39. A Look Inside an Organization’s Strong Donor Retention Numbers with Megan Staples Jacob

Megan Staples Jacob is the Senior Development Director for CSF Philadelphia and has been working in the nonprofit realm for over 13 years. Megan is deeply passionate about the underserved communities in Philadelphia and understands children gain their greatest opportunities through education.  In this episode, we discuss the drive and curiosity that fuels her openness to try different strategies in an effort to maximize donor retention, and she openly shares the tactics she’s successfully uncovered. Megan explains how defining your personal mission inside your efforts with an organization unveils a deeper motivation, which can help connect with potential and current donors on various levels.  Listen to our conversation inside this riveting interview. Megan is extremely passionate and generous with all of her tips and tricks and you don’t want to miss it!  This episode is a part of a mini-series on donor retention thanks to our incredible sponsors at DonorPerfect. DonorPerfect has a lot of free educational resources for fundraisers. Learn more and download some of their guides and tools today at donorperfect.com/mallory