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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
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
August 11, 2009 |
A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste As a result of the tough economic climate, many organizations are drastically cutting back their fundraising programs. |
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
June 8, 2010
Jonathon Grapsas |
Direct Mail in a Digital World Despite a drop in income in Canada in 2009, cash income from direct mail still accounts for 60 percent of all onetime cash gifts and 20 percent of all income from individuals. |
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
December 18, 2013 |
Top Ten: 7 Tips for Nonprofits to Avoid Social Media Burnout in 2014 Donors: What `No' Means for Fundraisers... Donors: 7 Things You Need to Know About 2013 Online Donors... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: Oxfam Canada's `Threads of Change' Campaign... |
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
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
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
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
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... |
| 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 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
January 12, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of January 12, 2015): Making--and Keeping--Major Gifts and New Year's Resolutions Fundraising Research: Study: Corporate Giving Improves Employee Performance... NPQ's 11 Biggest Nonprofit Stories of 2014 and Their Implications for Our Future... Top 10 Major Donor Fundraising Trends... etc. |
AFP eWire
February 5, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of February 5, 2014): 10 Must-Have Elements for Nonprofit Websites Volunteer Management: 5 Ways To Get Leadership Engaged In Your Employee Volunteer And Giving Program... Donors: Monthly Donors: Small is beautiful!... Technology: 6 Strategies To Sending Mobile Friendly Emails... |
AFP eWire
January 26, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of January 26, 2015): Helping Volunteers Fall in Love with the Mission Recruiting a board member who has not served on a nonprofit board before... Peer-to-peer fundraising... Global NFP benchmarking survey results... etc. |
AFP eWire
November 27, 2012 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (November 27, 2012) Donor Stewardship:10 More Ways to Show Donors Your Gratitude... Young Supporters: 5 Things Charities Do That Turn Off Young Donors Like Me... Donor Cultivation: Isn't it Better to Give and Receive?... |
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
January 17, 2006 |
Covering the Basics: A Direct Mail Primer Here are tips that can help you maximize your return when fundraising and marketing. |
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
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
August 4, 2008 |
Donors Happy but Hard to Dazzle A survey finds that a large majority of donors say the nonprofit they donated to has met their expectations. |
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
January 12, 2009 |
Direct Response: Ways to Cut Costs, Not Returns Looking to tune up your direct mail campaign and trim some excess costs? Before you start loosening screws and removing parts, read this advice from a veteran direct response expert. |
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
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
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
June 2, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of June 2, 2014): How to Achieve Out of This World Open Rates How Effective Is Your Welcome Program?... Overhead Ratios: How to Answer Your Donors' Questions... 6 Tips for Effective Nonprofit Crisis Planning... |
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... |
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
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
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
May 20, 2014 |
Donor Retention -- The Talk of The Town Some of you may be thinking, "Retention? Enough Already!" The truth is - it's important, it's a hot topic and it's not going anywhere. |
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
March 3, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of March 3, 2014): Donors Have No Idea What You Do With Their Money Email: 5 Nonprofit Email Marketing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them... Donors: Why Monthly Giving Matters for Every Non-Profit... Miscellaneous: Disney to End Support for Boy Scouts Over Partial Gay Ban ... |
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
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
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
January 12, 2011 |
22 Ideas to Make 2011 Your Best Fundraising Year Yet! Here are some ideas to help you simplify your fundraising approach, focus on what's most important, and most of all, have more fun! |
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
July 14, 2009 |
Many Donors Not Overwhelmed by Charity Communications Most donors don't feel as if they are receiving too many communications from charities according to a new survey released recently at the Institute of Fundraising National Convention in London. |
AFP eWire
October 30, 2012 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (October 30, 2012) Story Telling: How to Make Your Story Stand Out... Ethics: Lance Armstrong and the Contagion of Unethical Behavior... Stewardship: Re-engaging Monthly Donors... |
AFP eWire
February 9, 2009 |
Donor Recognition: Thinking Like a Donor The value of recognizing your donors goes far beyond showing appreciation for a gift. Recognition can motivate donors to be strong and lasting supporters of your organization. |
AFP eWire
January 26, 2010 |
A Peek at the Philanthropist's Playbook More and more, high net worth donors are not looking for a cause to support (they have that already), they are looking for an organization that does great work. |
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
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
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 15, 2005 |
What's Working: Tips From AFP Members Practical tips, advice and guidance from fellow practitioners often can spell the difference between success and failure. |
AFP eWire
October 30, 2013 |
Top Ten: How To Replace Your Donors With Younger Donors (Oct. 30, 2013) Younger Donors/Gen Y/Millennials: How to replace your donors with younger donors... Fundraising Research: A Billion + Change Celebrates Pro Bono Week... Donors: Working the Room... |
