Julie Kennon

The past few years can undoubtedly prove that no one has a crystal ball, and no one is able to mitigate threats and capitalize on sure things with ease. CharityEngine, sadly, can’t predict the future either. What we can do is listen to some industry...

We know, we know. You just got through the biggest fundraising push of the year. You’re exhausted and desperately seeking a reprieve from dreams of major gifts and obsession over sustainer retention. We get it.

🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 ❄️ Oh, they said it would be a tough one ❄️ Winking, you said, “We’ve just begun” ❄️ And now fundraising, it won’t slow ❄️ ❄️ Let it grow, let it grow, let it grow! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

When the pressure is on to hit annual fundraising goals and the calendar year is winding down, nonprofits should leave no stone unturned to maximize giving.

Welcome to our second annual Thanksgiving post, in which we ask tell beg our team members to let us know what they’re particularly thankful for this holiday. As always, not that many people answered, so I got back at them by picking a few and making...

Major Gift Officers play a critical role in a nonprofit: identifying and cultivating relationships with potential major gift donors can tremendously impact an organization’s ability to meet fundraising goals and effect change. It’s not an easy job!

The holy grail of every successful nonprofit is a snazzy, beautifully branded donation form. No matter what amazing multi-channel outreach campaigns you run, everyone’s going to end up in the same place: staring at your donation form.

Okay, maybe that was clickbait. But there’s a trend in the nonprofit CRM industry, and Bonterra is the latest poster child. What’s the trend? Private equity taking over good companies with a focus on making a profit. And Bonterra has seen it all,...

You love your donors. You appreciate your donors. Your donors are the reason your nonprofit is able to have an impact. But what if your donors start…disappearing?

Here we go again! It’s time to talk about new rules designed to protect consumers. We’ve shared recent SMS regulations that cover the registration of SMS text campaigns and talked a lot about how email deliverability rules are designed to keep...