Higher education fundraising has come a long way from stuffed envelopes and phone-a-thon scripts. Today's alumni want to feel genuinely connected to the institution they once called home, and the institutions seeing the strongest results are the ones willing to meet them there. Whether you're running a major advancement office or doing this mostly solo,…
Church giving has changed a lot in recent years, and if you're leading a congregation right now, you've probably felt that shift firsthand. Between hybrid worship models, younger donor expectations, and the general drift toward doing everything on a phone, the old envelope-and-plate setup just doesn't cut it anymore for most churches. So the real…
Fundraising in 2026 isn't what it used to be, and honestly, that's both exciting and a little overwhelming. Donors are thinking differently about where their money goes, how often they give, and what kind of relationship they want with the organizations they support. If you're a one-person development team or a seasoned CMO trying to…
Silent auctions have this wonderful quality about them: when they work, they really work . Donors get excited, bids climb higher than expected, and your team walks away with both revenue and new relationships. But pulling one off well takes way more than a folding table and a few donated gift baskets. So we put…
Silent auctions are one of those fundraising formats that just work , and it's easy to see why. They create energy in the room, they give donors something tangible to compete for, and when they're run well, they leave people genuinely excited to come back next year. The tricky part, as most nonprofit teams discover…
There's a particular kind of Monday morning that every private school administrator knows too well. You've got three systems that don't talk to each other, a billing discrepancy nobody can trace, and somewhere on a shared drive is an alumni spreadsheet last updated in 2019. Sound familiar? That's exactly the gap Blackbaud K-12 was designed…
Giving to religion is big business, in the best possible way. But whether your congregation is thriving or quietly treading water, the difference between churches that grow their giving and those that stagnate often comes down to a handful of decisions most leaders don't even realize they're making. That's what we want to unpack here.…
Raising money for a mission trip sits somewhere between exhilarating and genuinely stressful, especially when you're juggling logistics, team coordination, and donor outreach all at once. The vision is clear. The budget? Not always. Whether you're leading a team overseas to build infrastructure, support underserved communities, or deliver critical resources, the fundraising side of the…