The Nonprofit Show

Send us Fan Mail Nonprofit donor data security starts with the everyday tools your team uses . . .and “free” can come with a very expensive plot twist! Dan Hernandez of PCS Technology connects cybersecurity, AI policies, and smarter IT budgeting to protecting donor trust, preventing payment fraud, and keeping services running. That discounted software looked like a win. The volunteer’s personal em...

Send us Fan Mail Two missions may look lovely together on a slide. Getting two NPO’s to work together? That's where the luggage starts arriving!  Nonprofit merger readiness starts with a surprisingly tough question: why are you merging in the first place?  Tina Vasquez of Emerging Equity reveals how financial pressure, culture clashes, and founder dynamics can turn a promising partnership int...

Send us Fan Mail Nonprofit fraud doesn’t always kick down the door . . .sometimes you invite the vampire in and approve its invoice! Join pirate- costumed Justine Townsend of Your Part-Time Controller for a howling Halloween lesson in spotting sinister payment requests, protecting your nonprofit’s treasure, and keeping internal controls alive through the year-end fright fest.  The pirate is friend...

Send us Fan Mail Nobody ordered a robot for the finance office. Yet AI may already be working inside your accounting platform, donor database, payroll system, or grant management software. Surprise! Your next technology conversation belongs on the leadership agenda. AI data privacy for nonprofits starts with the software your team already uses . Dr. Stephanie Rose-Belcher of JMT Consulting explain...

Send us Fan Mail Nonprofit direct mail donor acquisition works best when your mailing list and your financial expectations are on speaking terms!  Before you blame the envelope, inspect the audience. A beautifully written appeal can still flop when it lands in the wrong mailbox. With postage and paper taking a bigger bite, “send it to everyone” deserves a tougher budget conversation.    Jeff Krusz...

Send us Fan Mail Nonprofit development director turnover may start with a job description that expects one person to do an entire team's work.  Major gifts. Grant writing. Events. Email campaigns. Database management. Apparently, your next fundraiser also needs a horn and a little glitter!!  Eddie Allen of Pacific Northwest Fundraising explains how stronger systems, shared donor knowledge, an...

Send us Fan Mail In-kind donations can be a nonprofit's greatest gift . . . . .or an unexpected operational nightmare! Discover how better nonprofit in-kind donation management can reduce waste, improve donor retention, and turn everyday gifts into measurable results. Imagine asking your community for much-needed supplies, only to receive so many of one item that you have to tell donors to ST...

Send us Fan Mail If your budget meetings inspire elaborate escape plans, this conversation offers a welcome reset.  Nonprofit budget planning and accountability get a fresh look when “no” becomes the start of a better business conversation. Joseph Plagge of Martus Solutions and Jeremy Brown of Kari Hub explain how shared ownership, contingency planning, and monthly reviews connect spending decisio...

Send us Fan Mail Nonprofit program design for results starts with knowing whom you serve and what they want to achieve. Rob Jentsch of ADGN Education shows how that clarity can guide budgets, strengthen fundraising, and keep tempting funding opportunities from steering your mission off course. A community center wants children reading on grade level. Then come a donor’s yoga classes, a science gra...

Send us Fan Mail This Independent Sector National Summit recap brings you inside the Phoenix gathering through the experiences of Tiffani R. Brown and Nancy Bacon. Discover the conversations, connections, and unexpected moments they brought home and what those experiences could mean for your nonprofit’s leadership, operations, and workforce! Tiffani R. Brown of Monroe Impact Advisors and Nancy Bac...

Send us Fan Mail Wondering how to get board approval for a nonprofit CRM when “too expensive” ends the conversation? Tony Beall and Julia C. Patrick explore the business case for donor management software, then tackle board reporting, outside board service, and the work-from-home debate. It’s Fundraisers Friday, and the questions have arrived with their sleeves rolled up! First up: a board that se...

Send us Fan Mail You’ve crafted the appeal, told the story, and inspired someone to give. Victory lap? Almost. Your donation form still has a job to do, and one extra field, confusing message, or inconvenient payment process can blow-up that moment of generosity!  Learn how to improve nonprofit donation forms so a donor’s “yes” becomes a completed gift. Bloomerang’s Evan DaSilva shares how simpler...

Send us Fan Mail AI recruiting for nonprofits can help teams manage a mountain of applications, but a polished résumé still leaves one big question: can this person do the work? Dana Scurlock, Managing Director of Staffing Boutique , explores smarter screening, candidate transparency, and hiring practices that keep human judgment in the process. Joining Julia C. Patrick and Sherry Quam Taylor, Dan...

Send us Fan Mail Nonprofit leadership equity strategies come to life when they shape hiring, board decisions, and everyday operations. Dr. Orletta Caldwell and Erick Seelbach explore how to close the gap between stated values and organizational behavior . . . . .especially during leadership transitions! Your nonprofit has a values statement. Wonderful. But does it show up when the board chooses it...

Send us Fan Mail Nonprofit revenue operations strategy starts with helping fundraisers succeed.  Your operations team clears the report queue. Your fundraisers get their spreadsheets. Everybody’s busy . . . .but is the work helping fundraising move forward? Thomas Turner of charity: water reveals how a customer success approach can sharpen priorities, simplify data access, and strengthen donor rel...

Send us Fan Mail Nonprofit budgeting beyond the annual budget starts with a surprising shift: stop treating the numbers as a deadline and start using them to guide decisions! Peyton Burch of Martus Solutions and John Tiso of JMT Consulting explore how shared ownership, stronger revenue assumptions, and ongoing forecasting can turn budget season into a leadership advantage. “We don’t have the budge...

Send us Fan Mail A donor offers land. Wonderful! Then comes a condition: your nonprofit must farm it for the next 50 years! Suddenly, “thank you” needs a little company . . . Planned giving legal support for nonprofits can help turn complex donations into gifts your team is prepared to accept. Jamie Holzer White joined us to explore noncash gifts, donor confidence, and why bringing an attorney in...

Send us Fan Mail Managing multigenerational nonprofit teams takes more than a shared mission. Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z bring different experiences to nonprofit leadership, fundraising, and daily operations. But assuming someone’s age tells you how they communicate (or whether they embrace technology) can send your management strategy sideways before the meeting even starts! Our...

Send us Fan Mail Funding women of color-led nonprofits in the South means looking closely at who receives philanthropic investment, and who keeps being overlooked. Carmen James Randolph of the Women’s Foundation of the South shares how funding, leadership support, and regional collaboration can build health, wealth, and power for women, girls, and gender-expansive people of color. These leaders ar...

Send us Fan Mail How can you improve the year-end donor experience before the giving rush begins? Bloomerang Chief Marketing Officer Ann Fellman showed us where a donor’s path to giving can get difficult and what to do after the gift arrives! This Nonprofit Power Week finale follows the donor journey from campaign message to donation page to the first welcome. Ann asks teams to walk through their...

Send us Fan Mail How do you retain first-time donors after their first gift? An event can take months to produce. The room responds, new supporters give, and the team celebrates. That moment deserves celebration, but the donor journey has barely begun!  . . . . “It’s just starting.” During Day 4 of Nonprofit Power Week with Bloomerang, James Goalder examines the follow-up, engagement, and measurem...

Send us Fan Mail How can nonprofits improve donation conversion without losing sight of the donor relationship? During Day 3 of Nonprofit Power Week with Bloomerang, Kirsten Wantland examined what happens when someone is ready to give . . and what can still get in the way! Kirsten starts with a deceptively simple move: record how each donation came in. A supporter who has given digitally seven tim...

Send us Fan Mail How do you build donor trust online when supporters can research your nonprofit through websites, rating platforms, social media, and AI?  On Day Two of Nonprofit Power Week , Katie Gaston, Director of Product Marketing at Bloomerang, explains how credibility, emotion, and evidence can turn donor consideration into confident action.  Katie identifies two very different donor minds...

Send us Fan Mail How do nonprofits attract and retain donors before the first gift is ever made?  This is the first of a five-day Nonprofit Power Week journey with Bloomerang, moving from donor discovery and awareness into consideration, decision-making, retention, and the upcoming giving season. Day One starts at the beginning of the donor journey . . .Discovery, Awareness, First Impressions, and...

Send us Fan Mail Donor relationships when a fundraiser leaves can expose serious gaps in nonprofit ethics, succession planning, data security, and donor communication. When the development professional changes (but the donor’s trust remains) who is responsible for what happens next? On this Fundraisers Friday conversation, Julia Patrick and Tony Beall confront one of fundraising’s most uncomfortab...