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Nonprofit Jenni Show
Hosted by Nonprofit Jenni · EN
The Nonprofit Jenni Show is the podcast for nonprofit professionals, board members, and community leaders. Every week, Jenni invites nonprofit leaders to share their stories and advice for facing common management, marketing, and development challenges. Go forth and do good with the Nonprofit Jenni Show!
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287. Recurring vs. Pledged Gifts + Mental Health Support for Employees
Mar 3, 202500:34:57Tap to summarizeThis week, Jenni chats with Virginia Davidson from Little Green Light about the differences between recurring and pledged gifts, plus how to manage both types in your donor management system. Then she talks to Lauren Andraski, Founder and CEO of Consultants for Good, about how work-related mental health issues impact both individual employees and your organization as a whole. She and Lauren also discuss research-based practices for supporting your team's mental health at work. In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out! — Little Green Light's Free Fundraising Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni — Free Nonprofit Consultant Landscape Analysis: consultants4good.com/reports — Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe Produced by Ben Hill Sound Music by Emily Summers ©2025 Nonprofit Jenni. All Rights Reserved.
Transcribe →286. Tracking In-Kind Gifts + Ensuring All Employees Feel Safe at Work
Feb 24, 202500:52:54Tap to summarizeThis week, Jenni chats with Virginia Davidson from Little Green Light about how to track in-kind gifts in your donor management system, and why this is important. Then she talks to Lauren Andraski, Founder and CEO of Consultants for Good, about why nonprofit employees from marginalized groups often feel unsafe at work, and what leaders can do to ensure their teams do feel safe. In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out! — Little Green Light’s Free Fundraising Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni — Free Nonprofit Consultant Landscape Analysis: consultants4good.com/reports — Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe Produced by Ben Hill Sound Music by Emily Summers ©2025 Nonprofit Jenni. All Rights Reserved.
Transcribe →285. Different Gift Types (And Why They Matter) + Resilience in the Trump Era
Feb 17, 202500:43:56Tap to summarizeThis week, Jenni chats with Virginia Davidson from Little Green Light about different types of gifts your nonprofit can solicit and receive, and why they matter. Then she talks to Lauren Andraski, Founder and President of Consultants for Good, about how nonprofits can build up their resilience as the Trump administration continues churning out dangerous new policies. In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out! — Little Green Light’s Free Fundraising Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni — Join C4G for FREE: consultants4good.com/nonprofit-membership — Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe Produced by Ben Hill Sound Music by Emily Summers ©2025 Nonprofit Jenni. All Rights Reserved.
Transcribe →284. Organizing Constituents + 4 Ways to Respond to Trump Policies Right Now + Legal Advocacy Strategies
Feb 10, 202500:36:46Tap to summarizeThis week, Jenni shares advice from Little Green Light about how to organize your constituents with dynamic Favorite Lists. Then she shares four ways every nonprofit sector professional can respond to the Trump administration’s new policies. Finally, to offer more in-depth advice on advocating against harmful new policies, we take a Rewind back to a conversation with nonprofit advocacy expert Bethany Snyder about how every 501(c)3 nonprofit can legally engage in advocacy. In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out! — Little Green Light’s Free Fundraising Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni — Send in an audio recording: nonprofitjenni.com/record — Resources to respond to Trump’s policy changes (updated daily): tinyurl.com/policychangeresources — Consultants for Good’s free February 18 event: tinyurl.com/c4gtrumpevent — Bethany Snyder’s website: snyderstrategies.me — Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe Produced by Ben Hill Sound Music by Emily Summers ©2025 Nonprofit Jenni. All Rights Reserved.
Transcribe →283. Trump’s New Policies + Gift Records + Fundraising Do’s and Don’ts
Feb 3, 202500:48:26Tap to summarizeThis week, Jenni talks about a new list she’s updating daily with recommended resources to help you and your nonprofit adapt to Trump’s new executive orders and other new policies. Then we continue our Little Green Insights mini-series on how to improve the way you use your donor database. Finally, Jenni chats with Lisa Greer about fundraising do’s and don’ts, plus her new book, The Essential Fundraiser’s Handbook. In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out! — Resources for adapting to Trump’s policy changes (updated daily): tinyurl.com/policychangeresources — Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni — “The Essential Fundraiser’s Handbook” by Lisa Greer: tinyurl.com/lisagreerbook — Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe Produced by Ben Hill Sound Music by Emily Summers ©2025 Nonprofit Jenni. All Rights Reserved.
Transcribe →282. Donor Database Permissions + How to Respond to Problematic Language
Jan 27, 202500:34:47Tap to summarizeNo description available
Transcribe →281. Six Time-Saving Fundraising Tips + What’s the “Roots Up Model” for Nonprofits?
Jan 20, 202501:04:13Tap to summarizeThis week, Jenni shares 6 tips from Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can streamline its fundraising efforts in 2025 by maximizing the power of your donor database. Then Jenni chats with Scott Frank from The InteRoots Initiative about how the “Roots Up Model” can help ensure that you are supporting your constituents in ways that will increase their buy-in and your organization’s impact. In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out! — Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni — The InteRoots Initiative’s website: interoots.org — Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe Produced by Ben Hill Sound Music by Emily Summers ©2025 Nonprofit Jenni. All Rights Reserved.
Transcribe →219. Bonus Giving Tuesday Tips + Increasing Online Donations
Oct 16, 2023Tap to summarizeThis week, we have some bonus Giving Tuesday planning tips from Little Green Light! We’ll also take a Rewind back to an SSIR article about how your nonprofit can increase donations made through your website. In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out! — Little Green Light’s free fundraising resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni — Jenni’s Giving Tuesday Planning Toolkit: nonprofitjenni.com/coursesandmore — Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe Produced by Ben Hill Sound Music by Emily Summers ©2023 Nonprofit Jenni. All Rights Reserved.
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214. Curb the Decline in Fundraising + How to Engage in Advocacy
Sep 4, 2023Tap to summarizeThis week, Jenni’s co-host Julia is back to talk about how to curb the national decline in fundraising and how small and medium-sized nonprofits can engage in advocacy or lobbying. We also take a Rewind back to a conversation with advocacy expert Brenda Gadd. In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out! — Little Green Light’s free fundraising resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni — SSIR article about fundraising: https://ssir.org/articles/entry/re_embracing_the_work_of_fundraising — The NonProfit Time article about advocacy: https://thenonprofittimes.com/npt_articles/study-nonprofits-leaders-avoiding-lobbying-engagement/ — Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe Produced by Ben Hill Sound Music by Emily Summers ©2023 Nonprofit Jenni. All Rights Reserved.
Transcribe →123. Increase Your Online Donations, Endowment Funds 101, and Thoughts on Nonprofit
Dec 13, 2021Tap to summarizeLearn how to increase donations on your website with tips from SSIR. Test your knowledge about endowment funds with this week’s edition of Nonprofit Trivia. Finally, check out what this Seattle-based nonprofit has done with their salary structure! In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out: — Share your opinions about the pod for a chance to win a raffle prize! — Learn Grant Writing’s free webinar on how to become a grant writer — Little Green Light’s free fundraising resources — SSIR’s article on digital donations — Kim Klein’s article on planning an endowment campaign (part 1, 2, 3) — My once-per-week email newsletter, where you can get a short summary of every podcast episode: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe Produced by Ben Hill Sound Music by Emily Summers ©2021 Nonprofit Jenni. All Rights Reserved.
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