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...
by JK Stewart | Jul 27, 2026 | Strategy
Why Most Growth Strategies Quietly Burn Themselves Out Every few years a nonprofit falls in love with a growth tactic. Direct mail worked, so they mailed harder. Facebook ads worked, so they poured more budget into acquisition. Then the returns start shrinking and...
by JK Stewart | Jul 21, 2026 | Comparisons, Strategy
A class action lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania this year accuses Givebutter of adding two separate charges to every donation, a processing fee and a tip, without getting clear consent from the donor. The complaint claims both charges are added by default, that removing...
