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Welcome to The Nonprofit Syndicate Podcast—the podcast for fundraisers who are tired of polite advice, recycled tactics, and safe opinions.

This is not another nonprofit podcast that tells you to “build relationships” and “send better thank-you notes.”


This is the back room.


Each episode, we break down what’s actually working in nonprofit fundraising right now—digital acquisition, recurring donor programs, major gifts, messaging, offers, tech stacks, and the systems behind real revenue growth. No fluff. No platitudes. No sacred cows.


You’ll hear:

  • Unfiltered conversations with operators, strategists, and fundraisers who’ve moved real money
  • Tactical playbooks you can steal and deploy immediately
  • Strong opinions and real disagreement—because growth doesn’t come from consensus
  • Behind-the-scenes strategies most organizations never talk about publicly


We talk about the stuff that usually gets whispered in Slack threads or debated after conferences—why most donor funnels are broken, why “best practices” are killing results, and why many nonprofits are optimizing for comfort instead of cash.


If you want safe ideas, this isn’t your show.

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Are nonprofits really scams—or is culture getting the math wrong? In this episode of The Nonprofit Syndicate, the guys react to viral podcast clips claiming charities waste donor money and expose the biggest lie in fundraising: the “overhead myth.” From startup economics to Dan Pallotta’s famous $1→$4 fundraising paradox, we break down why investing in staff and marketing actually creates more impact—not less. If you work in the nonprofit world (or plan to give someday), this episode will cha...
Welcome to Episode 003 of The Nonprofit Syndicate Podcast. This week: We take turns talking about how we'd spend $100k in digital acquisition budget, what nonprofits get wrong on acquisition, and how to scale your programs with infrastructure first. 00:00 – Episode kickoff + year-end nonprofit chaos Quick intro and real talk on burnout, calendar-year pressure, and year-end fundraising stress. 01:05 – Giving Tuesday performance is… weird Why Giving Tuesday volume felt flat this year an...
Welcome to Episode 002 of The Nonprofit Syndicate Podcast. This week: We all bash organic social media for nonprofits, we talk about what is actually appropriate in storytelling for nonprofits, and we breakdown some sacred cow marketing myths. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 – Things got spicy… and they still can’t stop arguing about GoFundMe 01:05 – What “organic growth” actually means for nonprofits (and why it’s misunderstood) 01:28 – Why organic search doesn’t really work in nonprofit fundrais...
Welcome to Episode 001 of The Nonprofit Syndicate Podcast This week: the AI hype vs. reality, the GoFundMe scandal, and why most "revolutionary" tech is failing nonprofits. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro: Who we are and why this podcast exists 3:41 - AI in nonprofit fundraising: Revolution or overhype? 4:26 - The "great equalizer" debate: Does AI help or hurt top performers? 6:21 - The genius four-year-old metaphor (this is gold) 9:20 - Why 95% of enterprise AI pilots are failing 14:16 - Has...
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