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  • Virtuous 2025 Benchmark Report

    Virtuous 2025 Benchmark Report
    Jun 25 2025
    Do you know the 7 key donor performance metrics that drive organizational fundraising success in your nonprofit? My friends Gabe Cooper and Carly Berna from Virtuous help us dig into those KPI trends in this conversation about the Virtuous 2025 Nonprofit Benchmarking Report. Some of the insights we cover in this conversation include: The importance of donor retention, and the key difference between overall retention and net donor retention Challenges facing the nonprofit sector, and how doubling down on relationship, personalization, and automation can help offset some of those challenges Why you have to start leveraging data and automation (including […] Chapters
    • (00:00:00) - The Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast
    • (00:01:21) - Virtuous's 2025 Nonprofit Benchmarking Report
    • (00:02:17) - The 7 KPIs that Matter The Most to Driving Revenue Growth
    • (00:03:49) - Donor Experience: Days Between First and Second Gifts
    • (00:06:46) - Donor Welcome Series
    • (00:08:31) - The decline of the everyday donor
    • (00:12:12) - The Future of Fundraising: Data Literacy
    • (00:16:13) - Will AI Change the Way Nonprofits Raise Money?
    • (00:19:23) - Mid- and Major Donors
    • (00:25:48) - Mid-level Donors: The Middle Child
    • (00:27:11) - Donor Outreach
    • (00:30:23) - Nonprofit Giving: Average Gift Increases
    • (00:33:22) - Are You More Likely to Give Online?
    • (00:34:41) - Nonprofit Giving: New Donor Acquisition
    • (00:37:43) - Donors' Long Term Value
    • (00:39:30) - Ask Again: How to Ask the Donor
    • (00:42:07) - Virtuous Nonprofit Data 2017: Most Encouraged
    • (00:45:09) - Top Nonprofit Executives Discuss the Benchmark Report
    • (00:45:54) - A Few More Favors For You
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    47 m
  • A Journey Into Generosity

    A Journey Into Generosity
    May 22 2025
    Chapters
    • (00:00:00) - The Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast
    • (00:00:33) - Meet the Hammer Residences Major Gift Officer David Green
    • (00:02:20) - In the Elevator With Charitable Givers
    • (00:05:26) - Empowering the Next Generation of Fundraising
    • (00:13:55) - The Importance of Humility
    • (00:16:25) - How to Get Your Salesforce CRM to Do the Things You
    • (00:16:57) - Donors Are Terrible People
    • (00:17:37) - Philanthropist on How He Views Wealth
    • (00:26:25) - Donor Centricity in Fundraising
    • (00:31:11) - Donor Experience: How to Win at Fundraising
    • (00:35:44) - What is Donor Stewardship?
    • (00:39:42) - Top 10 Most Meaningful Donor Conversations
    • (00:43:24) - The Rainmaker: Donating to Nonprofits
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    45 m
  • What does it take to be a great fundraising organization?

    What does it take to be a great fundraising organization?
    Feb 19 2025
    32 m
  • The Rise of Sustainable Giving

    The Rise of Sustainable Giving
    Feb 4 2025
    46 m
  • Digital Storytelling for Nonprofits

    Digital Storytelling for Nonprofits
    Dec 19 2024
    36 m
  • Major Gift Fundraising as a Trade

    Major Gift Fundraising as a Trade
    Dec 3 2024
    35 m
  • Embracing Failure: Learning from Setbacks

    Embracing Failure: Learning from Setbacks
    Oct 23 2024
    32 m
  • PR and Fundraising: Working Together to Raise Your Profile and Revenue

    PR and Fundraising: Working Together to Raise Your Profile and Revenue
    Oct 7 2024
    36 m