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 | 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...
