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
“How are we doing?”
Topics: Revenue, Fundraising Effectiveness Project, benchmarks, fundraising revenue trends, growth in giving
Fundraising Metrics That Matter #1: Donor Lifetime Value
Topics: Lifetime Value, Revenue, Trends, benchmarks
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.
Topics: Lifetime Value, New Donor Acquistion, Fundraising Strategies, Revenue, Budgeting, Reactivation, Action Strategies, benchmarks, Mail Strategies
Our money is on you.
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?
Topics: Lifetime Value, New Donor Acquistion, Revenue, Reactivation, Lapsed Donors, 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
Right now, many organizations are pulling together year-end numbers to see if they hit their fundraising goals in December.
Topics: Annual Fund, Year End Strategy, Revenue, Trends
For many of us, this last week of the year is a time when things slow down. Whether you're traveling for the holidays, taking off a few hours early, or - even if you are working your standard work week - a lot of the world just seems to operate at a warm-up speed, as opposed to full-throttle. This is not the case, however, when it comes to donations. More donations will come in over this last week than at any other time throughout the year. For 2017, nonprofit organizations have a lot riding on just how much of a surge we'll see in year-end donations.
Topics: Year End Strategy, Revenue, Trends, Fundraising Effectiveness Project, FEP