#1: Get Your Current Donors Involved in Doing More than Just Giving Money

#2: Tell Your Donors How You Spent Their Money and What Kind of Impact it Had on the World

#3: Call Your Donors Thank Them for Their Gift within 3 Days of Receipt

#4: Don’t Let Your Donors Get Bored – Introduce One New Recognition Item Every Year

#5: Build a Donor Wall at Your Office or Service Location

#6: Hold an Annual Donor “Thank-a-Thon”

#8: Hold an Annual Donor Thank You Event

#9: Solicit Your Current Donors with 2-4 Mini-Campaigns per Year

#10: Arrange Supporter Discounts at 10 Local or Online Businesses

#11: Send Branded Thank You Gifts to Your Mid-Level Donors

#12: Post Videos on Your Website Profiling Individual Donors

#13: Take Out a Newspaper Ad or Rent a Billboard to Thank Your Donors – Or Try Retargeting Them Online

#14: Keep Your Donors on Your Standard Cultivation / Communication Schedule

#15: Have Lunch with One Low-Dollar Donor per Month

#16: Turn Event Donors into Annual Givers through Personal Contact

#17: Invite Select Donors to Attend a Board Meeting

#18: Set Up a Special “Donor Hotline” Number at Your Office

#19: Introduce Your Donors to Your Program Staff. Make Sure the Program Staff Recognizes the Importance of these Donors

#20: Create a Donor Advisory Board