by JK Stewart | Dec 15, 2025 | Strategy
The Fastest Choice Your Donor Makes All Day A donor does not sit down with a cup of coffee, crack their knuckles, and thoughtfully evaluate your message. Their brain makes a decision in eight seconds. Sometimes less. That’s about the time it takes to read a grocery...
by JK Stewart | Dec 3, 2025 | Strategy
The Strange Truth About Donor Inboxes Nonprofits spend hours crafting emails. You tweak the subject line, argue about commas, and pray the template won’t break the second you hit send. Then it happens. The open rate hits your dashboard. Twenty percent if you’re lucky....
by JK Stewart | Nov 27, 2025 | Strategy
The Quiet Hesitation Behind Every Gift Most nonprofits assume donors hesitate because of money. Tight budgets. Competing priorities. Economic uncertainty. That’s an easy story to believe, but it’s usually not the real one. Donors don’t hesitate because they can’t...
by JK Stewart | Nov 3, 2025 | Strategy
The Problem with “Tactics First” Fundraising If you’ve been in nonprofit marketing long enough, you’ve heard it all: keep your emails short, use more exclamation points, and always add a deadline. These rules come from a place of fear — the fear that attention spans...
by JK Stewart | Oct 19, 2025 | Strategy
When a donor stops giving, most nonprofits move on. They mark the contact as “inactive,” remove them from active campaigns, and shift focus to acquiring new supporters. But that’s a costly mistake. Lapsed donors aren’t gone—they’re data-rich teachers waiting to tell...
