5 Biggest Trends in Online Fundraising (2013)1. 5 BIGGEST TRENDS IN
ONLINE FUNDRAISING
Steve MacLaughlin
Director, Idea Lab
Blackbaud
© 2013 Blackbaud
@smaclaughlin
www.npengage.com
steve.maclaughlin@blackbaud.com
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2012 CHARITABLE GIVING REPORT
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3,144 nonprofit organizations and $7.9
billion in total fundraising
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2,581 nonprofits and $512 million in
online fundraising
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Analysis by size and sector
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Interviews with nonprofit experts across
8 sectors
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www.blackbaud.com/charitablegiving
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#13NTC
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Online giving was up nearly 11% in 2012
Source: 2012 Charitable Giving Report, Blackbaud www.blackbaud.com/charitablegiving
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#13NTC
First Year Donor Retention Rates
Offline Only Donors
Online Only Donors
29%
23%
Multichannel Donors
58%
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Multichannel donors have the best retention rates
Source: Blackbaud
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#13NTC
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Most online giving happens in December
Source: 2012 Charitable Giving Report, Blackbaud www.blackbaud.com/charitablegiving
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Online Giving by Month
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#13NTC
Don’t get caught in the year end trap
Source: 2012 Charitable Giving Report, Blackbaud www.blackbaud.com/charitablegiving
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Online Average Gift Amounts
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#13NTC
Online average gift amounts have seasonality
Source: Blackbaud
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Online Giving by Day of Week
$700,000,000
$525,000,000
$350,000,000
$175,000,000
$0
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Source: Blackbaud
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Online Giving by Hour of Day
12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Source: Blackbaud
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Less than 10% of all giving happens online
Source: 2012 Charitable Giving Report, Blackbaud www.blackbaud.com/charitablegiving
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Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Benchmarks
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1,275 nonprofit organizations and 28,000
peer-to-peer fundraising events
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Over $1 billion in online fundraising
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Analysis of traditional and third-party
events
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Trends, metrics and benchmarks
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www.blackbaud.com/p2pbenchmark
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90% of smartphone owners
access the same email
account on mobile and
desktop
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45% of holiday season
emails are being opened on
mobile
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38% of all email is now
opened on a mobile device
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66% of people under 30 use
mobile devices to access
email
Source: Exact Target, Experian, Litmus
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