The Nonprofit Show
The Nonprofit Show is the nation’s daily broadcast for the business side of nonprofits — bringing you practical insights, expert interviews, and real-world strategies to help your organization run smarter, lead stronger, and fund better.
Each weekday, our co-hosts and guests break down the most current topics in fundraising, board governance, leadership, staffing, technology, communications, and financial strategy — giving nonprofit professionals the tools they need to build sustainable, high-performing organizations.
With more than 1,500 episodes and growing, our on-demand library is a trusted resource for executive directors, team members, fundraisers, board members, and sector leaders who are ready to move beyond inspiration and into implementation.
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Episodes
1076 episodes
charity: water’s Approach to Fundraising Data and Teamwork
Nonprofit revenue operations strategy starts with helping fundraisers succeed. Your operations team clears the report queue. Your fundraisers get their spreadsheets. Everybody’s busy . . . .but is the work helping fundraising move forward...
Before Your Nonprofit's Budget Fails Again, Give Your Team a Voice!
Nonprofit budgeting beyond the annual budget starts with a surprising shift: stop treating the numbers as a deadline and start using them to guide decisions! Peyton Burch of Martus Solutions and
Planned Giving for Nonprofits: The “Department of No” Could Save Your Next Big Gift
A donor offers land. Wonderful! Then comes a condition: your nonprofit must farm it for the next 50 years! Suddenly, “thank you” needs a little company . . .Planned giving legal support for nonprofits can help turn complex donations into...
Four Generations, One Nonprofit—and Everyone Wants to Be Heard
Managing multigenerational nonprofit teams takes more than a shared mission. Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z bring different experiences to nonprofit leadership, fundraising, and daily operations. But assuming someone’s age tells yo...
Philanthropy in the South: Investing in Women and Girls of Color
Funding women of color-led nonprofits in the South means looking closely at who receives philanthropic investment, and who keeps being overlooked. Carmen James Randolph of the Women’s Foundation of t...
Year-End Fundraising Reality Checks: One Thumb Can Make It Or Break It!
How can you improve the year-end donor experience before the giving rush begins? Bloomerang Chief Marketing Officer Ann Fellman showed us where a donor’s path to giving can get difficult and what to do afte...
You Got the Donation. Will You Keep the Donor?
How do you retain first-time donors after their first gift? An event can take months to produce. The room responds, new supporters give, and the team celebrates. That moment deserves celebration, but the donor journey has barely begun! . ...
They Were Ready to Donate. . . . Then This Happened!
How can nonprofits improve donation conversion without losing sight of the donor relationship? During Day 3 of Nonprofit Power Week with Bloomerang, Kirsten Wantland examined what happens when someone is re...
The Nonprofit Trust Test: Build Credibility Before the Ask
How do you build donor trust online when supporters can research your nonprofit through websites, rating platforms, social media, and AI? On Day Two of Nonprofit Power Week, Katie Gaston, Director of Product Marketing at
The True Beginning of Your Donor's Journey: Discovery and Trust
How do nonprofits attract and retain donors before the first gift is ever made? This is the first of a five-day Nonprofit Power Week journey with Bloomerang, moving from donor discovery and awareness into consideration, dec...
The Fundraiser Is Gone . . .Will the Donors Follow?
Donor relationships when a fundraiser leaves can expose serious gaps in nonprofit ethics, succession planning, data security, and donor communication. When the development professional changes (but the donor’s trust remains) who is responsible ...
How to Record In-Kind Donations—Without Costly Mistakes!
How to record in-kind donations for nonprofits is more than an accounting question . . .it reveals what programs truly cost and how much support the community contributes! Justine Townsend, Manager at Your Part-Time ...
What exactly am I responsible for if my staff is using AI?
AI governance for nonprofits is quickly becoming a management, finance, data security and leadership responsibility . . .not simply an IT conversation! Dr. Stephanie Rose-Belcher of JMT Consultin...
What MacKenzie Scott’s $4 Million Gift Changed at JobsFirstNYC
What should a nonprofit do after receiving a massive unrestricted gift?This is a rare look at what happens after the transformational check arrives. JobsFirstNYC President and CEO Marjorie ...
Your Nonprofit Board’s Six-Hour Retreat Won’t Fix This
Nonprofit success planning may be a better fit for today’s volatile operating environment than the traditional three-year strategic plan. Jeffrey Wilcox, President and Chief Learning Curator at Third Sector ...
Before You Ask for the Gift, Fix the Giving Experience!
A strong year-end fundraising strategy for nonprofits starts long before December—and before you write the first appeal. Melaina Chromy, Sr. Brand Marketing Manager at Bloomerang, explains how nonprofit tea...
The “Always On” Leadership Trap
Nonprofit leadership stress can quickly become a business problem, affecting staffing, communication, decision-making and a leader’s ability to keep performing. We had a candid conversation about managing stress when seemingly everyone needs so...
Your Biggest Fundraising Mistake Might Happen Before Christmas!
Year-end fundraising strategy for nonprofits starts long before December. Ben Cooley, CEO of Maxwell & Marie, joins this Global Edition to explain how nonprofits can turn the holiday giving season i...
Nonprofit Leadership: Creating Space for Better Thinking
Nonprofit leadership decision making can suffer when speed, productivity, email, technology, and constant activity leave little room for strategic thought. Evermay founding CEO Kate Goodall joins us to explore...
From 12 Leaders to 500 Members: An Association Growth Strategy
What if the best nonprofit association growth strategy is to stop obsessing over growth? Lorri Unumb, CEO of the Council of Autism Service Providers (CASP), explains how concentrating on member value, org...
Your Accountant May Be Holding You Back!
When should a nonprofit change its accounting partner? Accurate books matter. Timely financial statements matter. But there’s an important distinction: “Timely and accurate financial reports… [are] a great starting point, but it’s not...
Before Buying Nonprofit Software: 5 Questions to Ask
Considering new nonprofit software? Before signing a contract, scheduling implementation, or sitting through another impressive demo, there are 5 business questions your organization should answer first. Christine Ch...
5 Questions Nonprofit Leaders Should Ask Their Finance Team
What questions should nonprofit leaders ask their finance team? Barbara Enright, Director and Market Leader with Your Part-Time Controller (YPTC), shares five deceptively simple questions that can turn nonprofit ...
Nonprofits and AI: 92% Are Using It, But Only 7% Use It Well
Nonprofits are adopting AI fast, but governance, data controls and human judgment determine whether experimentation becomes real organizational value. AI governance is becoming a business necessity as organizations move rapidly from exper...
5 Financial Red Flags Your Nonprofit Board Can’t Ignore
Nonprofit financial red flags can appear long before a financial crisis, and boards need to know exactly what they’re looking for. Deanna Peterson, Director at Your Part-Time Controller (YPTC), identifies five im...
