The newsletter for nonprofit CEOs, chief development officers, and senior leaders exploring what it takes to get transformation-level support.

Every other Sunday, I take something I'm seeing in nonprofit fundraising, communications, or leadership and dig into what it means for organizations with big ambitions.

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Sometimes I'll question something we've all accepted as standard practice. Sometimes I'll share an idea you can put to work right away. And sometimes I'll make the case for thinking much bigger about what it takes to attract significant investment.

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You'll get my take on things like:

✅ Why adding another fundraising tactic probably won't solve your growth problem

✅ What makes people want to invest in the organization itself, not just a program

✅ Why fundraising is harder for complex organizations working across programs, partners, and systems (and what to do about it)

✅ How your strategy, story, leadership, donor experience, and fundraising approach work together to build support
 

Basically, I spend a lot of time thinking about why some organizations attract significant support while others doing equally important work struggle to break through.
 

If you think about that too, you'll fit right in.
 

You'll join nonprofit leaders from Habitat for Humanity, United Way, CASA, and Ronald McDonald House who read along every other Sunday.