Most nonprofits think their acknowledgment system sufficiently thanks donors. Unfortunately, most are missing an essential piece: truly expressing gratitude. Yes, you are probably (hopefully!) sending an automated thank-you email after a donation. Maybe you even send a handwritten note or a snail mail copy printed on your agency’s letterhead. But here’s the reality: if you thank donors the same way every other nonprofit does – and the same way you have for a decade – you’re

The nonprofit sector is living through one of the most volatile moments in modern history.  From voting rights to reproductive freedom, from LGBTQ+ protections to immigrant justice, from environmental safeguards to international alliances, each week brings new challenges that cut at the core of why nonprofits exist. And yet, in moments like this, there is an antidote more radical than despair: joy.