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Thanking monthly donors is the best way your nonprofit can ensure they continue to give. According to research, recurring donors give 42% more per year than one-time donors. Because of the nature of their gifts and the value of recurring donors, it is important to...

Donor acknowledgment letters are a valuable component of donor retention. If you give the same amount of attention to your acknowledgment letters as you do your appeal letters, you can vastly improve your donor retention rate.  Your thank you letters serve a practical...

Is Donor Retention an active part of your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy? If not, investing time and resources on donor retention will have a positive impact on the financial health of your organization. It costs more money to bring in a new donor than to keep a...

Your nonprofit’s content should help tell a story and inspire your audience. Good content also adds value and educates. Nonprofits need to plan their content in order for it to work in their favor.  Sporadic posting and communication can hurt an organization. If the...

It’s the time of year where nonprofits are busy preparing their year-end tax statements. Year-end tax statements, tax letters, or contribution statements as we call them here at DonorSnap are a great way to help your donors prepare their tax returns.   What are...

When your nonprofit has an important message, you can’t afford to have it ignored, missed, or deleted. That is where text message (or SMS) campaigns come in. Unlike email or direct mail, text message campaigns are the most effective way to share urgent messages with...

GivingTuesday is a global day of giving celebrated across the world. In 2020 over $2 billion dollars were donated to US nonprofits by 34.8 million people on GivingTuesday. Any nonprofit and member of your community can take part in GivingTuesday.  In this checklist,...

When it comes to successful fundraising, relationships are at the forefront. A nonprofit CRM will help you build meaningful relationships with your supporters. To reap the true benefits of CRM, your nonprofit will need both a system and a strategy. Keep reading to...

If your nonprofit does not have a monthly giving program, you are missing out on the fastest-growing segment of online fundraising. A monthly giving program is more than adding giving frequency to your forms. In this article discover how you can launch a successful...

Even if the busy holiday season seems far off, the more you prepare ahead of time, the more streamlined your year-end giving will be.   Below we cover what nonprofits should be doing before, during, and after the giving season to ensure success, improve processes, and...

Online fundraising gives your nonprofit new avenues for growth. There are abundant opportunities to reach new audiences and raise more funds between social media, your website, and online fundraising tools. According to philanthropynewsdigest.org, online giving up was...

Nonprofits need to be great storytellers. Sharing stories of your organization and the work you do, as well as those of your donors and the people you help, impacts your success as an organization. Weaving emotion and reason into your nonprofit’s narrative is a great...