
Welcome to Small Nonprofit, the podcast designed for leaders, fundraisers, and advocates in the nonprofit sector who want to create real change. We provide small nonprofit organizations with strategies to enhance their fundraising campaigns, improve nonprofit governance, and implement ethical fundraising practices that resonate with today’s values-driven donors. Hosted by an experienced nonprofit ... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 355 | Founded | 8 years ago |
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A potential donor scrolling LinkedIn gives your post about three seconds. If they have to reread a sentence, you’ve lost them.
In this episode, we talk about why nonprofit jargon pushes away the people you most want to reach. You’l... more
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Most of us walk into a networking event or donor meeting and lead with our job title. It’s safe. It’s also forgettable.
In this episode, you’ll learn a different way in: start with questions. You’ll hear how one simple opener gets ... more
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If you've ever put months of work into a gala, only to have most of the guests disappear until next year's event, this episode is for you. On this week's episode of The Small Nonprofit Podcast, Maria Rio talks with Amy Milne, CEO an... more
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Most stewardship advice assumes you have a team, a budget, and time to hand-deliver flowers to every donor. This episode is for fundraisers who have none of those. You'll learn five stewardship strategies that work for small teams a... more
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Maria’s podcast has helped get me through my first year as an ED of a small nonprofit.
So many practical tips and actionable strategies to maximize your leadership and fundraising capacity.
I lead a Foundation in the USA that supports girls’ education in Kenya. Maria’s topics and guests are always helpful. I look forward to listening to every episode when it drops and often share it with Board Members, so they can learn too. Keep up the great work and thank you!
The host and guests should be more aware of their overt political biases. For anyone who works in non-profits or fundraising, any beliefs you hold personally should not be broadcast because that can reflect on the organization and may jeopardize your relationships with donors.
I lead a small nonprofit so this podcast couldn’t be more perfect for me. Listening helps me feel like I have team members to strategize on fundraising with me. Thanks for the work you’re doing to educate both fundraisers and funders!
This podcast is great. I am learning a lot and it is a really enjoyable listen, too!
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Practical guidance for leaders and fundraisers at small nonprofits, with a focus on sustainable fundraising, donor relationships, governance, and organizational wellbeing. Host Maria Rio, a nonprofit consultant and fundraiser, alternates between solo episodes that explain usable frameworks and interviews with practitioners and specialists. Conversations cover issues such as donor stewardship, volunteer engagement, foundation funding, hiring, collaboration, and burnout, often connecting day-to-day decisions with broader questions of equity, accountability, and community impact. Guests bring experience from nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, fundraising, communications, and technology. The emphasis on limited budgets and staff capacity makes... more
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Recent guests on this podcast include:
1. Maura Fitzpatrick
2. Frank Velasquez Jr.
3. Amy Milne
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