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The survey found that the average nonprofit donor retention rate is only 41 percent, compared to a customer retention rate of 94 percent for businesses. The average new donor retention rate is only 27 percent.
Other nonprofits use a suite of PayPal products, handling all different types of transactions. PayPal has more than 200,000 nonprofit accounts and handled almost $1.8 billion in transactions for nonprofits last year. The nonprofit rate for PayPal is 2.2 percent plus 30 cents per transaction and larger volumes of more than $100,000 per month can lead to more competitive pricing, Lorenz said.