WARNING: 2018’s fundraising totals saw the largest year- over- year decline in the last five years.
That’s the conclusion of The Fundraising Effectiveness Project and its just-released 4th Quarter Fundraising Report. The results are a concerning. The number of donors declined -4.5% compared to 2017— the largest decline in 5 years.
It’s not all bad news.
Topics: Retention Rate, Fundraising Effectiveness Project, fundraising revenue trends, donor file growth, fundraising metrics
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 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
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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:
Topics: Donor Retention, New Donor Acquistion, Revenue, Retention, Retention Rate, Trends