by JK Stewart | Jul 6, 2026 | Strategy
A Framework for Finding the Failures Donors Feel Before You Do Every nonprofit has a gap between the experience they think they’re delivering and the one a donor actually goes through. Most organizations never close that gap, not because they don’t care,...
by JK Stewart | Jun 29, 2026 | Strategy
Why Most Nonprofits Are Using the Wrong Tools for the Stage They’re In There is a particular kind of organizational pain that nobody talks about in nonprofit leadership circles. It doesn’t show up in your audited financials. It doesn’t get flagged in...
by JK Stewart | Jun 22, 2026 | Strategy
Why Donors Leave Even When They Want to Give One of the strangest realities in fundraising is that many donation failures happen after a donor has already decided to support your organization. Think about that for a moment. The hard part should be convincing someone...
by JK Stewart | Jun 15, 2026 | Strategy
Why Trust Matters More Than Almost Everything Else A lot of fundraising advice starts with tactics. Optimize your donation page. Send more emails. Segment your audience. Create urgency. Test your call-to-action buttons. None of those ideas are inherently bad. Most...
by JK Stewart | Jun 8, 2026 | Strategy
Why Some Nonprofits Raise Money More Easily Than Others Walk into almost any nonprofit conference and you’ll hear the same conversations. How do we acquire more donors? How do we increase recurring giving? How do we improve retention? How do we get people to...
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...
