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CRM vs. Relationship Intelligence

Your CRM tells you what happened. Relationship Intelligence tells you what to do next. Here's the difference—and when you need both.

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What Happens in the First 90 Days After a Gift?

The first 90 days after a gift determine whether a donor comes back. Here's how to audit your new donor experience.

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The Donor Retention Math

80% of first-time donors never give again. Here's what that actually costs—and what high-retention organizations do differently.

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Cultivation & Stewardship

Cultivation: Not Just for Major Donors

Donor cultivation is for more than just major donors, but this doesn't have to mean a lot more effort.

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4 New Donor Cultivation Strategies to Try This Year

Building and maintaining strong relationships with your donors starts with creative donor cultivation strategies - here are four to implement this year.

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Cultivation & Stewardship

Donor Cultivation 101

What is donor cultivation and why is it important? How do you build a donor cultivation plan? We'll cover all of the basics you need to know to get started!

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Articles

We are Instil- Brittany Wardlow on the importance of female mentorship

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Case Study

Cultivation & Stewardship

Fundraising

Case Study: Goodie Nation Modernizes Donor Management With Instil

When planning a campaign to increase individual donations, Goodie Nation found a solid foundation in a modern donor management platform.

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Cultivation & Stewardship

Fundraising

How To: Calculate and Track Donor Retention & Benchmarks

Donor retention is a critical metric for nonprofits, so it's important to know how to calculate and set benchmarks for your donor retention rate.

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Cultivation & Stewardship

Fundraising

5 Donor Retention Strategies to Try This Year

Donor retention is critical to providing a reliable revenue stream for your nonprofit, so here are five example donor retention strategies to try this year.

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Cultivation & Stewardship

Fundraising

Donor Retention: Trends, Current Rates, And Everything Else You Need To Know

Donor retention is the key to strong nonprofit fundraising - here's how to improve your retention rate, as well as trends over time. [updated data for 2024]

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Fundraising

Make 2022 Your Best Year Ever With Instil

Prioritizing donor stewardship now goes a long way toward ensuring a successful Year-End and building a strong foundation for future fundraising.

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