Holy Donuts: A Marketing And Donor Engagement Podcast For Christian Non-Profits

About Holy Donuts: A Marketing And Donor Engagement Podcast For Christian Non-Profits

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.

Publisher

The Nonprofit Syndicate

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Aug 2023

Latest episode

27 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

29 of 43 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   27 Apr 2026

   Episode 008: The Branding Mistakes Nonprofits Keep Making

   Branding is not just your logo, your fonts, or your colors. It is the reputation your organization builds over time. In this episode, the team gets honest about nonprofit branding: what it is, what it is not, and why so many organizations misunderstand the role it plays in fundraising and growth. They debate whether rebrands are worth it, talk through the risks of visual identity changes, and explain why brand consistency, positioning, and messaging matter so much more than most people think....

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   10 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 007: Project Management Tools Won’t Save Your Team

   Why do so many projects go off the rails, even when the team has the right tools? In this episode, the team breaks down the real reasons projects become frustrating, delayed, and messy. They talk about authority, trust, delegation, communication breakdowns, notification fatigue, and why project management software often becomes a substitute for the hard conversations teams actually need to have. They also share strong opinions on tools like Basecamp, ClickUp, Trello, Linear, Monday, Asana, ...

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   27 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 006: We Ranked Nonprofit CRMs So You Don’t Have To

   Is your nonprofit using the right tech stack… or just the most popular one? In this episode of The Nonprofit Syndicate Podcast, we do something most people won’t: we rank nonprofit technology platforms as either “Solid” or “Trash Panda.” No middle ground. From Salesforce and Virtuous to Classy, Fundraise Up, Bloomerang, GiveButter, and more — we break down what actually works, what’s overpriced, what’s overkill, and what’s just riding on brand reputation. We cover: When Salesforce actuall...

Inside a recent episode

Episode 007: Project Management Tools Won’t Save Your Team

Published 10 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] All right. So can I ask a tangent conversation? Yeah. Break it off. Do you think we buy software to avoid having hard conversations around projects? Yes. A thousand percent. Yes. That's why 90 % of software is bought to avoid having hard conversations about people or system failure. Yep. Absolutely. Yeah. It's because I can be like, look, the clock says this. I told you it was that you didn't do this. AI bought now. It could tell you you're late. Right. Right. Yeah. Because it's like you you buying it, you think, okay, if I just put the tasks in the project management tool, it sends automatic reminders as a person. […]

Who has been a guest on Holy Donuts: A Marketing And Donor Engagement Podcast For Christian Non-Profits

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• Jonathan
• Ryan
• Schwab

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YouTube views

6,376

Score snapshot 7 Feb 2026

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 18 / 100

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0

Social presence

0

YouTube

63

Engagement

27

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