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
- 189
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
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…
Ep 40: Intentional Stewardship, More than a Thank You!
If stewardship is about so much more than a thank you, what is it? And how do you make it work for your nonprofit?
Donor stewardship is the intentional practice of building a relationshi…
Ep 39: The Game Changing Giving Tuesday Checklist!
If your Giving Tuesday strategy isn’t quite ready, take a breath, and make the most out of the time you have!
Heading into the 10 day countdown to Giving Tuesday a full panel of Donorbo…
Ep 38: 2 Tips to Get New Donors, 3 Tips to Keep Them!
Finding donors is challenging, keeping donors is an art!
Everyone will tell you finding donors is hard, fewer will share how hard they work to keep those hard-won relationships alive an…
Ep 37: PKF - Monthly Giving Drives the Dream
Growing a donor base is a challenge for all nonprofits. Can a recurring giving program plus a lean team sustain, and grow, an organization?
Join Cara and Rodger Obley, Creative Director…
Ep 36: Donation Page Design Must Haves!
Donation pages are packed with donation driving potential, are you making the most of every element to enhance your donors experience?
Your donation page has one simple purpose, to ins…
Ep 35: Putting 'The Ask' into Action!
🎃If making “The Ask” has you more anxious than a Halloween Haunted House🦇 join Cara for 5 easily actioned steps to banish the “Actioning the Ask” bogeyman 👻this Giving Season.
Breaking t…
Ep 34: 5 Essential Strategies for Donor Acquisition
How do I bring new donors into my organization? Today Jena Lynch tackles the question that’s never too far from any nonprofit’s mind with five key strategies to help mastering your acqu…
Ep 33: Write Fundraising Appeals that Work Best For Year End Giving
Making the ask is what fundraising is all about, but writing appeals that inspire donors to engage and donate with your organization can push your powers of persuasion to the limit.
Th…
Ep 32: 3 Top Donation-Driving Direct Mail Hacks! Joe Leach, AppealMaker
If you think Direct mail is dead - it’s time for a reality check!
Direct mail is having a major resurgence as a key donation driver across nonprofit fundraising campaigns worldwide.
So, …
Ep 31: Make Your Supporters Feel Seen - The Why and How of Donor Segmentation
Donor segmentation is a term that gets thrown around a lot during strategy sessions, especially as you start to gear up for Giving Season fundraising appeals and events. But what exact…
Ep 30: Make The Strategic Software Solution Decision This Giving Season
Finding the best software fit for your nonprofit is the smart strategic move, but what to look for and where to start can be confusing. Online fundraising platform, donor management so…
Ep 29: The Persuasive Power of Strong Case Statements
Own the Why! Take 10 minutes to change your Giving Season outcomes with the persuasive power of a strong case statement.
Why you do what you do can be hard to capture, but that story or…
Ep 28: Think of Us - Sixto Cancel
Think of Us & Sixto Cancel Fostering Hope, Driving Change!
Using technology to forge critical human connections may seem counter-intuitive, but the innovative and life-changing work Thin…
Ep 27: Year End Fundraising Campaigns are a Big Deal (Here’s why!)
How big a deal is your year-end giving campaign, and is it worth the work?
Short answer? Huge, and YES!!!
As Giving Season preparation information starts to dominate your social media …
Ep 26: Identity, Dignity, Democracy! Spread the Vote with Kat Calvin
Spread the Vote founder Kat Calvin is inspiring and profoundly practical in her approach to resolving the daily challenges millions of Americans face in their struggle to obtain valid p…
Ep 25: Top Time Management Tips and Strategies for Giving Season
Cara’s Top Time Management Tips and Strategies for Giving Season will take the bite out of year end planning for you and your team. Most nonprofits start their Giving Season in October…
Ep 24: Grow Your Grant Potential with Gauri Manglik
Grants can be ‘Instrumentl’ in growing and sustaining your organization, but they can also be time-consuming and confusing. Gauri Manglik, CEO and Founder of Instrumentl, a barrier-bre…
Ep 23: The Donate Button is Not Enough - The Inside Track on Donation Pages
Never underestimate the value of your donation page! Giving Season is on the way, so we’re taking a deep dive into the common and costly ‘mistakes’ we see on nonprofit donation pages w…
Ep 22: Take the Sting out of Strategic Planning with Tim Ardillo
If the idea of setting out an organizational strategic plan has you stumped, this episode with Cara and Tim Ardillo will spark your strategy in a matter of minutes.
From why you should h…