Cost to Raise a Dollar: 3 Key Numbers for Nonprofit Leaders
Key Takeaways Most leaders can recite what they raised last year without blinking. Ask what it costs to raise it, and the room goes quiet. That silence is where good organizations quietly…
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Why a Vague Mission Statement Is Costing You, Donors
Key Takeaways A mission statement that promises everything tells a donor nothing. “We will fight every injustice” does not read as an ambition to a thoughtful donor. It reads as a red…
How to Turn Volunteers Into Donors Like a Pro
Takeaways The warmest donor audience you will ever have is the one already showing up: your volunteers, your event guests, the families you serve. Most organizations mobilize these people beautifully and then…
How to Communicate With Your Major Donors During Uncertain Times
Key Takeaways Uncertain times do not call for less donor communication — they call for dramatically more of it, delivered earlier and more honestly than most nonprofit leaders are currently doing Out…
Why Nonprofit Staff Are Burning Out — And It’s Not What You Think
Key Takeaways The nonprofit resilience crisis is real — but its root cause is not workload, underpayment, or mission weight alone. It is the systematic erosion of community by screen culture, and…
How to Flip VUCA: Leading Your Nonprofit Through Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity
Key Takeaways VUCA means Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous; it is not just a description of the current environment. It is a diagnostic tool that tells nonprofit leaders exactly what kind of response…
We are Partnering with Arreva !
The Kipos Group is excited to announce our strategic partnership with Arreva as a member of the Arreva Partner Program. We selected Arreva’s ExceedFurther because it’s the only true all-in-one, online fundraising,…
The Pause Principle: Why the Busiest Nonprofit Leaders Need to Stop and Think
Key Takeaways The leaders most resistant to pausing are almost always the ones who need it most — and their fundraising results reflect it Deep, protected reflection time is not a productivity luxury —…
The Two Traps Nonprofit Leaders Fall Into During Complexity (And How to Avoid Both)
Key Takeaways Most nonprofit leaders facing complexity default to one of two responses — hyperactive solution-seeking or complete avoidance — and both are equally destructive to leadership effectiveness Complexity cannot be solved…
The 2025 Nonprofit Fundraising Report: What the Data Says and What to Do About It
Key Takeaways The nonprofit sector raised 13–16% more revenue in 2025, but from a shrinking donor base, which is a serious long-term risk 86% of first-time donors in 2024 didn’t give again in 2025…