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AI in Fundraising: What Donors Actually Want

Your donors may be more ready for AI than you think. When I talk with nonprofit leaders about AI, the [...]

July 21, 2026| 7 min Read

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Give Finance Back Its Time: How Self-Service Reporting Helps Your Organization Move Faster

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We Raised $101K in 3 Weeks: Here’s Our AI-Assisted Board Fundraising Playbook

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Is Your Donor Data Ready for AI-Powered Fundraising?

When we first meet someone, most of us follow a familiar little script:   We ask because we’re looking for a connection. [...]

July 24, 2026 | 7 min Read

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Beyond the Audit: Best Practices to Build and Strengthen Your Relationship with Your Audit Firm

Transparency and communication between you and your auditor help ensure the financial integrity of your books and records, as well [...]

July 23, 2026 | 8 min Read

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5 Ways to Empower Scholarship Reviewers

Reviewing scholarship applications can be one of the most complicated processes to manage during scholarship season. Reviewers are a critical [...]

July 22, 2026 | 3 min Read

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Solving the Quiet Problem: Turning Your CHC’s New Financial Infrastructure into True Cost Intelligence 

You wisely used Rural Health Transformation Program dollars to build a modern data warehouse and business intelligence layer for your community health [...]

July 17, 2026 | 4 min Read

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Checklist for Nonprofit Leaders: 7 Questions to Ask Your Database Manager

As far as your database manager is concerned, when your database is in rhythm with your organization, all is right [...]

July 16, 2026 | 5 min Read

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In Your Own Words: Fundraising Strategies that are Working in 2026

At the Blackbaud Institute, we look at the trends through the rear-view mirror. We can tell you where growth is [...]

July 15, 2026 | 5 min Read

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AI in Fund Accounting: Why Agents Are the Next Step

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Resources at the Speed of Need: The AI Imperative for Fundraising 

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Understanding the Five Stages of AI Maturity

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Finally! AI Certification Designed with You in Mind

If you work in social impact right now, you’re probably already using AI in some way—whether that’s drafting content, summarizing data, or experimenting with new tools alongside [...]

July 14, 2026| 3 min Read

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GivingTuesday Email Examples, Subject Lines, and Schedule for Sending

No matter your cause, GivingTuesday is the biggest fundraising event of the year for nonprofits and schools. Planning ahead for [...]

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8 Common Donation Page Mistakes (and Simple Solutions!)

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Can Be Your Most Powerful Tool for Growing Midlevel Giving

Midlevel donors don’t always get the love they deserve.  This loyal and often overlooked segment of donors represents a significant [...]

July 19, 2024 | 6 min Read

Awards and Scholarships

Improving Student Communications in Your Scholarship Process

Communicating with students is a key part of the scholarship process. While it can be time-consuming and occasionally overwhelming, it [...]

May 2, 2024 | 3 min Read

Digital Marketing

How to Turn Annual Reports into Donor Engagement Tools

For many nonprofits, annual reports are often treated as a retrospective exercise: an obligation to summarize the past year’s activities [...]

June 11, 2026 | 4 min Read

Volunteer Management

Ideas for Youth Volunteer Programs

Are you looking for fresh ways to energize your nonprofit, attract new supporters, and ensure long-term organizational growth? Implementing youth [...]

February 25, 2026 | 2 min Read

Event Planning

A Quick Event Checklist for First-Time Fundraisers

Hosting your first fundraising event can feel overwhelming. You’re worried about everything from simple logistics, like finding a venue and [...]

November 21, 2025 | 5 min Read
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Change Management

Signs Your Systems Are Broken (And You’ve Just Learned to Live with It)

We all know that CFO. Sharp, experienced, good at their job, and the crown jewel of their department is a [...]

May 26, 2026 | 3 min Read

Fund Accounting

Best Practices for a Stress-Free Fund Accounting System Implementation

You’re done with juggling multiple spreadsheets just to track your restricted funds. You’re finished with manual approval processes for expenses. [...]

May 15, 2026 | 6 min Read

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From Gatekeeper to Trusted Advisor: How Finance Becomes a Thought Leader

Let’s be direct: the phrase “thought leader” is a little uncomfortable, especially for nonprofit finance people. It sounds like something [...]

April 28, 2026 | 4 min Read
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Phonathon Best Practices for More Confident Donor Outreach

A phonathon gives fundraisers a way to connect donor outreach and engagement with fundraising calls in one coordinated campaign. Meaning, [...]

June 15, 2026 | 3 min Read

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From Prospective Student to Active Alum—Engagement Fosters Lifelong Support

When you hear the name of your alma mater, what feelings bubble up? What keeps you engaged? In our family, my husband, daughter, [...]

May 14, 2026 | 5 min Read

Awards and Scholarships

5 Strategies to Strengthen Your Scholarship Process

Is your scholarship process outdated, difficult for students to navigate, and a challenge for you to manage? These are common [...]

June 5, 2025 | 3 min Read
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Annual Giving

Community-Building Through Student-Led Fundraisers

The most successful school fundraisers go beyond simple student participation to deep student engagement, empowering active student leadership that results [...]

May 1, 2026 | 4 min Read

Artificial Intelligence

People-Powered, AI-Enabled: Effective K–12 Fundraising

Development leaders at private and independent schools of all sizes are asking the same question: “As AI becomes embedded in [...]

April 22, 2026 | 3 min Read

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Improve Your Student Billing Process

Are you struggling with an inefficient student billing process? You are not alone. Many educational institutions face the challenge of [...]

April 1, 2026 | 4 min Read
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How to Scale Your Rapid Response Grants

When crisis strikes, communities can’t wait months for funding. Rapid response grants bridge that gap by helping organizations act quickly [...]

March 11, 2026 | 5 min Read

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Bridging the Empathy Gap: Fueling Collaborative Impact in the Social Sector

Most of us enter the social impact space with a fervent desire to change the world. We meticulously build solutions, [...]

September 2, 2025 | 6 min Read

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How Grantmakers Can (and Should) Get Started with Research

Now is an important time for small and mid-sized foundations to engage in research activities. Institutional foundations are fighting to [...]

June 17, 2025 | 6 min Read
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5 Core Essentials for High-Impact Board Orientation

The board of directors is arguably one of the most important parts of any nonprofit organization. After all, they serve [...]

April 30, 2026 | 4 min Read

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How to Offer More Enticing Volunteering Opportunities

When you find that your nonprofit’s volunteer opportunities are no longer drawing the interest they used to, it’s time to [...]

April 15, 2026 | 4 min Read

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How Savvy Organizations Weather Uncertain Times

Preparing for the unknown is a tenant of leadership in today’s ever-changing economic, political, and cultural landscape—and those who know [...]

June 11, 2025 | 4 min Read
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