Audits

Show Your Auditors Some Love: How to Stay Audit-Ready All Year Long 

If you work in nonprofit finance, you know the annual financial audit can bring a flurry of requests, late-night document [...]

March 4, 2026| 4 min Read

Financial Reporting

Your Unrestricted Funds Need Stewardship, Too

February 20, 2026| 7 min Read

Risk Management

5 Steps to Get Proactive About Risk in 2026

February 3, 2026| 4 min Read

Artificial Intelligence

Navigating the Future: A Nonprofit Finance Leader’s Guide to Generative AI Adoption

January 28, 2026| 6 min Read

Online Giving

Donation Form Tune-Up: 5 Smart Ways to Boost Online Giving This Year

January 27, 2026| 3 min Read

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Event Planning

5 Questions to Ask Before Planning Your School’s Next Fundraiser

Ready to turn your school’s standard campaign into a fundraiser your community will love? Before planning a major in-person event, [...]

March 6, 2026 | 5 min Read

Budgeting

What to Look for When Evaluating Nonprofit Budgeting Software 

When your organization is overly dependent on spreadsheets, budget season has a way of exposing every weakness in your financial [...]

March 6, 2026 | 6 min Read

Artificial Intelligence

The Modern Monthly Close: Practical Ways AI and Automation Reduce Errors and Stress 

Closing the books every month is one of the most important things a finance team can do to support organizational [...]

March 5, 2026 | 4 min Read

Data Management

How to Build a Data-Driven Culture in Grantmaking 

When your team can rely on the data in front of them, everything about your grantmaking becomes clearer. Decisions move [...]

March 3, 2026 | 5 min Read

Change Management

How a Project Charter Can Help You Have a Successful Fund Accounting Software Implementation

Many fund accounting system implementations struggle not because the new software is wrong, but because teams aren’t aligned and the [...]

March 2, 2026 | 5 min Read

Artificial Intelligence

Leveraging AI in Your Digital Fundraising

AI is everywhere right now, and for good reason. Fundraising teams are under pressure to do more with the same [...]

March 2, 2026 | 3 min Read

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Volunteer Management

Volunteer Management 101: How to Create a Strong Strategy

August 19, 2025 | 5 min Read

Community Engagement

4 Tips for Effectively Leading Church Volunteer Groups

March 26, 2025 | 4 min Read

Disaster Response

10 Tips for Managing Crisis Volunteers in Natural Disasters

October 18, 2024 | 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

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The Final Mile: End-of-Year Fundraising

December 23, 2025 |19 min Listen

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GivingTuesday Momentum: Fuel Fundraising All Year Long

November 17, 2025 |25 min Listen

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The Rise of Donor-Advised Funds

October 8, 2025 |21 min Listen

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Manager Skills

What Does It Take to Become a Great VP of Advancement?

As a Strategic Consultant at Blackbaud, I have the privilege of working closely with many leaders in higher education who [...]

August 2, 2024 | 5 min Read
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Grants Strategy

10 Things to Look for When Evaluating a Grant Proposal

Making impactful grants to the right nonprofit partners starts with a thorough grant proposal evaluation. Be sure you're looking for these 9 things.

January 21, 2026 | 4 min Read

 
 
 
 

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Fundraising Measurement

Maximize Your Progress: 4 Poor Fundraising Habits to Kick

The best fundraising strategies are constantly changing, adapting to meet new patterns in giving preferences and engagement opportunities. As best [...]

June 27, 2024 | 4 min Read

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

Online Giving

8 Common Donation Page Mistakes (and Simple Solutions!)

A poorly designed donation page will make you miss out on supporters' donations. Here are the 9 mistakes to avoid so that your page is optimized for giving.

June 12, 2024 | 5 min Read

Outcomes Reporting

4 Elements of a Compelling Nonprofit Case for Support

You’ve scoured your database to identify major giving prospects; you’ve spent months cultivating relationships; and now it’s finally time to [...]

September 29, 2025 | 4 min Read
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Data Insights

How to Use Data to Improve Prospect Identification

I have always found one of the most exciting things about the nonprofit sector to be its diversity. Nonprofits encompass [...]

September 22, 2025 | 6 min Read

Online Giving

The Impact of User-Friendly Donation Forms

If online giving is part of your organization’s fundraising strategy, user-friendly donation forms are essential for maximizing donor engagement, conversion [...]

June 12, 2025 | 4 min Read
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Data Management

Endowment Fund Management: 5 Effective Accounting Tips

Endowments are the result of a successful long-term strategic plan. Through major giving and capital campaigns, your organization has created [...]

October 8, 2025 | 4 min Read

Change Management

Advice for a New Nonprofit CFO: Expectations and Tips from Real Financial Leaders

You’ve landed the nonprofit CFO role—congratulations! Now comes the hard part: creating better solutions for the “temporary” Excel workarounds that [...]

September 24, 2025 | 7 min Read

Risk Management

Nonprofit Risk Management Strategies: Complete Implementation Guide

Every nonprofit loves a little publicity: an innovative program that solves a real need or a prominent community member highlighting [...]

September 11, 2025 | 7 min Read
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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

Student Experience

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 [...]

March 24, 2025 | 4 min Read

Awards and Scholarships

Choosing a Scholarship Award Management System

Scholarship administrators have a lot to manage. They must work with advancement teams to understand scholarship funding, find students who [...]

January 28, 2025 | 4 min Read
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Professional Development

4 Ways to Use Quick Formative Assessments in Your Classroom

Formative assessments are an effective way to gauge short term student progress. Learn how to implement them in your class from the experts at Blackbaud! [...]

September 10, 2025 | 2 min Read

Artificial Intelligence

Transforming K–12 Education: Insights on AI from Industry Leaders

Remember when the biggest technological disruption in your classroom was deciding whether to use PowerPoint or that new interactive whiteboard? [...]

July 9, 2025 | 4 min Read

Enrollment and Retention

Private School Admissions: Breaking Down the Data

The private school admissions process is increasingly competitive, requiring smarter strategies and more innovative tools. Whether yours is a small [...]

June 11, 2025 | 6 min Read
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Community Engagement

5 Reasons Funders Should Exercise Their Convening Power to Meet this Moment

As funders, it’s hard to know how best to use limited resources to best benefit your communities, grantees, and issue [...]

September 16, 2025 | 5 min Read

Grantee Partnerships

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

Data Insights

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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Crisis Management

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

Manager Skills

3 Ways to Improve Your Nonprofit’s Leadership Approach

When it comes to employee satisfaction in the nonprofit sector, the writing is on the wall—nonprofits have the highest turnover [...]

June 3, 2025 | 3 min Read

Employee Engagement

Why Should Nonprofits Invest in Professional Development?

Nonprofits face a critical question: How do we build stronger, more sustainable organizations that can make a lasting impact? The [...]

May 30, 2025 | 5 min Read
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