Did you hear that faint sound? It was Chicken Little breathing a sigh of relief. When Q2 ended, the sky seemed to be falling. Donor retention and revenue were down. Long term impact of tax reform loomed over every fundraiser's halo. Today, Chicken Little and fundraisers across the land are smiling again. The Fundraising Effectiveness Project released a favorable 3rd Quarter Fundraising Report. Can we call it a comeback?
Topics: mid-level upgrade, Major Donor Pipeline, Revenue, Retention, Trends, Fundraising Effectiveness Project, FEP, Major Donors, fundraising revenue trends, growth in giving
The Quarterly Fundraising Effectiveness Project report was released this week and results are not looking good.
Bottom-line, response and revenue are down compared to the same time in 2017.
Topics: Donor Retention, Retention, Retention Rate, Fundraising Effectiveness Project, FEP, Action Strategies, benchmarks
The last of the Five Vital Fundraising Benchmarks is Donor File Growth. But “last” sure doesn’t mean least important. In fact, it’s an essential metric for spotting trouble ahead.
Topics: Retention, benchmarks, donor file growth, The Growth Score
The days of the seemingly infinite pool of new donors available to quickly and inexpensively replace those who’ve stopped their support are long gone.
Topics: Retention, Retention Rate, benchmarks
The Quarterly Fundraising Effectiveness Project report was released this week and results aren’t good. At DonorTrends, we keep a close eye on FEP trends. It is the most important industry benchmark, representing more than 17,000 organizations. These transactions make up the Growth in Giving database [GiG]. This is the biggest database of its kind and provides organizations across the sector benchmarks to gauge their own progress.
Topics: Donor Retention, Retention, Retention Rate, Fundraising Effectiveness Project, FEP, Action Strategies, benchmarks
For the first time the non-profit sector is able to track fundraising performance throughout the course of the year. The Fundraising Effectiveness Project is now producing quarterly reports that give us real time data on what is happening across 9,179 organizations. In 2017 these quarterly reports allowed us to track the impact from some major fundraising events like the slew of disasters we saw in the third quarter to the tax reform passed at the very end of the year.
Topics: Donor Retention, Revenue, Retention, Fundraising Effectiveness Project, FEP, benchmarks
(Join us for two program sessions at the DMA Nonprofit Federation this week in DC.)
Topics: Donor Retention, mid-level upgrade, Fundraising Strategies, Revenue, Retention, Action Strategies, Mail Strategies
Metrics!
Topics: Donor Retention, Lifetime Value, mid-level upgrade, donor upgrading, Fundraising Strategies, Upgrade Strategies, Retention, Trends, Lapsed, Lapsed Donors, Action Strategies, benchmarks
KNOW YOUR NUMBERS - HIT YOUR GOALS
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
Tonight the US President will deliver the State of the Union address.
If you had to stand before a constituency of marketing and fundraising professionals, how would you report on the ‘State of the Fundraising Union’?
Here’s my outline. (please add your own standing ovations and forced tears when needed.)
Topics: Lifetime Value, Retention, Trends, Action Strategies, benchmarks