by JK Stewart | Jun 1, 2026 | Strategy
The Dashboard Looks Amazing. The Organization Is Quietly Struggling. A nonprofit can have beautiful email open rates, a growing Instagram account, polished fundraising graphics, and monthly donor charts that make everyone in the board meeting nod approvingly while the...
by JK Stewart | May 26, 2026 | Strategy
The Phrase Sounds Noble. That’s Part of the Problem. Most nonprofit professionals have heard the phrase “donor-centric fundraising” so many times that it barely registers anymore. It gets repeated at conferences, buried inside webinars, tossed around in LinkedIn...
by JK Stewart | May 18, 2026 | Strategy
Data Is Incredibly Useful. It Is Also Incredibly Dangerous. Modern fundraising runs on data. Open rates. Conversion rates. Retention percentages. Average gift values. Donor lifetime value. Recurring revenue forecasts. Heat maps. Attribution models. None of this is...
by JK Stewart | May 11, 2026 | Strategy
Efficiency Is Usually Treated Like An Automatic Good In nonprofit circles, efficiency carries a strange kind of moral authority. Lower costs? Good. Faster systems? Good. Leaner operations? Also good. Nobody wants to sound wasteful. Nobody wants to defend unnecessary...
by JK Stewart | May 8, 2026 | Strategy
The Instinct Makes Sense When results stall, the instinct is predictable. Send more emails. Stay top of mind. Increase touchpoints. Keep donors engaged. It feels logical. More communication should lead to more connection. In reality, it often leads to something else....
