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Empowering Your Organization for Success
Before, During, and After #GivingTuesday
Jason Wood – VP, Digital
Jeremy Haselwood – Sr. Director, Digital Strategy
Samantha Jasnos – Digital Strategist
Presented by
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Contents
Why #GivingTuesday Is a Big Deal
The #GivingTuesday Prep Plan
#GivingTuesday Is Here
It’s Over, Now What?
3 Keys to Success
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Global movement that inspires action
GIVE
YOUR VOICE
GIVE
GOODS
GIVE
TIME
GIVE
MONEY
Source: givingtuesday.org
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Global movement that inspires action
$177
Million
1.64
Million
2.3
Million
Countless
Source: givingtuesday.org
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Increasing donation spikes each year
$10.1 M
$19.2 M
$26.1 M
$39.6 M
$47.7 M
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Donations processed through Blackbaud
Source: Blackbaud 2016 Charitable Giving Report
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Donations continue to shift to medium-
and smaller-sized organizations
SIZE 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Small (Less than $1M) 5% 3% 5% 7% 8%
Medium ($1M–$10M) 15% 13% 21% 22% 26%
Large ($10M+) 80% 84% 74% 71% 66%
Source: Blackbaud 2016 Charitable Giving Report
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#GivingTuesday trends reflect general
giving trends
17% 18% 21%
Source: Blackbaud 2016 Charitable Giving Report
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Forces unite to better understand impact
on philanthropic giving
Is #GivingTuesday indeed inspiring
new donations or simply shifting the
timing of holiday giving?
Source: DataKind
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#GivingTuesday compared to CYE - 2015
Giving Tuesday Donations
1 gift multiple gifts
CYE Donations
1 gift multiple gifts
470 unique donations during GT in 2015
111 donors made additional gift in FY15
23% of GT donors made additional gift(s)
6% of GT donors made 4 or more gifts
throughout remainder of FY
2209 unique donations during CYE
187 donors made additional gift in FY15
8% of CYE donors made additional gift(s)
2% of CYE donors made 4 or more gifts
throughout remainder of FY
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#GivingTuesday compared to CYE - 2016
Giving Tuesday Donations
1 gift multiple gifts
CYE Donations
1 gift multiple gifts
101 unique donations during GT in 2016
24 donors made additional gift in FY16
23% of GT donors made additional gift(s)
2% of GT donors made 4 or more gifts
throughout remainder of FY
19 donors have given so far in 2017
190 unique donations during CYE
18 donors made additional gift in FY15
9% of CYE donors made additional gift(s)
1% of CYE donors made 4 or more gifts
throughout remainder of FY
2 donors have given so far
in 2017
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The data shows …
Source: DataKind
I must participate in
#GivingTuesday!
Now what?
#GivingTuesday disrupts
philanthropic giving,
in a positive way.
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Critical Elements Needed for Success
Email marketing messages – designed correctly
Deployment times confirmed and scheduled in advance
Follow-up and new donor welcome series messages
developed
Suppression techniques/process in place
Planned and written/designed social media paid and
organic posts/tweets
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Quick tip on email marketing
Progress bars/goal indicators are wonderful – but be
wary of the empty progress bar
Progress bar
introduced at end
of series
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Planning the email design
Recognize that emails are being viewed and opened on
a mobile device – design and write mobile first!
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Email Cadence - Scheduling
Confirm with ESP delivery
date and time and do not
deviate.
Employ tentative
schedules while
massaging copy and
design.
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Prepare now for new online donors
Consider trigger-based welcome series for all new
donors
Works in conjunction with #GivingTuesday follow-up
Thank You email
Best chance to immediately convert brand new donors
into retained donors (and even better – sustainers)
#GivingTuesday was launched by the 92nd Street Y in 2012 has now become a global movement that inspires action. Whether individuals participate by giving their time, money, resources or voice, people are coming together to create real change in their communities.
Sources:
#GivingTuesay Website
DataKind, #GivingTuesday Insight Report 2017
#GivingTuesday.org reports that last year’s global day of giving brought in $177 million dollars online. This revenue was generated by 1.64 million gifts, with a mean gift size of just over $107. Over 2.3 million social media engagements occurred, as well as countless acts of kindness.
Since its inception in 2012, there have been sizeable and increasing donation spikes each year. The estimated revenue in 2012 was just over $13 million, which is a difference of $163 million dollars in a short 5 year span.
(The data was collected from 28 data platform partners and the full list can be see givingtuesday.org. The majority of the #GT data is collected from online donations made to US-based nonprofits. )
Sources:
#GivingTuesay Website
DataKind, #GivingTuesday Insight Report 2017
The incredible Giving Tuesday data spikes on Blackbaud platforms alone speak for themselves. Blackbaud processed $47.7 million dollars alone in 2016. And not only has the number of donors grown each year, but the number of organizations participating has as well. Throughout the 5 years, Blackbaud reports more than 6,700 nonprofit organizations varying in size have participated.
(Blackbaud is a founding partner of #GivingTuesday)
Source: Blackbaud 2016 Charitable Giving Report
As the number of organizations participating increases, the overall distribution of revenue is beginning to shift. Blackbaud’s analysis found that small and medium nonprofits generated the highest increases in digital revenue over the previous year, while large nonprofits saw a smaller growth. As you can see, large organizations now only represent 66% of the #GivingTuesday revenue compared to 80% in 2012.
The shift that we are seeing may be attributable to a couple different reasons. One, #GivingTuesday is an easy opportunity for small/medium organizations to participate in even though they may not have a lot of resources like some of the larger organizations. Two, donors feel like their gifts on this day will directly impact local causes that they truly care about.
Source: Blackbaud 2016 Charitable Giving Report
Blackbaud is also seeing that #GivingTuesday trends reflect general giving trends. Education, Healthcare, and Human Services organizations represent a large percentage of charitable giving in the United States, and that is reflected on #GivingTuesday as well. Environment/Animal Welfare organizations and Medical Research nonprofits outperform all other sectors on #GivingTuesday.
It is worth nothing that Blackbaud’s focus has been on measuring online giving during #GivingTuesday as this represents the best snapshot of what happened the day of the event. Undoubtedly, a tremendous amount of offline giving is also triggered by #GivingTuesday, but these gifts have a long tail that appears several days and weeks after the event. For this reason, Blackbaud has not reported on offline giving data specifically on #GivingTuesday because it is not an accurate representation of donor or nonprofit behavior.
Source: Blackbaud 2016 Charitable Giving Report
But when we were putting this webinar together, we didn’t want to solely focus on the data coming from a couple transaction platforms, so we decided to highglight a couple of key findings from the 2017 DataKind #GivingTuesday Insight Report.
In March 2017, DataKind and the #GivingTuesday team gathered to better understand #GivingTuesday’s impact on philanthropic giving.
The project team analyzed up to 10 years of financial transaction data from multiple payment processors.
From the available data, the team was able to look at “loyalists” (who are known as repeat givers) as well as one-time donors, organizational giving trends, the density and frequency of charitable giving over periods of time, and shifts in giving.
DataKind, #GivingTuesday Insight Report 2017
One aspect that the team examined was the giving behavior of individual donors. In a sample where only 5% of donors regularly gave before #GivingTuesday was established, but after its inception, not only did the average amount of their individual donations increase 78% from $160 to $284, but their giving frequency increased as well. This indicates that #GivingTuesday may be positively changing giving behaviors (e.g., recurring gifts, increased donations) beyond just motivating donors to give on the day itself.
And in a sample of long-term loyal donors – those who gave consistently before 2012 – are more likely to give and give more on average on #GivingTuesday than at other times of the year. This is an indication that #GivingTuesday is highly motivating for engaged donors.
Sources:
DataKind, #GivingTuesday Insight Report 2017
Not only is #GivingTuesday a great way to engage with your existing donors, it is a great way to acquire new prospects as well.
Classy’s #GivingTuesday data shows that #GivingTuesday brings in twice as many new donors as December 31 …
Source: https://www.classy.org/blog/giving-tuesday-data-reveals-new-donors/
three times more than a typical day during disaster relief …
Source: https://www.classy.org/blog/giving-tuesday-data-reveals-new-donors/
and over 13 times more than a typical day throughout the year.
For each of these events, 75 percent of the one-time donations made on Classy’s platform are made by first-time donors—and because #GivingTuesday continues to generate more traffic than any other day each and every year, the influx of new donors will continue to grow.
Source: https://www.classy.org/blog/giving-tuesday-data-reveals-new-donors/
Not only is Giving Tuesday the great acquisition opportunity, according to data analyzed by Classy, donors acquired during #GivingTuesday are 10 to 15 percent more likely to give again than donors acquired on December 31.
Source: https://www.classy.org/blog/giving-tuesday-data-reveals-new-donors/
But don’t just take their word for it, takes our word!
The results show that DataDive validated that #GivingTuesday provides a net lift to charitable giving. Given these trends across various analysis, it’s clear that nonprofits can no longer afford to skip out on #GivingTuesday. This opportunity to acquire and engage donors happens once a year, and you can design a campaign that activates your community and jumpstarts your year-end fundraising.
Sources:
DataKind, #GivingTuesday Insight Report 2017