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AFP eWire
May 10, 2011 |
More People Donating Online, Say Fundraising Costs a Key Concern A new study shows that more donors from every age group are going online to make a donation, and they are increasingly sensitive to over-solicitation and fundraising costs.   |
AFP eWire
November 13, 2011 |
Study Shows Online Giving Has Become Popular Among Donors 60 or Older Online giving has become a viable option for donors who are 60 years of age or older, according to a recent online study. |
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 |
Charities Raising More Money, But Still Losing Donors For the first time in five years, charity respondents to the annual Fundraising Effectiveness Project survey saw positive gains in giving, but still continued to lose donors faster than they gained them. |
AFP eWire
October 16, 2012 |
Charities' Fundraising Improves Slightly, But Still Not Retaining Donors While fundraising levels are improving slightly, charities continue to lose more donors than they gain and have a long way to go to recover from the impact of the 2007-9 recession. |
AFP eWire
August 10, 2010 |
The New Proactive Donor The days when donors would give unconditionally to every charity that knocked on their door are gone for good, says fundraising veteran Penelope Burk. |
AFP eWire
July 3, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (July 10, 2013) Creative Ways to Give to Charity... Making Monthly Gifts the Norm... 21 Stupid Things You Can Stop Doing... |
AFP eWire
September 15, 2008 |
Wealthy Donors Share Motives and Misgivings Wealthy donors want to give, but they don't want to gamble, according to a new report. |
AFP eWire
August 28, 2006 |
New Study Examines How Donors Give Online During Disasters A new study examines how donors give online to help support disaster relief efforts and provides guidance for charities seeking to raise funds online. |
AFP eWire
September 7, 2010 |
Focus on Impact, Not Transactions, for Better Donation Pages A well-crafted page will help seal the deal; one that focuses solely on the transaction will be transparent and uninspiring. |
AFP eWire
June 29, 2010 |
Wise Giving? Most Donors Spend Little Time Researching Charities Only about one third of donors surveyed recently said that they did any research before donating to a charity, and those that did looked at overhead ratios above all else. |
AFP eWire
September 14, 2010 |
In Canada, Online Giving Reigns Online giving has surpassed traditional modes of transacting gifts among all Canadian donors under the age of 65, reports fundraising consultant Penelope Burk from her recent survey |
AFP eWire
December 14, 2010 |
Online Fundraising: More Than a Point and Click Looking at the ways people give online, they found that online giving was most successful when people were brought into a genuine relationship to the nonprofit and its mission. |
AFP eWire
June 25, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (June 25, 2013) Major gift bootcamp: paying your dues... 15 Things You Absolutely Must Know About Major Gifts... 3 ways to stand out to your donors... |
AFP eWire
July 21, 2009 |
Study of U.S. and U.K. Wealthy Shows Generosity Still High A report published this month by Barclays Wealth indicates that high net worth donors in the United States and the United Kingdom continue to give generously despite the bad economy. |
AFP eWire
October 23, 2013 |
Top Ten Things: Want to Acquire New Donors? (Oct. 23, 2013) Younger Donors/Gen Y/Millennials: Editorial: Nonprofits cultivate young givers... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling... Volunteer Management: 4 Decision-Making Errors That Cripple Nonprofit Boards... |
AFP eWire
September 14, 2010 |
Taming the Fear of Fundraising Costs When asked about fundraising costs in terms of impact, donors clearly favor spending more to make more. |
AFP eWire
December 1, 2009 |
Top 10 Ways to Boost Online Giving at Year-End Use these tactics to zoom past your year-end goals. |
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 1, 2015 |
New Report: Less Than Half of Donors Give Again to Organizations That They Supported in the Previous Year Just 43 percent of donors who gave to participating survey organizations in 2013 gave to those same organizations in 2014. |
AFP eWire
July 23, 2007 |
New Ideas about Donor Motivation New research has both confirmed and shaken up some long-standing tenets of fundraising and why people give. |
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
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. |
AFP eWire
July 17, 2012
Kelly C. Albanese |
Does Your Organization Have "Relationship Capital?" Relationship capital represents the quality of your interactions and the bonds that you have developed with your donors, and it can indicate your position in their philanthropic priorities. |
AFP eWire
August 17, 2010 |
Plugging the Leaks: Losses Now Outpacing Gains in Latest FEP Study Are you missing out on increased income growth year to year because of donors who are falling through the cracks? |
AFP eWire
July 13, 2010 |
Tackling the Problem of Asking Too Often Don't ask your donors to give more when they're not yet sure their previous donations have done any good. |
AFP eWire
February 2, 2004 |
Donors Increasingly Give Online Donors are using the Internet to give online, and at the same time, many nonprofits are planning to increase online fundraising this year, according to two new surveys from Kintera Inc. |
AFP eWire
March 9, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of March 9, 2015): How Your Donor and Your Goldfish Are Alike 4 tips you can us to attract attention from prospective donors... What is "stickiness" in fundraising and how can you measure it?... Thanking donors... etc. |
AFP eWire
June 27, 2005 |
Donors Increasingly Going Online Before Giving A vast majority of U.S. donors are going online to study causes they care about before making a giving decision, according to a new study. |
AFP eWire
May 13, 2013
Julie Mikuska |
The Role Policies Play in a Culture of Philanthropy There's been much written lately about the culture of philanthropy and what it looks like in an organization. Sample documents are offered as templates for policies on recognition, gift agreements, prospect research and more. |
AFP eWire
December 8, 2014
Paul Nazareth |
Three Free Tools to Help You Increase Donations This Holiday Season Here are three simple and free tools from the team at CanadaHelps that will help your charity amplify its voice, attract new donors, and raise more this Holiday season. |
AFP eWire
October 12, 2004 |
New Giving Strategy Allows Donors to Control Fund Management The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has approved a new way for donors to give to charity but manage the contributed funds for up to a decade, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal. |
AFP eWire
January 27, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of January 27, 2014): The 3 Principles to Acquire, Retain, and Upgrade Your Donors Fundraising Strategy/Approach: The 4 S's of the Modern Nonprofit... Donors: The 3 Principles to Acquire, Retain, and Upgrade Your Donors... Donors: Donor Engagement: Do Your Homework!... |
AFP eWire
May 20, 2013
Sandy Rees |
Creating a Fundraising Plan A good fundraising plan is a roadmap to success and shows you how to allocate your precious resources of time and money. It keeps you out of crisis mode and helps you control the flow of work in your office. |
AFP eWire
May 24, 2011 |
Six Things I Wish I Had Known at the Beginning of My Fundraising Career Here are six basic fundraising principles that I believe are fundamental to philanthropic giving and fund development. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2007
Elizabeth O'Brien |
5 Questions How America's under-performance in higher education can be linked to a lack of accountability in educational philanthropy, and how the financial services industry can do to help. |
AFP eWire
July 14, 2008 |
In Weak Economy Loyalty is Stable Currency Fundraising revenues and donor counts are both down for the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same time last year, according to a new report. |
AFP eWire
June 17, 2014 |
Giving Gets Its Groove Back -- But Grooves a Little Differently First, the good news: for the fourth consecutive year giving by Americans has grown. |
AFP eWire
May 7, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of May 7, 2014): The Quickest Way to Lose a Donor Content and Curation for Nonprofits.. What If You Have No Major Gift Officer?... The Quickest Way To Lose A Donor... |
AFP eWire
January 26, 2009
Derrick Feldmann |
Weathering the Storm Together: How to Build Stronger Ties With Donors in Tough Economic Times During tough economic times, organizations often take two approaches. Some hunker down and wait for the storm to pass. Others step up efforts and bring donors in. |
AFP eWire
January 15, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of January 13, 2014): One Thing Most Nonprofits Stink at (Donor Retention) and How You Can Change It in 2014 Volunteer Management: What do you talk about at your board meetings?... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: Philanthropy Trends to Take Advantage of in 2014... Donors: 5 rules for thanking donors... |
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
August 22, 2005 |
Fundraising Strong in First Quarter 2005 Despite substantial gifts for the Southeast Asia tsunami, most nonrelief charities also experienced strong increases in both revenue and numbers of donors in the first quarter of 2005. Environmental organizations also performed well. |
AFP eWire
June 6, 2005 |
New Resource for Foundations, Donors Interested in Community Building Individuals, family foundations and others interested in issues related to community building, including poverty, homelessness and economic insecurity, now have a new resource to help them learn how to get involved and better target their contributions. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Do Charitable Fundraising Right Finding donors is essential for the success of your charity. Once you've done the hard work of finding them, make sure you treat them well by giving them everything they need to obtain the tax benefits they deserve. |
AFP eWire
June 16, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of June 16, 2014): How Often Should You Thank Recurring Donors? Marijuana Event Brings Money and Attention to Colo. Symphony ... 4 Ways to Improve Your Fundraising Ask... How Often Should You Thank Recurring Donors?... |
AFP eWire
August 28, 2013 |
Top Ten Things: September Is Boom Time for Donors, Google Says (August 28, 2013) Year-end Fundraising: Tips to Maximize Your End-of-Year Fundraising... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: Crowdfunding is the New Donation... Donors: How to keep new donors... |
AFP eWire
October 9, 2012 |
How Well Do You Know Your Planned Giving Prospects? One in five planned giving donors had never made any gift at all to the recipient charity before making a planned gift, according to a new study by The Stelter Company. |
AFP eWire
September 8, 2008 |
AFP Funded Research: Why People Leave Bequests New research into bequest giving shows that bequest donors give for different reasons and respond to different forms of cultivation and recognition than other types of donors. |
AFP eWire
May 26, 2008 |
Big Gift Donors: Crafting the Right Online Experience A recent study of online giving preferences among wealthy donors reveals wide differences in the type and amount of contact donors wish to have with nonprofits after donating. |
