Nonprofit Hub Radio

Send us Fan Mail Foundations fund good work, but they can also quietly reshape it. In this episode, Glen Gallich, CEO of the Stupski Foundation and author of Control: Why Big Giving Falls Short , questions a norm many nonprofit leaders have learned to accept: bending strategy, language, and even mission to match what funders want to hear. Glen makes the case that when philanthropy centers donor pr...

Send us Fan Mail A nonprofit can do everything right for its community and still get blindsided by one bad email. In this episode, Dan Hernandez, Founder and CEO of PCS Technologies, shares real-world cybersecurity insights to help organizations protect donor data, prevent inbox takeovers, and stop payment fraud. From a jaw-dropping story about a $167,000 loss caused by a poorly written email to s...

Send us Fan Mail A nonprofit story can open hearts, change policy, and fund lifesaving work—but it can also leave people dysregulated, ashamed, or shut down if told the way the sector traditionally has. In this episode, Maria Bryan, Partnership Marketing Manager at Donorbox and creator of When Bearing Witness , steps into a crucial conversation on trauma-informed storytelling and why standard “eth...

Send us Fan Mail How do you tell deeply human stories without reducing the people you serve to a tragic footnote? In this episode, Matt Kamin (founder of Envision Consulting and host of Nonprofit Happy Hour ) joins us to tear down the outdated playbooks of nonprofit marketing and fundraising. We get vulnerable about what true consent-based storytelling looks like, why every client story needs an e...

Send us Fan Mail Most capital campaigns don’t struggle because the mission is weak—they struggle because the board is working from myths. In this episode of Nonprofit Hub Radio, Amy Eisenstein and Sarah Plimpton from Capital Campaign Pro join us to unpack what really drives successful major gift fundraising and what board members need to understand before voting to "just go for it." From...

Send us Fan Mail Search traffic to nonprofit websites is down roughly 35%, which means the way donors discover causes is actively changing. If someone wants to include a nonprofit in their will, hunting for basic details like an EIN or address can cause that moment to pass. Lindsay Newman and Brantley Boyett from Giving Docs sit down to discuss how to make legacy giving simple, accessible, and dee...

Send us Fan Mail If "capital campaign" brings to mind massive building projects or an overwhelming all-or-nothing effort, this conversation offers a fresh perspective. Daniel Hussey, head coach and lead campaign strategist at HPC, breaks down what capital campaigns actually mean for modern nonprofits and why small to medium-sized organizations are fully capable of executing them. Rather...

Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Derric Bakker, founder and CEO of Dickerson Bakker and author of A Better Way to Fundraise: Treat Every Donor Like a Major Donor , to discuss why modern fundraising feels increasingly transactional, exhausting, and disconnected from its true purpose. Derric shares the airport story that inspired his philosophy and outlines why every supporter—regardless of gift si...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Derria Ford of Seed Fundraisers shares a practical, repeatable framework for collecting and sharing nonprofit stories while keeping dignity, agency, and consent at the center. Here we explore what ethical storytelling looks like in practice—moving away from single-checkbox release forms, writing alongside clients rather than over them, and avoiding the trap of exploiting hard...

Send us Fan Mail If your calendar is packed with galas, auctions, golf outings, and “one more event” that still doesn’t fix your budget, this conversation is for you. We sit down with Sherry Quam Taylor, CEO of Quam Taylor, to talk about the simplest and hardest shift in nonprofit fundraising: getting out from behind the tactics and back into real human donor relationships. We dig into why so many...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Nonprofit Hub Radio, leadership coach and author Nick Reich explores why systems and software cannot solve foundational leadership challenges. The discussion delves into the "full circle leader" framework, the critical difference between vision and direction, and how balancing high expectations with deep care—defined as "love with standards"—...

Send us Fan Mail You can run an inspiring nonprofit and still feel lost the moment a P&L hits your inbox. In this episode, Michael Baldree, founder of Crosswind CFO Advisory, breaks down how executive directors who came up through the program side can build a true partnership with finance. We unpack what a healthy relationship with your CFO or finance lead actually looks like: one where financ...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Nonprofit Hub Radio Podcast, Alison Teitelbaum of AST Strategies shares practical insights on how executive directors and boards can protect strategic direction, reduce friction, and keep teams energized through transition and change. The conversation covers essential techniques for overcoming mission creep, such as "level setting" decisions with c...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Nonprofit Hub Radio Podcast, Allison Wyatt, founder and CEO of Edgility Talent Partners, shares practical strategies for constructing sustainable talent infrastructure around compensation, performance management, and career progression. Together, they unpack how establishing clear compensation philosophies and transparent salary scales can reduce distrust, r...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, parliamentary attorney Jim Slaughter discusses why Robert’s Rules of Order remains essential for nonprofits seeking faster, fairer, and clearer board meetings. The conversation explores how to match meeting formality to board size, how chairs can guide balanced debate without turning meetings into courtrooms, and key strategies for navigating virtual governance ch...

Send us Fan Mail An organization can run the best mission in town and still get ignored simply because supporters are flooded with digital noise. The host sits down with Bradley Martin, VP of Sales and Marketing at Feathr, to get honest about what nonprofit marketing looks like when the average person is hit with thousands of impressions a day and organic reach keeps shrinking. If the word “market...

Send us Fan Mail Nonprofit Hub Radio sits down with James Ryzhkov, Head of Growth at Bezalel Lab, to explore what it really takes to "double" a nonprofit without turning the mission into a spreadsheet goal. The conversation challenges KPI-first thinking, digs into the leadership and clarity problems that block growth, and offers practical ways to build focus, systems, and a message donor...

Send us Fan Mail When your work depends on trust and relationships, AI can feel like a threat. In this episode, we sit down with Lizzie Neufeld, CEO and founder of Strat Labs, to unpack the fear surrounding automation and explore how nonprofits can move forward without losing the human touch. The big takeaway: AI works best when it focuses on operations and internal capacity first, allowing fundra...

Send us Fan Mail Nonprofit Hub Radio sits down with Meggie Nauman and Rob Northrop, both from Lancaster Bingo Company, to explore why charity gaming can be a repeatable fundraising program rather than a once-a-year event. The conversation breaks down who bingo works best for, how to navigate licensing and compliance, and what it takes to make game night entertaining enough that players keep coming...

Send us Fan Mail One big check shouldn’t be able to rewrite a nonprofit's mission, but that’s exactly how many organizational budgets are built. This episode features Vincent Jones, CEO of Beyond Impact, to challenge the status quo and unpack a blunt claim: philanthropy’s current funding structure is a design failure. The conversation gets specific about how the “low overhead” mindset starves...

Send us Fan Mail In the nonprofit world, urgency is constant and that makes operations easy to neglect. Yet operational excellence is often the difference between a mission that scales and a team that burns out. This conversation focuses on nonprofit operations, process improvement, and leadership clarity through a surprising origin story: learning business systems inside McDonald’s. The point is...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Sal Salpietro, Chief Growth Officer at Daytaro, unpacks what AI really means for nonprofits—where 82% use AI but only 10% have a policy. He offers a simple filter for evaluating tools (does it still work with the AI turned off?) and distinguishes AI-enabled "helpers" from AI-native "doers." He also shows how to scale AI without losing the human...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, communications strategist Vanessa Wakeman explores the high-stakes reality of modern nonprofit messaging, where public scrutiny and evolving language demand a more responsible approach to communications. Wakeman shares a practical framework for moving past draft-paralysis, building narrative resilience against digital threats, and effectively segmenting audiences...

Send us Fan Mail Get ready to dive into the fascinating world of Neurogiving ! This high-energy episode cracks open the human brain to reveal the hidden biological drivers that actually spark generosity while moving way beyond old-school fundraising myths to show how identity and deep-seated emotions pull the strings of donor decisions long before they even see a "Donate" button. Listene...

Send us Fan Mail Online donation forms are often the most overlooked friction point in nonprofit fundraising, yet they serve as the ultimate moment of donor conversion. In this episode, Danielle Rice, Senior Director of Solutions at Fundraise Up, breaks down how nonprofits can bridge the trust gap by treating their donation experience as a core product rather than a simple processing step. The dis...