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Smarter donor engagement strategies for healthcare
nonprofits and hospital foundations

Learn smarter ways to boost donor engagement, improve fundraising results, and build meaningful donor relationships.

This blog is your tactical playbook for hospital fundraising campaigns, nonprofit donor retention strategies, and donor engagement tactics that are already working at hospital foundations across the country.

26 Ways to Engage Gen Z Donors

May 17, 2025

Twentysomethings prefer donating through Apple Pay, Venmo, and other digital methods, love to receive snail mail, and are ready to share your mission with hundreds, or even thousands, of friends on TikTok and Instagram. Here's how to engage them.

The Latest Donor Retention Trends Make the Case for Stewardship

May 9, 2025

Although donor retention is slipping and most first-time givers never come back, the latest FEP data reveal where to focus your efforts. Organizations that act now, before more healthcare donors fade away, can stabilize donor retention, rebuild momentum, and grow nonprofit revenue.

How to Lose a Donor in 10 Days

May 5, 2025

With a nod to the classic Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey rom-com, here’s a rundown of how healthcare nonprofit foundations unwittingly drive donors away and how to avoid making the same mistakes.

What Baby Photos Can Teach Us About Donor Engagement

May 3, 2025

We unpacked a behavioral psychology experiment and what it reveals about donor behavior. If you're struggling to boost donor engagement and retention, this strategy belongs in your toolkit.

See How Top-Performing Hospitals Engage
Mid-Level Donors
April 28, 2025

We pored through a huge stack of articles, white papers, and case studies to build the ultimate list of proven strategies that help healthcare foundations turn mid-level givers into loyal donors. Here's what sets the winners apart.

Here's Your 90-Day Grateful Patient Donor Engagement Strategy

April 15, 2025

This step-by-step outreach plan helps your healthcare nonprofit increase donor engagement and drive first-time giving through proven grateful patient fundraising strategies.

One Sentence That Can Transform Your Donor Engagement Strategy

April 14, 2025

See how a simple behavioral science technique in fundraising can transform donor messaging from dry and generic to powerful stories that build emotional connection, inspire loyalty, and increase giving.

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Smarter donor engagement strategies for healthcare
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