Kate Averett Anderson

Donor Cultivation

Straight from the Source: How You’re Bridging the AI Effectiveness Gap

Artificial intelligence is no longer a future-facing experiment for the social impact sector. According to the Blackbaud Institute’s Bridging the AI [...]

Data Insights

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 [...]

Annual Giving

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 [...]

Professional Development

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 [...]

Understanding the Five Stages of AI Maturity

Most organizations I talk to are optimistic about AI’s impact on the sector, but they’re struggling to determine how AI [...]

Risk Management

5 Steps to Get Proactive About Risk in 2026

Modern life is defined by risk—and in 2026, the organizations that thrive will be the ones that meet uncertainty with [...]

Risk Management

5 Year-End Actions for a Resilient 2026

As 2025 ends, the social impact sector looks back on a year of uncertainty, with few answers about what 2026 [...]

Giving Tuesday

Building Resilience on GivingTuesday: Turning Momentum into Year-Round Impact

GivingTuesday isn’t just a single giving day—it’s a catalyst for generosity, innovation, and resilience in the nonprofit sector. As Woodrow [...]

Donor Cultivation

What is Human-Centric AI and What Does It Mean for Fundraising?

In the past year, AI has evolved from something that some social impact organizations were experimenting with to a fixture [...]