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 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...
by JK Stewart | Jul 14, 2026 | Strategy
Why Predictability Is the Most Underrated Asset in Fundraising Ask ten development directors what drives donor retention and you’ll get ten answers about storytelling, gratitude, and impact reporting. All true. All important. But almost none of them will mention...
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 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...
