In the ever-evolving landscape of nonprofit technology, having a clear set of guiding principles is essential to ensure you balance long-term benefits, optimize costs, and manage risks appropriately. Heller Consulting’s Technology Guiding Principles framework is designed to help tech ...Read More

The nonprofit sector faces unprecedented challenges. The financial stability of many organizations has been rocked by economic uncertainty, changing donor priorities, and the increasingly volatile US federal funding landscape. Coupled with increased cybersecurity risks, the rise of AI applications, and ...Read More

Here at Heller, we talk a lot about databases—fundraising and engagement platforms and CRMs. We also talk about people, processes, workflows, and workarounds. Today, I want to talk about the bedrock of your fundraising program: data itself. Data governance ...Read More

Advancement teams are the backbone of financial stability and growth for educational institutions, but they face significant challenges both internally and externally. Engaging donors across an increasing number of channels in a complex fundraising landscape is no small feat. Many ...Read More

Gift processing might not be the most exciting part of fundraising. But it is one of the most important activities for a nonprofit fundraising team. Processing gifts efficiently and accurately helps your entire organization to acknowledge gifts in a timely ...Read More

Development teams are increasingly looking for more functionality from their CRM systems to support a variety of fundraising strategies and enhance donor engagement. Nonprofit tech leaders are charged with balancing the needs of a modern, hungry fundraising operation with the ...Read More

Blackbaud is sending its strongest messages yet that it intends to sunset support for Raiser’s Edge 7, leaving thousands of nonprofits considering the future of their donor software. What does an RE7 sunset mean for nonprofits? Blackbaud has long been  ...Read More

By Barbara Fischer, Associate Vice President IT and Data Analytics, The University of Toledo Foundation At The University of Toledo Foundation, we faced a common tech challenge like many in higher education advancement: an outdated database from the early 1990s. ...Read More

In the ever-evolving landscape of nonprofit technology, Heller Consulting has been at the forefront of leading nonprofits through the adoption of innovative fundraising solutions tailored to their unique needs. The robust capabilities of the Microsoft environment offer nonprofits a comprehensive ...Read More

Spoiler: Not completely, but our clients are taking a byte.   The dazzling improvement of generative AI platforms in the past year has led to increasing comfort among technologists. 67 percent of tech leaders surveyed by Salesforce reported prioritizing AI, with ...Read More