President Biden’s decision to not seek re-election completely reshuffles the race, setting up a likely contest between Kamela Harris and...

The annual nonprofit benchmarking study by M+R is an amazing resource on communicating with donors and, to quote from a 1990’s song, it...

So, you just finished your big fundraising event of the year. All the long hours. The countless details. The near disasters fixed in the...

We are wrapping up the third quarter of 2023 and it has been a tough year for most nonprofits. How tough? Take the Sierra Club, for...

Recently mega-philanthropist MacKenzie Scott picked up the phone and called Melanie Johnson, the head of Houston’s Collaborative For...

“Things work until they don’t.” I have no idea who first said that, but it might have been Captain Obvious. In the fundraising world, we...

How many people visit your website? If they go to your donation page, do they actually give? How many visitors find you through Facebook?...

I saw a recent article on the odds of winning a grant. The short answer was, “Not Good.” The author pointed out that there are 1.5...

One of the most persistent carry-over effects from COVID is the damage it did to volunteer programs. A couple of recent studies bring...

If one phrase could combine dread and hope in equal measures, it would be “Redo Our Website.” I go through periods where every potential...

A new report that looks at the state of nonprofits in the state of Texas will be out soon. The organizations behind it have just released...

During the pandemic we saw foundations respond by: Funding more nonprofits, Focusing on programs that helped people who were struggling,...

Proud to report that one of the leading news sources for nonprofits, Nonprofit Pro just published an article I wrote about the uses and...

2023 will not be a year for the faint of heart in the Houston nonprofit world. However, the thing we know about this sector is that,...

The early numbers on Giving Tuesday are pretty amazing. The 24-hour total for nonprofit fundraising was a reported $3.1 billion. Not bad...

I wish I could remember where I first heard this saying, but it goes, “if you don’t want to be replaced by a robot, stop behaving like...

There has been a lot in the news about Americans “quiet quitting.” At its worst, quiet quitting includes workers who have completely...

A few years ago, I put together a video for an organization I headed. It was emotional. It tugged at your heart strings. We showed it at...

Planning a new website update? Let’s talk about adding meaning to your message and telling your story for donors. Contact...

Are we headed to a recession? The question has real implications for nonprofits. An economic slowdown, a sustained bear market on Wall...