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9 Must-Have Nonprofit CRM Features: What to Look For

By Dave Martin

Last Updated: July 16, 2025

Can you build a house without the right tools? No way! It would be nearly impossible even to start construction without appropriate equipment. You don’t want to try to hammer nails with a screwdriver, and you surely can’t use a kitchen blender to...

7 Nonprofit Must-Dos

By Alexis Langley, CAE

Last Updated: July 16, 2025

Here we are, nonprofits, at the end of the year again. Amidst all the twinkling lights and holiday cheer and too-tight pants, nonprofits still have their foot on the fundraising gas and will until the ball drops at midnight and the new year is upon...

Nonprofit CRM

7 Signs It’s Time To Break Up With Your Nonprofit CRM (Updated!)

By Julie Kennon

Last Updated: July 16, 2025

Breakups aren’t fun. Whether it’s a seventh-grade romance or the end of a love affair with technology, breakups can leave you feeling unsure and even a little wistful. (I confess I keep my very first smartphone - a Blackberry - in a drawer, and now...

Fundraising

6 Ways to Know You’re Ready for A Robust CRM (Updated!)

By Julie Kennon

Last Updated: July 16, 2025

Every nonprofit starts small. Most grow, and some want to grow quickly and strategically. One of the most crtiical decisions when you're ready for explosive growth is this: am I ready for serious fundraising software?

5 Tips for Successful Online Fundraising

By Julie Kennon

Last Updated: July 16, 2025

Yes, there’s direct mail. There’s SMS. There are phone calls and there’s social media. But at the end of the day, most of these channels lead donors right to your online donation form, making nearly every effort online fundraising!

5 Strategies to Get Board Buy-In

By Julie Kennon

Last Updated: July 16, 2025

You’ve done the research. You’ve seen demos, shared your pain points with ten different vendors, haggled on price, and gotten buy-in from your team. You are ready for new fundraising software, and it is going to revolutionize your nonprofit.

5 Strategies to Engage DAF Donors

By Julie Kennon

Last Updated: July 16, 2025

Have you been hearing more about Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) lately? You’re not alone—they’ve become a major force in charitable giving. In 2023, DAF assets topped $250 billion. That’s nearly double their total a decade ago, and it’s a fortune ready...

5 Nonprofit Trends to Watch

By Julie Kennon

Last Updated: July 16, 2025

The nonprofit sector is ever-changing, and things move so fast that we practically get whiplash trying to keep up. On all stages—global, national, and local—it can sometimes seem as though chaos reigns, and nonprofits are often searching for a...

10 Steps to Writing a Perfect Nonprofit RFP

By J. Michael Fisher, CFRE

Last Updated: July 16, 2025

In my decades-long nonprofit career, I’ve written more RFPs than I care to count. And then I’ve been overwhelmed by the dozens of proposals that flooded my inbox! Over the years, I’ve learned that writing the most perfect RFP for your nonprofit is...

A 5-Step Tech Audit So You’ll Crush Year-End Giving

By Dave Martin

Last Updated: April 15, 2025

You haven’t even bought sunscreen for the summer, and we’re already talking about year-end giving, which may make us look like we’re not reading the room very carefully.

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