Fundraising Strategies

DonorPerfect’s fundraising experts and nonprofit partners regularly provide free resources, templates, tools and other great fundraising ideas and strategies that help grow the charitable sector and improve fundraising results.

Fundraising tips for small and growing nonprofits

Fundraising tips for small and growing nonprofits

 Who knows a community and its needs better than a small, grassroots nonprofit? For small and growing nonprofits, in particular, your constituents are so much more than just data points – they’re your neighbors, your friends, business partners, and more. While your visible footprint may not be as large as national organizations, your direct connection Read More »
Donor Retention – A Guide for Nonprofit Organizations

Donor Retention – A Guide for Nonprofit Organizations

 By Mallory Erickson Nonprofit organizations across the world are struggling with donor retention, with the average retention rate hovering around 45%. Of course, donor retention benchmarks vary depending on many factors, including the type of nonprofit. Retaining donors is essential to the longevity of any nonprofit organization because those returning funders represent stability. Contributors who Read More »
How to Manage Fundraising Challenges & Maintain Momentum in 2022

How to Manage Fundraising Challenges & Maintain Momentum in 2022

 In these turbulent times, fundraisers have done so much adapting to the “new normal” that it’s no longer new. Donors have, too. By now, nonprofit organizations across all sectors are no stranger to overcoming adversity in its many forms. Some have been on the front lines of the pandemic and social movements, some have seen Read More »
Pamela Grow’s Crystal Ball for Fundraising in 2022

Pamela Grow’s Crystal Ball for Fundraising in 2022

 Contributed by Pamela Grow “Life turns on a dime. Sometimes towards us, but more often it spins away, flirting and flashing as it goes: so long, honey, it was good while it lasted, wasn’t it?” ― Stephen King In 2020, a tsunami in the form of a global pandemic hit us all. Far too many Read More »
The Nonprofit Super Bowl: Charitable Giving on New Year’s Eve

The Nonprofit Super Bowl: Charitable Giving on New Year’s Eve

 “While Giving Tuesday is typically the highest day of the year in the number of transactions processed, New Year’s Eve is always the highest dollar-volume fundraising day of the year – or as we’ve nicknamed it – our Super Bowl.” – Tom Gimpel, DonorPerfect Vice President of Product Development & Delivery Why is New Year’s Read More »
5 Ways to Transform Your Donor Base into a Close-Knit Community

5 Ways to Transform Your Donor Base into a Close-Knit Community

 Fundraising is in the middle of a paradigm shift. For a long time, fundraisers have relied on donor-centric strategies that focus on their organization’s interpersonal relationship with a donor and speak to the personal reasons a donor gives. With new generations of donors springing to action in recent years, they bring with them a new Read More »