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Returning Funders at Risk

Audience on the Funders tab

Funders who have granted more than once but whose most recent application or decision was a long time ago. The relationship may be cooling.

Returning Funders at Risk · Audience rules, in Apteco Orbit: The rules tab: two rules under Includes, Returning Funder Flag set and latest grant decision more than a year ago.
Returning Funders at Risk · Audience rules The rules tab: two rules under Includes, Returning Funder Flag set and latest grant decision more than a year ago. These past funders have gone quiet, so it is a good time to check in with them.
Field Guide Audiences · Funders, in Apteco Orbit: The Funders tab, with audience tiles for grant work, Funders Due a Report and Returning Funders at Risk.
Field Guide Audiences · Funders The Funders tab, with audience tiles for grant work, Funders Due a Report and Returning Funders at Risk. A grants manager uses them to send reports on time and reach out to funders before they drift away.
Grant Tracking · Funder Retention, in Apteco Orbit: Grants each year from 2022 to 2025, split by whether the funder was new or had given before.
Grant Tracking · Funder Retention Grants each year from 2022 to 2025, split by whether the funder was new or had given before. Most grants come from returning funders, so losing one costs more than it looks.

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

It includes funders marked as returning funders (Returning Funder Flag = 1) AND whose latest grant decision was more than a year ago; nothing is excluded. These are past funders with no new grant decision in over a year, so it is a good time to check in with them.

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insights it is built from

Funders

its tab on the Field Guide Audiences dashboard

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pathway runs it

What to do next

Re-engage with an impact report from their last grant before you submit a new application.

The Funder Reporting and Stewardship pathway runs this list. Here is each step, then the journey as it is built in Orbit.

  1. Monthly

    Shared module

    The Grants module lists every report coming due, and flags any that are past due without a report.

  2. After a decision

    Email

    A thank-you to the funder and what the grant will make possible.

  3. Mid-grant

    Email

    An impact update before the formal report is due.

  4. Before reapplying

    Call list

    Returning funders at risk get a relationship call and an impact report from their last grant.

  5. Ongoing

    LinkedIn Ads

    Staff at your funders see your impact stories on LinkedIn through company targeting.

Watch the pathway
Funder Reporting and Stewardship · the whole journey, in Apteco Orbit: The whole journey for the Returning Funders at Risk audience: a call list for a relationship call and impact report, then LinkedIn ads with impact stories.
Funder Reporting and Stewardship · the whole journey The whole journey for the Returning Funders at Risk audience: a call list for a relationship call and impact report, then LinkedIn ads with impact stories. It keeps grant makers and other funders close so they renew their support.

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 Funders tab

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Who is in the Returning Funders at Risk audience?

Funders who have granted more than once but whose most recent application or decision was a long time ago. The relationship may be cooling.

It includes funders marked as returning funders (Returning Funder Flag = 1) AND whose latest grant decision was more than a year ago; nothing is excluded. These are past funders with no new grant decision in over a year, so it is a good time to check in with them.

What should I do with Returning Funders at Risk?

Re-engage with an impact report from their last grant before you submit a new application.

Which data does Returning Funders at Risk use?

Returning Funder Flag, Latest Grant Decision Date, Total Amount Granted, Funder Retention. Each is an insight Orbit works out for every supporter.

Which pathway uses Returning Funders at Risk?

Funder Reporting and Stewardship: Never miss a report deadline, and keep returning funders close between applications.

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.