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 59: AI - The Perfect Partnership for Nonprofits? With Shawn Olds, boodle.AI
AI is everywhere at the moment and everyone has an opinion on how it has and will continue to impact nonprofit fundraising.
So we sat down with Shawn Olds, the Chief Executive Officer o…
EP 60: AI’s Powerful Prospecting Potential with Shawn Olds, boodle.AI
How can AI get you in front of the right prospective donors?
Shawn Olds, the Chief Executive Officer of boodle.AI, is back with us for the second of two discussions thoroughly interrogat…
EP 58: Quarterly Check-In - Refocusing and Realigning
Summer is almost here - Are you ready for your quarterly strategy check?
As we head into the second quarter of the year we’re taking a moment to reflect, refocus, and realign the funda…
EP 57: Spring Clean for Data Hygiene!
No one really enjoys digging through dirty data but the benefits are worth the effort!
So, what exactly will a data spring clean do for your summer fundraising?
Deliver a tightly segmen…
EP 56: Do Virtual Events Still Deliver Real Results? (Part 2)
Maximizing The Value Of Virtual Events.
With virtual fundraising events here to stay, today’s show guides you through optimizing every element of your fundraiser. Navigating virtual eve…
EP 55: Do Virtual Events Still Deliver Real Results? (Part 1)
Have we really said goodbye to virtual events?
Or have fundraisers discovered a neat way to gain extra fundraising and awareness opportunities by supplementing in-person events with a …
Ep 54: Four Features Making Fundraising Easier!
Looking for ways to make your fundraising easier, save time but still raise more money?
From easier account navigation with our new dashboard to inclusive accessibility, Donorbox has bee…
Ep 53: Fundraising Event Fundamentals
56% of donors regularly attend fundraising events and + 84% of event fundraising pledges are fulfilled. Just two reasons events are an annual fundraising mainstay!
So it's no surprise t…
Ep 52: Golf Fundraisers: Making the Cut with Jeffrey Brown
Think golf fundraisers are old hat and more work than they are worth? Think again!
One in nine Americans plays golf! The average player has a net worth of $768,000 and is aged between …
Ep. 51: Fear-free Fundraising in 2023
Turning crisis into opportunity takes planning and a well-developed strategy!
With rising inflation and dropping donor numbers, most nonprofits are already feeling the pinch of a tight…
Ep 50: Making Communication Cadence Count - Sista Afya Community Care with Camesha Jones
Donor-centered communication has been one of the keys to unlocking growth, funding, and community support for Sista Afya Community Care in Chicago. Committed to maintaining excellent s…
Ep 49: Donation Page Best Practices That Convert
If your online fundraising is frustrated by underperforming donation pages our conversion-focused best practices will set you on the fast track to success.
Online giving is a critical el…
Ep 48: The 5 A’s of Awesome Fundraising
Fundraising is about so much more than asking for money. ‘The Ask’ may dominate, but don’t forget about Attract, Acknowledge, Account, and of course, doing it all Again!
Each of these a…
Ep 47: Create a SMART 2023 Game Plan for Your Nonprofit
Let mission-driven SMART goals drive your nonprofit’s success in 2023!
Goal-setting is a necessary, but potentially painful, process to bring your strategic planning to life, so why not …
Ep 46: A R.O.C.K. Solid Start with Curt Yagi
Today Jared Polivka meets Curt Yagi, the Executive Director of Real Options for City Kids (R.O.C.K.) a nonprofit that helps children become successful and healthy adults. Curt and his …
Ep 45: A Rosy Start to 2023: Rose, Bud, or Thorn?
Looking to assess your nonprofit team's performance in 2022?
A turbulent year may have tested your nonprofit to the limit, but it sure taught us all a lot about the nonprofit sector’s …
Ep 44: Top Tips for Tackling 2023
Top nonprofit fundraising trends for 2023 take center stage in our last episode for 2022. Cara and her guests tackle three key issues that will influence fundraising in the coming year…
Ep 43: What 2022's Top 3 Nonprofit Trends Taught Us!
After a year of change, conflict, and challenge, what did 2022 teach the savvy nonprofit fundraiser?
Any expectation that 2022 would be ‘business as usual’, with a reassuring return to p…
Ep 42: 5 Strategies to Beat Seasonal Burnout
Do you feel that your team may be heading for burnout? The last three months of the year are a little frenzied, and a lot stressful, for most nonprofits. This intense fundraising perio…
Ep 41: Improve Your Email Open Rates with Jennings Wright
In 2021, the average open rate was 21.3%. In 2022 it stands at 16.97%. So how does the founder and Executive Director of Ten Eighteen Uganda, Jennings Wright, achieve almost triple tha…