We recently sat down with Tom Kilgannon, President of Freedom Alliance. Freedom Alliance is a nonprofit organization founded to support our nation's combat wounded and deployed troops and their families. One...
The Storytelling Fundraiser, with Russell James, J.D., Ph.D., CFP
Welcome to the 100th episode of The Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast! I'm thrilled to have had the opportunity to visit with Russell James, J.D., Ph.D., CFP for this milestone episode. If...
NeighborShare, with Diana Zhang
Diana Zhang left a lucrative career as a hedge fund executive in the midst of the pandemic to co-found NeighborShare, a new platform created to support front line heroes in the...
From Barely Surviving to Thriving with Rev. Jeremy Montgomery
This conversation with Rev. Jeremy Montgomery, MBA-MA, President/CEO at Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission in Philadelphia, PA, is a deep-dive into change leadership like you've never heard before! When he took the...
From Board Chair to CEO: Leadership Insights with Erinn Rowe
From entrepreneur to volunteer Board Chair, to nonprofit CEO, Erinn Rowe's path to leadership at Harvest Hope Food Bank isn't necessarily common, but neither are the needs of the food...
10 Ways Major Gift Fundraising IS Like Sales
Many fundraisers object to the idea that major gift fundraising and sales are similar or share similar characteristics. I'm not one of those people. Sure, one is selling a product...
Courageous Fundraising with Julie Ordonez
If you want to be a successful major gift fundraiser, one of the most important traits you'll need is courage. Courage to overcome the fear of failure that so many...
COVID’s impact on Food Bank Fundraising, with Matt Hackler
Matt Hackler is Vice President of Strategic Capacity Building with Feeding America. Like many of us, Matt says he "fell into" fundraising before joining Feeding America. In his current role,...
2020 Was a Great Year for Giving. Or Was It?
2020 was a windfall fundraising year for many nonprofits, thanks to the increased urgency and generosity created by the global COVID-19 crisis. According to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project’s 2020 4th...
Global Online Fundraising Scorecard, with Brady Josephson
Our good friend Brady Josephson at NextAfter joined us for a third episode here on the podcast recently. You might remember Brady from our conversation about COVID fundraising observations, or...