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Loyal Stewardship

Audience on the Grow tab

Supporters who have given across many years and sit in the Loyal or Established stage. Some of your most valuable relationships.

Charity Overview · Engagement, in Apteco Orbit: The Engagement tab, with cards on new donors, volunteers and loyal givers, then charts of donor stages, giving trends and volunteer activity by quarter.
Charity Overview · Engagement The Engagement tab, with cards on new donors, volunteers and loyal givers, then charts of donor stages, giving trends and volunteer activity by quarter. A fundraiser sees who is getting closer to the cause and who is drifting away.
Charity Overview · Donor Development Stage, in Apteco Orbit: Supporters by how many gifts they have made, from Non Donor to Loyal.
Charity Overview · Donor Development Stage Supporters by how many gifts they have made, from Non Donor to Loyal.

Sample charity: the people and numbers in these screens are made up, so the picture shows the tool, not a result.

Who is in it

Supporters who have given across many years and sit in the Loyal or Established stage. Some of your most valuable relationships.

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insights it is built from

Grow

its tab on the Field Guide Audiences dashboard

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pathway runs it

What to do next

Personal recognition, legacy giving conversations and board recruitment. Never let them feel taken for granted.

The A Year of Stewardship pathway runs this list. Here is each step, then the journey as it is built in Orbit.

  1. Month 1

    Email

    An update tied to the campaign they gave to.

  2. Month 3

    WhatsApp or SMS

    A short thank-you on WhatsApp or SMS, where they have opted in.

  3. Month 6

    Direct mail

    A printed thank-you card.

  4. Month 9

    Email

    An invitation to an event, prioritising anyone who hasn’t been to one recently.

  5. Month 12

    Call list

    On the anniversary of their first gift, a call from your team. Loyal supporters get the legacy conversation.

Watch the pathway
A Year of Stewardship · journey, part 1 of 2, in Apteco Orbit: The first half of the journey: the Loyal Stewardship audience enters, gets an email update, a WhatsApp thank-you for people who opted in, then joins the printed card mailing…
A Year of Stewardship · journey, part 1 of 2 The first half of the journey: the Loyal Stewardship audience enters, gets an email update, a WhatsApp thank-you for people who opted in, then joins the printed card mailing list. Loyal donors hear thanks in many ways, with no ask.
A Year of Stewardship · journey, part 2 of 2, in Apteco Orbit: The second half of the journey: the waits after the printed card, the event invite email, and the call list for an anniversary call at the end.
A Year of Stewardship · journey, part 2 of 2 The second half of the journey: the waits after the printed card, the event invite email, and the call list for an anniversary call at the end. The year closes with a personal call from the charity.

What it is built from

Each insight below is worked out by Orbit for every supporter. Click one to read it in the Field Guide.

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Insights

Next to it on the Grow tab

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Who is in the Loyal Stewardship audience?

Supporters who have given across many years and sit in the Loyal or Established stage. Some of your most valuable relationships.

What should I do with Loyal Stewardship?

Personal recognition, legacy giving conversations and board recruitment. Never let them feel taken for granted.

Which data does Loyal Stewardship use?

Donor Development Stage, Tenure Score, Number Of Giving Years, Consecutive Giving Streak. Each is an insight Orbit works out for every supporter.

Which pathway uses Loyal Stewardship?

A Year of Stewardship: Your most loyal supporters hear about their impact all year, across every way they are involved, not only when you need something.

How do I build it in Apteco Orbit?

Open Audiences, start a new audience and add each rule: who to let in, then who to leave out. Build an audience by hand walks you through it, and Ask Orin to build it shows how Orin can draft it for you.

Learn Mission is a free course. Part 5 is all about audiences: you build one, read it tab by tab and tidy it before anyone gets a message.