Archive for May 2026

If your nonprofit has a small development team (or no development team at all), one of the biggest fundraising challenges is simple: Access. Access to the right funders.Access to the right relationships.Access to opportunities that larger organizations often hear about first. That’s why I want to share a free resource that I believe more nonprofit…

How funders read your Statement of Activities and what they’re looking for This is the 2nd edition in a series of newsletters highlighting my takeaways from the “Ask Me Anything: What Funders Look for in Financial Statements” session hosted by @Candid. If the balance sheet is a snapshot, the Statement of Activities is the movie.…

What funders really want to know when they open your Statement of Financial Position This is the 1st edition in a series of five newsletters highlighting my takeaways from the “Ask Me Anything: What Funders Look for in Financial Statements” session hosted by @Candid. Here’s something most nonprofit leaders don’t realize: when a funder opens…

Making dignity-driven communication stick across your entire organization. Over the past three weeks, we’ve covered the what and the how of reframing; why “social benefit organization” is a stronger identity than “nonprofit;” why asset framing builds donor trust, and how to apply both in your everyday communications. But here’s the truth most language guides skip:…

Concrete substitutions, real examples, and the formula that makes asset framing work in practice. We’ve spent the last two weeks making the case for why language matters, how “nonprofit” undersells your mission, and how deficit framing quietly erodes donor trust and community dignity. Now let’s get practical. This issue is a working reference. Bookmark it,…