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Donor Retention Math Made Simple

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May 15, 2026

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May 15, 2026

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Donor Thank You Down and Dirty

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Which First-Time Donors Should You Make Thank You Phone Calls To?

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What's The Impact of Improving First-Time Donor Retention?

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Donor Thank You Down and Dirty

Which First-Time Donors Should You Make Thank You Phone Calls To?

What's The Impact of Improving First-Time Donor Retention?

Strategies To Retain Recently Lapsed Nonprofit Donors

Top 2021 Fundraising Strategies: Increase Your Donor Lifetime Value

How To Write The Perfect Donor Thank You Letter

Top 10 Ways To Keep Nonprofit Donors

The Ultimate Online Fundraising Guide + 10 Top Ideas

Thank You Letters: the Springboard of Donor Retention

4 Tips for Small Shops to Find Donor Prospects

Top 7 Drivers of Donor Love and Loyalty for Valentine's Day 2026

Donor Retention Math Made Simple

Anatomy of a stellar first-time donor welcome packet

Donor Retention Strategies For Retaining Your Peer-To-Peer Fundraisers And Donors

19 incredibly easy online fundraising ideas and expert tips

20+ Volunteer Survey Questions to Improve Your Program

15+ volunteer appreciation ideas to build relationships

23+ Best Volunteer Appreciation Gifts to Show Your Gratitude

Why Your Nonprofit Needs A Second Gift Strategy

Why Isn't Donor Retention Rate As Important As Customer Retention?

New Study Shows Donor Retention Rates Are In Decline

The #1 Question You Should Ask New Donors

Donor appreciation: creating a strategy & 22+ ideas

Tips To Attract & Retain Skilled Volunteers That Grow Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Fundraisers Are In The Happiness Delivery Business

Nonprofit Gratitude Strategies

The ABC’s of Winning a Lapsed Donor Back

Secret to Upgrading Nonprofit Donors? Personal, Not Personalized

3 Questions That Will Identify Your Most Committed Donors

Donor Love and Loyalty Plan

The Fundraiser's Guide to Loving Lapsed Donors

How Transparency Drives Donor Loyalty

2 Hard-to-Retain Donors and What to Do About Them

Please Stop Saying Lapsed Donors Are Your “Best Prospects”

3 Ways to Share Stories That Improve Donor Retention

The 4 Thank You Letters Every Fundraiser Needs To Use

[ASK AN EXPERT] If you can’t call and thank every donor, who should be priorities?

From First Gift To Forever: Building Donor Loyalty That Lasts

Nonprofit Gala Events Worth Everyone’s Money – Part 2

How to Rock Valentine's Day to Build Donor Loyalty

Why Retaining Your Nonprofit Staff Is Just As Important As Retaining Your Donors

[ASK AN EXPERT] Calculating Donor and Donation Retention

3 Easy Ways to Win at Donor Retention in the New Year

4 Ways to Acquire and Retain Millennial Donors

A Guide to Donor Retention: Why It Matters for Nonprofits

Dr. Adrian Sargeant's 7 Principles of Donor Loyalty

5 Ways To Improve New Donor Retention

6 Essential Books On Fundraising and Donor Retention

[RESEARCH] New Study Shows Importance of Saying Thank You to Donors

Nonprofit Retention: All Donors Aren’t Created Equal

Nonprofit Donor Thank You’s: What are You Doing to Stand Out?

Nonprofit Donor Retention: Problems and Solutions

7 Ways That Surveying Donors Empowers Fundraisers

How Surveys Can Help Fundraisers Uncover the 4 Main Drivers of Donor Loyalty

5 Tips to Boost Donor Retention Through Fundraising Events

Memorial and Tribute Donors Can Be Retained (With Some Help)

5 Steps To Fundraising Mini-Campaigns That Boost Revenue And Retain Donors

6 Reasons Why Most Fundraisers Don’t Know Their Donor Retention Rate

The 5 Silent "Revenue Killers" Stalling Your Mission—And How to Fix Them

A Letter to Nonprofits: Why Donor Love Matters More Than Ever

Turn gratitude into impact with Mobile Video Acknowledgments

Would Your Donor Experience Keep People Binging—or Make Them Hit Skip?

The hidden challenges of donor retention—and how to fix them

Why Donors Stop Giving—And How To Win Them Back For Good

Stewardship Tactics That Are Sure To Keep Donors Tied To Your Cause

What Donors Want, What Fundraisers Need

Use These 5 Metrics To Supercharge Your 2025 Fundraising

Multi-year gift agreements: your donor retention ‘ace-in-the-hole’

Sustainable Giving: How Monthly Contributions Can Shape YMCA's Future

[ASK AN EXPERT] Do All Donors Need A Thank You Within 48 Hours?

[ASK AN EXPERT] What Are Top Tips To Retain First-Time Donors?

Adopting modern payment methods to engage and keep a new generation of donors

The Art Of Attraction: Engaging Volunteers In A Purpose-Driven Era

Your "Day After" GivingTuesday Plan

5 reports every Bloomerang user should run to get to know their donors better

10 Things Nonprofit Leaders Can Do To Retain Fundraisers

Why I Donated: Why I Give $10 Every Month To My Local Public Radio Station

10 Proven Strategies To Help You Retain New Donors

How To Avoid A Catch-And-Release Acquisition Strategy And Create One That Retains New Donors

Here’s Why Bloomerang Customers Have A Higher First-Time Donor Retention Rate Compared To The Industry Average

Nonprofit Donor Retention 101: Always Do This

Best Practices for Donor Acquisition and Retention Through Direct Mail

[ASK AN EXPERT] When Should We Give Donors Gifts?

Solving The Donor Retention Rate Issue: The Case For Creating A Board-level Donor Thank You Committee

4 Strategies to Increase Donor Loyalty

Super Useful Nonprofit Fiscal Year-End Action Strategies

Putting the Thank You Before the Next Please: How-To Spotlight Nonprofit Supporters in a Meaningful Way

Handwritten Donor Thank You Notes In A Virtual World

Secret nonprofit donor thank you advice: always add a tip

Actually, calling donors to thank them does make them more likely to give again (and give more)

What Does The Typical Recurring Donor Look Like?

Creating a Strategic Engagement Plan For Your Donors

10 Ways of Upgrading Donors Through Engagement & Retention Activities

Lessons From Philanthropic Psychology: How To Thank Your Donors and Double Giving

5 Staff Retention Tips For Your Nonprofit Camp

Rethinking Awareness Campaigns to Magnify Your Nonprofit's Reach

Top 11 Ways to Say ‘Thank You!’ to Donors

First-Time Donor Communication Plan Template

3 Reasons Why Donor Retention Trumps New Donor Acquisition

The state of donor retention in one image