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The Nonprofit Show

American Nonprofit Academy

The Nonprofit Show is the nation’s daily broadcast for the business side of nonprofits — bringing you practical insights, expert interviews, and real-world strategies to help your organization run smarter, lead stronger, and fund better.Each weekday, our co-hosts and guests break down the most current topics in fundraising, board governance, leadership, staffing, technology, communications, and financial strategy — giving nonprofit professionals the tools they need to build sustainable,

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32:07

Four Generations, One Nonprofit—and Everyone Wants to...

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2026/10/05

Send us Fan Mail Managing multigenerational nonprofit teams takes more than a shared mission. Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z bring different experiences to nonprofit leadership, fundraising, and daily operations. But assuming someone’s age tells you how they communicate (or whether they embrace technology) can send your management strategy sideways before the meeting even starts! Our Co-hosts, Tim Sarrantonio and Julia Patrick, explore how communication standards, clear decision ...

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31:18

Philanthropy in the South: Investing in Women and...

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2026/10/01

Send us Fan Mail Funding women of color-led nonprofits in the South means looking closely at who receives philanthropic investment, and who keeps being overlooked. Carmen James Randolph of the Women’s Foundation of the South shares how funding, leadership support, and regional collaboration can build health, wealth, and power for women, girls, and gender-expansive people of color. These leaders are holding communities together. Is philanthropy giving them the resources to keep going and grow?...

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27:53

Year-End Fundraising Reality Checks: One Thumb Can...

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2026/09/25

Send us Fan Mail How can you improve the year-end donor experience before the giving rush begins? Bloomerang Chief Marketing Officer Ann Fellman showed us where a donor’s path to giving can get difficult and what to do after the gift arrives! This Nonprofit Power Week finale follows the donor journey from campaign message to donation page to the first welcome. Ann asks teams to walk through their website and giving process with fresh eyes: Can a first-time visitor quickly understand what the ...

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29:50

You Got the Donation. Will You Keep the Donor?

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2026/09/24

Send us Fan Mail How do you retain first-time donors after their first gift? An event can take months to produce. The room responds, new supporters give, and the team celebrates. That moment deserves celebration, but the donor journey has barely begun! . . . .“It’s just starting.” During Day 4 of Nonprofit Power Week with Bloomerang, James Goalder examines the follow-up, engagement, and measurement that keep a promising donor relationship moving. So what happens next? James urges nonpro...

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29:42

They Were Ready to Donate. . . . Then This Happened!

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2026/09/23

Send us Fan Mail How can nonprofits improve donation conversion without losing sight of the donor relationship? During Day 3 of Nonprofit Power Week with Bloomerang, Kirsten Wantland examined what happens when someone is ready to give . . and what can still get in the way! Kirsten starts with a deceptively simple move: record how each donation came in. A supporter who has given digitally seven times may respond differently to a direct mail appeal than someone who regularly returns a mailed gi...

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30:48

The Nonprofit Trust Test: Build Credibility Before...

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2026/09/22

Send us Fan Mail How do you build donor trust online when supporters can research your nonprofit through websites, rating platforms, social media, and AI? On Day Two of Nonprofit Power Week, Katie Gaston, Director of Product Marketing at Bloomerang, explains how credibility, emotion, and evidence can turn donor consideration into confident action. Katie identifies two very different donor mindsets. One donor feels moved and wants to give immediately. That person needs a fast, fric...

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29:56

The True Beginning of Your Donor's Journey: Discovery...

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2026/09/21

Send us Fan Mail How do nonprofits attract and retain donors before the first gift is ever made? This is the first of a five-day Nonprofit Power Week journey with Bloomerang, moving from donor discovery and awareness into consideration, decision-making, retention, and the upcoming giving season. Day One starts at the beginning of the donor journey . . .Discovery, Awareness, First Impressions, and Trust. Emily Kelly, National Accounts Manager with Bloomerang, joins us to explore what hap...

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29:40

The Fundraiser Is Gone . . .Will the Donors Follow?

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2026/09/18

Send us Fan Mail Donor relationships when a fundraiser leaves can expose serious gaps in nonprofit ethics, succession planning, data security, and donor communication. When the development professional changes (but the donor’s trust remains) who is responsible for what happens next? On this Fundraisers Friday conversation, Julia Patrick and Tony Beall confront one of fundraising’s most uncomfortable transitions: whether donors should follow a fundraiser to another organization. Julia begins w...

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29:18

How to Record In-Kind Donations—Without Costly Mistakes!

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2026/09/17

Send us Fan Mail How to record in-kind donations for nonprofits is more than an accounting question . . .it reveals what programs truly cost and how much support the community contributes! Justine Townsend, Manager at Your Part-Time Controller (YPTC), explains how to value, document, report, and steward noncash gifts without distorting the books. Donated office space, food, equipment, vehicles, program supplies, graphic design, and certain professional services can represent significant organ...

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33:18

What exactly am I responsible for if my staff is...

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2026/09/16

Send us Fan Mail AI governance for nonprofits is quickly becoming a management, finance, data security and leadership responsibility . . .not simply an IT conversation! Dr. Stephanie Rose-Belcher of JMT Consulting explains how nonprofit organizations can gain enormous efficiencies of AI without surrendering human judgment, accountability or control of sensitive organizational data. AI can accelerate everything from contracts and presentations to financial analysis and routine admi...

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29:46

What MacKenzie Scott’s $4 Million Gift Changed at...

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2026/09/15

Send us Fan Mail What should a nonprofit do after receiving a massive unrestricted gift? This is a rare look at what happens after the transformational check arrives. JobsFirstNYC President and CEO Marjorie Parker shares what happened after a surprise $4 million investment connected to MacKenzie Scott. Learn why receiving transformational money can create as many strategic decisions as opportunities. The story begins with an unexpected message from someone representing an unnamed ...

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31:13

Your Nonprofit Board’s Six-Hour Retreat Won’t Fix This

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2026/09/14

Send us Fan Mail Nonprofit success planning may be a better fit for today’s volatile operating environment than the traditional three-year strategic plan. Jeffrey Wilcox, President and Chief Learning Curator at Third Sector Company, challenges nonprofit leaders and boards to stop treating planning as an event and start treating it as an ongoing organizational process. “Strategic planning is an antiquated term. What we really are talking about now is success planning,” Jeffrey says. That disti...

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30:13

Before You Ask for the Gift, Fix the Giving Experience!

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2026/09/09

Send us Fan Mail A strong year-end fundraising strategy for nonprofits starts long before December—and before you write the first appeal. Melaina Chromy, Sr. Brand Marketing Manager at Bloomerang, explains how nonprofit teams can improve the donor journey, reduce giving friction, coordinate campaign channels, and prepare now for stronger year-end results. One of the first assignments is surprisingly simple: make a donation to your own organization! How many clicks does it take? Is the form ea...

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30:12

The “Always On” Leadership Trap

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2026/09/08

Send us Fan Mail Nonprofit leadership stress can quickly become a business problem, affecting staffing, communication, decision-making and a leader’s ability to keep performing. We had a candid conversation about managing stress when seemingly everyone needs something from you, with Katie Warnock, President of Staffing Boutique. Katie knows the “always on” environment firsthand. Staffing Boutique works across nonprofit and education recruiting, where an ordinary day can include staffing emerg...

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29:02

Your Biggest Fundraising Mistake Might Happen Before...

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2026/09/03

Send us Fan Mail Year-end fundraising strategy for nonprofits starts long before December. Ben Cooley, CEO of Maxwell & Marie, joins this Global Edition to explain how nonprofits can turn the holiday giving season into a carefully planned revenue opportunity, not a last-minute fundraising scramble. Ben's message is wonderfully direct: “Your resources are in your relationships.” That means successful fundraising can't depend only on an email blast sent when December arrives. The planning b...

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28:27

Nonprofit Leadership: Creating Space for Better Thinking

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2026/09/02

Send us Fan Mail Nonprofit leadership decision making can suffer when speed, productivity, email, technology, and constant activity leave little room for strategic thought. Evermay founding CEO Kate Goodall joins us to explore a counterintuitive leadership idea: sometimes the smartest way forward is to slow down. Evermay is creating what Goodall calls an “embassy for the future” in historic Georgetown, a place designed to give thinkers time, physical space, diverse peers, and fewer everyday d...

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27:56

From 12 Leaders to 500 Members: An Association Growth...

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2026/08/31

Send us Fan Mail What if the best nonprofit association growth strategy is to stop obsessing over growth? Lorri Unumb, CEO of the Council of Autism Service Providers (CASP), explains how concentrating on member value, organizational standards, advocacy, and shared infrastructure helped an association that began with roughly a dozen executives grow to about 500 member organizations. CASP began as an informal gathering of autism service-provider executives who simply wanted to exchange ideas an...

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26:09

Your Accountant May Be Holding You Back!

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2026/08/28

Send us Fan Mail When should a nonprofit change its accounting partner? Accurate books matter. Timely financial statements matter. But there’s an important distinction: “Timely and accurate financial reports… [are] a great starting point, but it’s not the finish line.”! Andrew Miller, Director at Your Part-Time Controller (YPTC), explains the warning signs that indicate your finance relationship may no longer be giving leadership the insight, collaboration, and strategic support the org...

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29:29

Before Buying Nonprofit Software: 5 Questions to Ask

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2026/08/27

Send us Fan Mail Considering new nonprofit software? Before signing a contract, scheduling implementation, or sitting through another impressive demo, there are 5 business questions your organization should answer first. Christine Chacko of Your Part-Time Controller explains how nonprofits can make smarter technology decisions while avoiding expensive fixes to the wrong problem. . . .A reporting problem doesn’t automatically mean you have a software problem! Christine, a CPA with both account...

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28:06

5 Questions Nonprofit Leaders Should Ask Their...

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2026/08/26

Send us Fan Mail What questions should nonprofit leaders ask their finance team? Barbara Enright, Director and Market Leader with Your Part-Time Controller (YPTC), shares five deceptively simple questions that can turn nonprofit financial reporting into a far more strategic management tool! A financial statement may contain plenty of numbers . . . .but are they complete, final, reconciled and ready for leaders to act on? Barbara begins with the wonderfully uncomfortable question: Can we trust...

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