Slides from our #15NTC session "Play it again, Sam: Monthly Giving Programs For Sustaining Donations
'As Time Goes By'. Gather ideas for growing your monthly giving program, as well as strategies for retention, stewardship, and upgrades once your sustainer file is built.
Monthly Giving Programs: Slides from Donordigital & No Kid Hungry for the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference
1. Jeanne Horne, Share Our Strength
Wendy Marinaccio Husman, Donordigital
#15NTCplayitagain #15NTC
March 4, 2015
Play It Again, Sam
Monthly Giving Programs for
Sustaining Donations ‘As Time Goes By’
3. @nokidhungry @donordigital @wendymarinaccio
Share Our Strength
Jeanne Horne
Senior Manager, Digital Communications
Share Our Strength
P 200 employees, HQ in DC
P No Kid Hungry is ending childhood hunger in America
P Feeding kids where they live, learn and play
4. @nokidhungry @donordigital @wendymarinaccio
Donordigital
Wendy Marinaccio Husman
Senior Account Executive
Donordigital
P Integrated, multi-channel strategy
P High-level and granular analysis
P Full copywriting and design creative service
P Production and management services
5. @nokidhungry @donordigital @wendymarinaccio
Why Monthly Giving Rules!
¨ Revenue you can count on
¨ Efforts compound over time
¨ Increase donor lifetime value
¨ No need to renew
¨ Planned giving prospect pool
¨ Donor preference to “set it & forget it”
8. @nokidhungry @donordigital @wendymarinaccio
The Hunger Core History
2011 & prior
Launch to $10,000/month
Under 500 members
Add checkbox on donation form
2012
Added program name and logo
Hunger Hits Home (Food Network)
Added donor benefits
2013
Added monthly ask to renewal campaign
Monthly donor upsell light-box
Targeted “Blitz” campaign
Monthly Donor Task Force formed
2014
Online advertising campaign
Repeated the Blitz campaign
More frequent asks
21. @nokidhungry @donordigital @wendymarinaccio
In the mail
¨ Current donors
¤ Mailed appeal – on the response form (organic)
¤ Mailed appeal – dedicated sustainer ask
¤ Monthly newsletter bangtail
¤ Welcome package to new donors
25. @nokidhungry @donordigital @wendymarinaccio
Telefunding
¨ Phones are the #1 offline recruitment channel
¨ Target audiences
¤ Get people on the phone as soon as they make a
gift; convert right away
¤ Donors HPC $25-99 with 2+ gifts
¨ Email in support of the ask
29. @nokidhungry @donordigital @wendymarinaccio
3 Rules of Asking for More
¨ Just follow the rules
1. Specific upgrade amount
2. Process to avoid duplicating monthly gift
3. Get the data right
37. @nokidhungry @donordigital @wendymarinaccio
Stop-loss
¨ Credit card expiration
¤ Donor services number easily accessible
¤ Staff member check for expired cards
¤ Triggered email series for upcoming expirations
¤ Website forms
¤ Mail
¤ Phone
¨ Other card issues
¤ Similar strategies for lost or stolen cards
40. @nokidhungry @donordigital @wendymarinaccio
We want you back
¨ Re-join attempts
¤ Triggered email series
¤ Annual receipt with lapsed member postcard
¤ Telefund
¤ Track re-acquired donors
¨ Back in the regular communications flow
¤ Email and mail mentions they are a former monthly
donor
¤ Online ads
49. @nokidhungry @donordigital @wendymarinaccio
Use our calculator when testing
¨ Ensure your tests have a
statistically significant
response
¨ 90% confidence indicates
a 10% chance the result
is not significant; best to
be at 95%+
¨ http://malwarwick.com/
response-significance-
calculator/
51. @nokidhungry @donordigital @wendymarinaccio
Take-Aways for large programs
¨ Spend as much time on retention and stop-
loss as on recruitment
¨ Ask current monthly donors to upgrade
¨ Integrate your fundraising across channels
52. @nokidhungry @donordigital @wendymarinaccio
Take-aways for small programs
¨ Improve best practices throughout your
fundraising
¨ Create a dedicated monthly giving donation
form
¨ Ensure processes/staff resources are in place
¨ Keep a long view