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Effects of Donor Priority Strategy on Relationship Fundraisi

Nonprofit organizations commonly implement donor priority strategies, yet little research has explored the effects of this relationship strategy. Whereas previous research highlighted the positive effects of benefit segmentation and analyzed donor motives to choose a specific donation level, this st...

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Main Author: Boenigk, Silke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
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520 |a Nonprofit organizations commonly implement donor priority strategies, yet little research has explored the effects of this relationship strategy. Whereas previous research highlighted the positive effects of benefit segmentation and analyzed donor motives to choose a specific donation level, this study investigates the effects of priority benefit perception on relationship factors such as donor satisfaction, donor loyalty, upgrade/downgrade intentions, and voluntary behavior. Based on data from the German cultural sector-804 donors of a friend circle that differentiates two donation levels-the results of the partial least squares path analysis show that donors' perception of priority benefits positively affects donor satisfaction and donor loyalty. The study also shows that a priority strategy negatively influences intentions to downgrade among higher-prioritized donors and positively enhances intentions to upgrade among lower-prioritized donors. Applying multigroup comparison the authors find that most relationship effects do not differ significantly across higher- and lower-prioritized donors. This study thereby supports the implementation of donor priority strategy among... 
650 |a Relationship Strategy 
650 |a Cultural Organizations 
650 |a Upgrading 
650 |a Donor Prioritization 
650 |a Benefit Segmentation 
773 |a Nonprofit Management & Leadership  |d Spring 
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