The Generosity Compass

How to Read Nonprofit Software Reviews Without Getting Sold

Nonprofit software reviews are more managed than they look. Part 1 of our series shows how to read the middle reviews and find the honest ones.

Learning

New York nonprofit finance leaders agreed that donor relationships belong to the whole team

Field notes from Camp Finance 2026 on Lake George, where finance leaders found new teammates for a lone fundraiser and borrowed lessons from Art...

Product

Your Nonprofit Board Can Practice the Hard Decisions Before They Cost You

Boards approve budgets and guard against risk, yet they rarely get to practice together. Our free four-page guide shows what one hour at the...

Trust

How a Video Game Buried in the Desert Explains What AI Is Doing to Nonprofit Training

Nonprofit training is flooding with cheap AI content, the same way the 1983 video game crash buried Atari. Here is how to find the...

Learning

Small Nonprofit Teams Building Infrastructure Need a Place to Practice Big Decisions

Field notes from a live Generosity Roundtable at CauseVox's Nonprofit Fundraising Summit and a session with Bloomerang on October 1, on the nonprofit lifecycle,...

Trust

The Oregon Trail Belonged to the Teachers Who Rewrote It, and Nonprofit Learning Can Too

The Oregon Trail grew because teachers everywhere typed in its code, fixed it, and rewrote it for their own towns. Here's how the Generosity...

Learning

Pennsylvania Nonprofit Leaders Agreed That Donor Trust Gets Rebuilt Between the Asks

Field notes from PANO's 2026 Collaborative Conference, where four tables worked out how a behavioral health nonprofit could rekindle trust with donors it let...

Communications

What Online Creators Can Teach Us About Why People Give

Online creators are showing us why people really give. Here is what they teach us about donors, and a simple guide to doing the...

Communications

How a $500 Gift That Got Only a Receipt Explains What Is Happening to Community Theater

A made-up children's theater and 40 real nonprofits reveal why community theaters struggle, and why donor stewardship is really about generosity, identity, and trust.

Trust

The Different Ways to Use Role Play in Professional Development

A look at the honest traditions of professional rehearsal, from behavior modeling to tabletop character play to LEGO® Serious Play®, why each one works,...