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3½ Things to Do Before the Ball Drops

By Julie Kennon | Last Updated: December 16, 2025

The last few days of the year are seductive. We’ve made it through most of December, which is just so darn busy, and we have a little time before the New Year’s Eve sparklers or implementing those (perhaps overly) optimistic resolutions. There’s a siren call just to relax. Let the old year kind of fade away while you read your book in front of the fire and doze off. 

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A Holiday Feature Release

By Julie Kennon | Last Updated: July 16, 2025

We decided to hop on the holiday gift-giving bandwagon! We released a bunch of software features over the past couple of months (and will release more soon!) that will make nonprofits excited about all that can be accomplished next year. They’re totally free, developed with your success as our goal. 

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Stop Worrying About the Cost of a New CRM!

By Julie Kennon | Last Updated: July 29, 2025

As much as we hate to do this, it’s time for a little tough love: stop comparing the cost of competing CRMs when you’re shopping. You’re focused on the wrong number.  

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Last Call for Year-End Fundraising

By Dave Martin | Last Updated: July 29, 2025

All you have left from Thanksgiving is pants that don’t fit as well as they used to, and the holidays are staring you in the face. If you haven’t hit your nonprofit’s fundraising goals, it’s too late, right? NO!

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Grant-Seeking Essentials for Nonprofits

By Julie Kennon | Last Updated: April 13, 2026

Grants are to nonprofits like water is to a fish: absolutely critical if you’re going to keep swimming. And no matter the size of your nonprofit, seeking grants can and should be a significant effort.

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A Three-Step Checklist for GivingTuesday

By Julie Kennon | Last Updated: November 24, 2025

It’s go-time. Pedal to the metal. Step on it. It’s almost GivingTuesday, and we’ve got three last-minute reminders that will add some wallop to this, the inaugural event of year-end fundraising.

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Five Questions to Ask When Switching CRMs

By Dave Martin | Last Updated: July 29, 2025

Maybe your vendor is adding capabilities by acquiring competitors. Maybe the lack of support leaves you wanting to tear your hair out, or maybe the system has just gotten too hard to use. You know it’s time…time to switch to a new nonprofit CRM.

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What’s New at CharityEngine

By Julie Kennon | Last Updated: July 29, 2025

You know, we developers tend to keep our heads down developing things. But every now and then, I realize we’ve added some cool features to our nonprofit CRM, and I feel as though I should share them a little more widely.

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Nonprofit Advocacy: An Overview + How to Get Started

By Julie Kennon | Last Updated: September 29, 2025

Don’t you love it when your nonprofit’s supporters are passionate about your mission? They’re donating, attending events, and reading your newsletters—but they can actually do more than you might think! 

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