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5-minute read If you have ever read a development job description and thought this role sounds like a grant writer, major gifts officer, event planner, database manager, marketing director, and part time therapist rolled into one, you are not imagining things. Too many organizations treat development work as the catch all. If it touches donors, outreach, money coming in the

By Fearghal Reid 4 Minute Read Accurate gift records sit at the center of every healthy fundraising operation. They shape donor relationships, annual giving strategy, campaign performance, financial reconciliation, and how confidently a nonprofit can speak about its impact. Yet across organizations of every size, one issue creates consistent confusion: how to correctly assign hard credit and soft credit. Accurate

By Danielle Gentry-Barth 3-minute read Every successful campaign begins long before the first ask is made. It begins with listening, learning, and laying the groundwork for success. This phase, the discovery process, the feasibility study, the behind-the-scenes conversations, the research, and the reflection, shape everything that follows. Yet, too often, organizations rush past it. They’re eager to raise money, so

By Fearghal Reid 5 Minute Read  Nonprofits often have more data than they realize. Donor records, event participation, client outcomes, volunteer hours, digital engagement, even anecdotal evidence- all of it is data. The challenge is not scarcity. It’s accuracy, consistency, and governance. To paraphrase an old adage: the outputs you rely on are only as strong as the inputs you

By Danielle Gentry-Barth 3 minute read As Labor Day approaches, many of us are squeezing in the last bit of summer. But for fundraisers, this season marks the unofficial starting line for year-end giving. September through December is when the majority of individual gifts are made, and your organization’s readiness now can make all the difference. Strengthen The Bottom Line

By Fearghal Reid 3 1/2 Minute Read In Part One, we explored how turbulence in federal funding is reshaping the rules for competitive grants. The impact doesn’t stop there. Federal volatility is now putting pressure on local foundations — and it’s showing up in the way they make funding decisions. Some foundations are being asked to fund more nonprofits with