by JK Stewart | Sep 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every nonprofit asks this question eventually, usually right after someone on the board says “can’t we just do this for free?” The honest answer is that nothing about accepting money online is actually free, no matter what the homepage of a platform...
by JK Stewart | Aug 23, 2026 | Strategy
Donation Platform Or PayPal Button? Know The Difference We get this question a lot from small nonprofit teams who are trying to figure out where to spend their very limited time. Somebody on the board mentions PayPal. Somebody else mentions a “real”...
by JK Stewart | Aug 18, 2026 | Strategy
Somewhere along the way, “going digital” started sounding like an ultimatum. Like the moment you accept your first online gift, every donor who’s mailed you a check since 2003 gets quietly phased out. That’s not what this is, and honestly,...
by JK Stewart | Aug 10, 2026 | Strategy
Most small nonprofits put off online giving because they imagine it requires a developer, a redesign of the entire website, and a few thousand dollars they don’t have sitting around. None of that is true. What you actually need fits on a single page, and most of...
by JK Stewart | Aug 3, 2026 | Strategy
The Moment Every Nonprofit Dreads and Nobody Plans For A payment processor goes down during a giving day. A staff member sends the wrong appeal to the wrong list. A financial report gets misread by a local reporter and suddenly your organization’s name is...