7 Things to Know About Fund Management Software
Selecting the right fund management software can determine whether your fundraising and operations...
The Essentials: Six Tools Every Fundraising Organization Actually Needs (And Why They Have to Talk to Each Other)
I've sat in a lot of tech stack conversations over the years. I remember my team pulling up the...
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Building Donor Trust That Brings Donors Back
Giving is voluntary and donors make gifts because they choose to, not out of obligation. Each of...
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Mid-Year Reflection: Our Top 3 Posts of 2026 (So Far) on Trust, Ownership, and the Donor Experience
We're just over halfway through 2026, and if there's one thing we love more than helping...
5 Steps to Reduce Unspent Fund Balances at Your Institution
Whether you’re in higher education, healthcare philanthropy, or at a community foundation, unspent...
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Who Owns the Fund? Tactics from the Field on Solving Fund Management's Hardest Question
From The Mine community — real conversations, real institutions, real solutions. The Mine is a...
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You Made the Ask. You Got the Gift. Did You Keep the Promise?
Most organizations are great at making the ask. Far fewer are great at what comes after. This is...
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The End of Passive Stewardship: Why Major Donors Now Expect Proactive Impact Reporting
Something has shifted in the relationship between major gift donors and the organizations they...
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Closing the Gap: Rethinking Donor Experience as Strategy, Not Sentiment
There’s a quiet tension in modern philanthropy, one we don’t always name, but we feel it in the...
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The "Good Enough" Trap: When Functional Fund Management Becomes a Liability
Most fundraising teams are not in crisis. Reports go out. Funds get spent. Donors get thanked. From...