Trends, Budgeting, Action Strategies, Mail Strategies
I was looking over a client’s budget recently, and something struck me as I was reviewing their acquisition numbers. It started with a relatively simple question. Why are you only budgeting to bring in 8,000 new donors?
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Topics: Lifetime Value, New Donor Acquistion, Revenue, Reactivation, Lapsed Donors, Action Strategies, benchmarks
KNOW YOUR NUMBERS - HIT YOUR GOALS
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Topics: Donor Retention, Lifetime Value, New Donor Acquistion, mid-level upgrade, major donor upgrade, donor upgrading, Fundraising Strategies, Upgrade Strategies, Major Donor Pipeline, Retention, Retention Rate, Trends, Major Donors, Budgeting, Reactivation, Lapsed, Lapsed Donors, Action Strategies, benchmarks
The Fundraising Effectiveness Project released its third quarter Quarterly Fundraising Report and there are some disturbing trends that we all need to pay attention to. The headlines are pretty startling:
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Topics: Donor Retention, New Donor Acquistion, Revenue, Retention, Retention Rate, Trends