The Nonprofit Podcast
The Nonprofit Podcast is your weekly dose of real-talk fundraising, designed for the doers, dreamers, and difference-makers powering today’s nonprofit world.
Hosted by Jena Lynch, Donorbox’s Education & Community Engagement Manager, and fundraising strategist Britt Stockert, CFRE, each episode delivers clear, practical insights you can act on right away, no fluff, no filler.
You’ll also hear from Cara Augspurger, Ed.M., CFRE, ED of Grace Care Center Foundation, sharing field updates and frontline perspectives.
Whether you’re building something new or leveling up your impact, we bring you bold ideas, honest conversations, and tools to help you fundraise smarter and lead with confidence.
Information. Inspiration. Implementation. Impact.
That’s the energy we bring…every week.
Let’s get to work.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 188
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Ep 100: 100th Episode Milestone! Top Learnings & Fundraising Secrets
Celebrating 100 Episodes of Actionable Nonprofit Learning!
🙌 Dive into our podcast journey as we celebrate a major milestone - 100 episodes of our top nonprofit inspiration, knowledge, t…
EP 99: 3 Top Tips for Nonprofit Goal Setting
Worried your leadership strategy may score an own goal?
With these top 3 goal-setting tips and a range of practical advice on implementing them from Higol founder and CEO Teri Beckman,…
Ep. 98: Top 5 Fundraising Trends to Expect in 2024
Are you concerned about your 2024 fundraising events strategy? Or how to keep your nonprofit messaging genuine and relevant in the era of AI? Do you worry about losing donors who might …
Ep 97: Next Level Nonprofit with Chris Lambert
Looking for simple steps to achieve your nonprofit goals and make a lasting impact?
Get ready to level up your mission management as we unravel the secrets of nonprofit management with C…
Ep 96: Boost Donor Trust: 6 Strategies for Year-End Receipts!
Join Jena as she explores the strategic facets of nonprofit tax receipts! She delves deep into positioning them not merely as a legal obligation but, more importantly, as a potent tool …
Ep 95: Self-Care Tips for Nonprofit Leaders
Nonprofit burnout!! 😩
Feeling the burn after a whirlwind Giving Season? You're not alone!
Burnout is a common problem for nonprofit leaders and workers, especially at the end of the ye…
Ep 94: Donation Thank You Letters: A Guide to Authentic Appreciation
Nonprofit Thank You Letters For Donations Are Important!
Knowing your loyal donors are there to support your mission can take a lot of pressure off making a meaningful impact by meeting …
Ep. 93: Keep Your Year-End Donors and Grow Your Cause in 2024
Year-end giving brings a surge in support for many nonprofits, but the real game-changer lies in strategically retaining these hard-won donors.
Join Cara and Jena for easily implemented …
Ep 92: Simplify & Engage: Top Tips for Annual Nonprofit Reporting with Chad Barger
Dreading getting down to writing that Nonprofit Annual Report? Not sure how to get your donors engaged? Struggling to share your nonprofit organization’s impact?
Today Cara’s guest, Ch…
Ep 91: 6 Year-End Fundraising Tips for the Procrastinator
Didn’t plan in time, and missed out on Giving Tuesday? Don’t panic, we’ve got you!
With our top tips to optimize Giving Season fundraising, there's still time to make a big impact on y…
Ep 90: GSGC - Making the Giving Circle Bigger
Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 In the spirit of the season, Cara is joined by 3 special guests from Global Sojourns Giving Circle, who put gratitude at the top of their list today, and every da…
Ep 89: How to Optimize Your Giving Season Email Strategy
Do you want to make the most of your year-end email campaign and boost your fundraising results?
Email campaigns are a key element of successful year-end appeals. So why aren’t they wor…
Ep 88: How Board Members Can Boost Year-End Fundraising with Adam Morgan
It's all aboard for the ‘Big Ask’ as Giving Season kicks in, but is your Nonprofit Board pulling its weight?
Cara is joined by frontline fundraiser and coach, Adam Morgan, who shares k…
EP 87: Mythbusting Planned Giving with Tony Martignetti
Planned Giving shouldn’t be mysterious!
Despite many nonprofits having everything a planned giving program takes, they’re not making use of a game-changing source of income. Are you one…
EP 86: 3 Ways to Conquer Appeal Writing Anxiety
Blank mind, blank screen, and your appeal has to go out today?
If your powers of persuasion disappear the second you sit down to draft your year-end appeal, take 10 minutes to break th…
Ep 85: Power Tools for Your Fundraising Toolkit
A good tool improves the way you work. A great tool improves the way you think!
This 20-minute in-depth dive into everything a powerful online Giving Season toolkit needs, from strategi…
Ep 84: Storytelling Strategies for Giving Season Success with Carly Euler
Fundraising campaigns that incorporate video receive over 110% more funding than campaigns that don’t.
So, why aren’t we all using video? Because gathering content is hard! Not unlike he…
Ep 83: Get Resource Ready for Giving Tuesday
In 2023 Giving Tuesday donations could reach up to $5.1 billion. Are you ready to make the most of this wave of worldwide generosity for your organization?
Cara and Lindsey Baker Bower …
Ep 82: The Smart Ask: Prepping a Winning Giving Season
"30% of annual giving takes place in December, but making the ‘Smart Ask’ takes year-round planning - True or False?
How many times have you heard that 30% stat in the last two weeks? Or…
EP 81: 3 Ways to Win Back LYBUNT Donors
Everyone knows it’s easier to hold on to donors than find new ones, but how can you hold onto donors or win them back if you don’t know who they are? 😕
LYBUNT describes donors who gave “…