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...
by JK Stewart | Jul 20, 2026 | Strategy
The Post-Gift Reinforcement Blueprint What Happens After the Donate Button Gets Clicked Most fundraising strategy obsesses over the moment before the gift. The subject line, the ask amount, the urgency in the appeal letter. Fair enough, that moment matters. But the...
