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AFP eWire
August 30, 2011 |
Nonprofits Retained More Donors in 2010, Report Shows Nonprofit organizations in the U.S. were better at retaining donors and shored up their net losses in donations in 2010, according to the latest report of the Fundraising Effectiveness Project.   |
AFP eWire
August 18, 2008 |
Donor Retention Trumps Acquisition, Study Notes The Fundraising Effectiveness Project finds a steady trend in the amount of donors and donations lost for every new donor and donation gained. |
AFP eWire
June 28, 2011 |
Ready, Set, Go Mobile Fundraising using mobile devices is proving to be more than just a flash in the pan - the best success, however, is being seen in methods beyond texting, or even fundraising at all. |
AFP eWire
April 23, 2007 |
Focus on Donor Retention, Not Acquisition A new study shows that while charities are effective in attracting new donors, improvements in donor retention could affect their fundraising revenue dramatically. |
BusinessWeek
November 27, 2006 |
Philanthropic Sleuthing Here's how this year's ranking of the 50 Most Generous Philanthropists was compiled. |
AFP eWire
October 13, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of October 13, 2014): Moving a First-Time Donor to a Major Donor 7 Fundamental Principles of Major Capital Campaigns... Who Would You Rather Ask for a Gift: a Woman or a Man?... Move a First-Time Donor to a Major Donor... |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Make a Charitable Pledge Think now about your gift-giving strategy for 2007. |
AFP eWire
February 18, 2014 |
Major Gifts for Small Shops: The Major Gifts Challenge Amy Eisenstein has helped small and large nonprofits alike raise millions of dollars through major gift and capital campaigns, board development, annual fund campaigns, direct mail, and planned gift solicitation. |
AFP eWire
December 17, 2014 |
Charitable Giving, Donor Retention Levels Increasing, Reaching Near Pre-Recession Levels For the fourth consecutive year, charitable organizations across the U.S. saw growth in both the level of funds they raised, as well as how well they retained donors from year to year. |
AFP eWire
October 22, 2014
Erik J. Daubert |
Get FIT and Improve Your Fundraising: The FEP's Fundraising Fitness Test Both the Fundraising Effectiveness Project and the Growth in Giving Initiative contain great secrets and insights into the issue of donor retention. |
AFP eWire
July 2, 2007 |
First Fundraising Effectiveness Survey Report Published A new report can help charities identify areas of improvement in their fundraising, such as donor retention, by comparing gains and loss in a number of different categories. |
AFP eWire
November 8, 2011 |
Growing Philanthropy: Moving From Donors to Partners (Part 1 of 3) Here is a snapshot of an idyllic scenario, wherein philanthropy grows to be a larger part of people's finances, and their lives. |
AFP eWire
September 16, 2015 |
AFP Top Ten (Week of September 16, 2015): Fundraising Ideas, Stories & Perspectives You May Have Missed! Fundraising Tools to Help You Prepare for End-of-the-Year Campaigns... How to raise less money than you did last year... Two Ways You Can Put Your Donors at the Center of Your Fundraising Program... |
AFP eWire
December 22, 2009 |
Trends: In 2010, Expect Charitable Donors to Keep Giving Through Long-Term Pledges Businesses and individuals hit hardest by the economy's slide have shifted charitable giving patterns to longer-term pledges and gift commitments rather than ceasing to give altogether. |
AFP eWire
May 29, 2007 |
Fundraising Remains Top Challenge for Charities Despite improved financial situations for many charities, fundraising remains the chief concern for most organizations, according to a new study. |
AFP eWire
September 29, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of September 29, 2014): How to Handle List Removal Requests 6 Ideas for Dealing with "Take Me Off Your List" Requests... Millennial Givers and a Movement Approach to Giving... The No. 1 Fundraising Skill Your Board Members Need to Master... |
AFP eWire
May 12, 2008 |
Plugging into Technology and Energizing Volunteers Utilizing technology makes raising campaign funds easier for the volunteers, the donors, and the program officials. |
AFP eWire
May 3, 2011 |
Fundraisers Reveal Most Anxious Moments Fundraisers say trying to get nonprofit board members involved in fundraising and making a call to a prospective new donor are two of the most challenging and anxious moments in their jobs, according to an informal online poll by the Association of Fundraising Professionals |
AFP eWire
July 24, 2013 |
Attention Small Nonprofits -- Donor Screening Services Are More Tangible Than You Think Even the smallest nonprofit can benefit from the resources available to the larger nonprofits, if they create a set of reasonable goals and expectations. |
AFP eWire
January 12, 2009 |
Written Appeals: Imaginative Ways to Ask Donors to Give More Caught in a rut with how you make the "ask" in your appeal letters? Want to encourage annual fund donors to give more? Here are some effective strategies. |
AFP eWire
January 15, 2014 |
AFP International Conference Education Session Sneak Peak: Journey Deeper Inside the Donor's Brain At the 2013 AFP International Conference on Fundraising, we lead session attendees through a Journey Inside the Donor's Brain where we explored some of the science and research surrounding how people think and reach decisions. |
AFP eWire
April 30, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of April 30, 2014): Has the Word 'Impact' Lost Its Impact? How to Predict the Success of a Nonprofit Program Before It Starts... How to Get People Excited About Your Nonprofit's Next Fundraising Campaign... Has the Word `Impact' Lost Its Impact?... |
AFP eWire
August 26, 2014 |
Want An Endowment? Plan For it -- Ask For It Helen Monroe is the head of Endowment Development Institute and has converted her 35 years of experience building endowments into on-line lessons for all organizations. |
AFP eWire
August 21, 2006 |
New Survey Profiles Canadian Fundraisers A new survey of Canadian fundraisers shows that a large majority abides by a code of ethics, but only half have a Donor Bill of Rights in place as a formal measure in their organization. |
AFP eWire
April 9, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of April 9, 2014): David Letterman Retiring, Jimmy Fallon on the Rise and Social Media Private Charity Can't Replace Government Social Programs... What Rights Do Your Donors Have?... If You Can't Support the Cause, Don't Take the Job... |
AFP eWire
August 4, 2009 |
Fundraisers Report Tough Times--Expect Some Improvement by Year End Fundraisers are finding the current giving environment extremely challenging, but expect some improvement for the second half of 2009. |
AFP eWire
November 13, 2012 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (November 13, 2012) Donor Stewardship: 8 Ways You're Probably Not Thanking Your Donors... Fundraising/Sector Data: Nonprofits and the Economy, Infographic Style... Social Media: #Sandy & Social: A Case Study... |
AFP eWire
March 20, 2011 |
Building Board Buy-In for Fundraising The first rule of board leadership in fundraising is to make sure that all board members understand and accept the concept that resource development is the responsibility of each and every member of the board. |
AFP eWire
March 31, 2009 |
Charitable Fundraising Hit New Low in 2008 Less than half of charities raised more money in 2008 than in 2007, and fundraising gains dropped significantly across the board. |
AFP eWire
April 21, 2009
Dave Sternberg |
Engaging Your Board in Sustainable Fundraising "We've told them what they need to do!" you say. "We've even brought in outside speakers. So, why aren't they doing it?" |
AFP eWire
March 15, 2004 |
AFP Fundraising Survey Shows Giving Rebounded in 2003 Nearly 73 percent of respondents to AFP's third annual State of Fundraising Survey indicated that their organizations raised the same amount of money or more in 2003 than they did in 2002. |
AFP eWire
March 19, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (March 19, 2013) `Naive' Twitter Pledge Leads to UK Lawmaker Donating $21,150 to Charity... Attracting Young People to Your Nonprofit... "Donor Fatigue" an Excuse for Poor Fundraising Practices... |
AFP eWire
March 26, 2007 |
Charities See Significant Fundraising Increases in 2006 Nearly seven in ten charities raised more money in 2006 compared to 2005, and almost a quarter of charities saw fundraising increases of 50% or higher, according to a survey. |
AFP eWire
February 11, 2015 |
Blackbaud Report on Online Giving While not all online fundraising was quite as engaging as the Ice Bucket Challenge, buoyed by improving fundraising platforms, online fundraising as a whole saw significant growth in 2014. |
AFP eWire
July 30, 2007 |
Donors on the Decline? The latest Quarterly Index of National Fundraising Performance shows a continuing decline in the number of donors that dates back to 2005. |
| AFP eWire |
Economy Slows Charitable Giving, Fundraising in 2007 Success rates still high, but gains much lower than 2006 |
AFP eWire
September 15, 2008 |
Fundraising Costs: Keeping Your Board...On Board Showing your board how to see past over-simplified cost ratios is a critical way to ensure strategic growth and arm your biggest advocates with the information to engage in these conversations with donors and potential supporters. |
| AFP eWire |
Charitable Fundraising Takes Another Hit Just 43 percent of charities raised more money in 2009 than in 2008, marking it the worst year for charitable fundraising in a decade. |
AFP eWire
February 2, 2004 |
Tips From Members: The Planning Study Process When considering a capital or endowment campaign, a major undertaking for most organizations, an internal assessment of the organization's readiness is imperative. |
AFP eWire
July 15, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of July 15, 2015): Seven Things You Can Ask a First-Time Donor to Do Before Asking for More Money Harvesters Food Bank's Fundraising Strategy... How to Promote and Close Monthly Giving in Your Fundraising Appeal Letters... Beating the Summertime Fundraising Blues... |
CIO
June 15, 2001
David T. Gordon |
Not a Charity Case Interview with Scott Smith: Many nonprofits are making innovative use of Web-based technology to better link their organizations to donors, recipients and each other. |
AFP eWire
October 6, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of October 6, 2014): Documentation--Do, Die or Just Do It! Documentation: Do or Die -- Just Do It!... Economist finds formula for the 'perfect ask' in online fundraising... Organizational Culture Lessons for Nonprofits from the NY Fed... |
AFP eWire
June 23, 2008 |
Best of Both Worlds: Tips for Online-Offline Marketing Integration -- breaking down the silos between fundraising channels and leveraging the strengths of each -- is the key to future success, according to the new book People to People Fundraising: Social Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities. |
AFP eWire
May 29, 2007 |
Become Complacent at Your Peril While the fundraising environment is great, fundraisers shouldn't get too impressed with their own accomplishments and press releases. |
AFP eWire
September 2, 2008 |
Why You're Fundraising: The Case for Support With thousands of charities to choose from in any community, why should a donor give to your cause? It all comes down to the case for support. |
| AFP eWire |
Essentials of Fundraising Increasing and diversifying income is an essential part of any successful organization. |
AFP eWire
July 7, 2009 |
Donor Numbers and Revenue Per Donor Shrink in First Quarter '09 Not only is the United States seeing a drop in donor numbers since their peak in 2005, the economy has left those donors giving less. |
Science News
March 31, 2007 |
Science Safari: The Billion Tree Campaign The United Nations Environment Program has launched a major global tree-planting campaign to encourage tree-planting pledges online. |
AFP eWire
January 26, 2004 |
Fundraising Costs Project Conducts Case Studies An ongoing study to evaluate nonprofit fundraising and administrative costs is expected to release new findings in 2004. |
AFP eWire
October 10, 2008 |
A Survival Kit for Fundraising in a Bad Economy A tumultuous economy can present unique challenges for nonprofit fundraising. Here are some resources that offer advice for fundraisers in tough economic times. |
