What the Fundraising

About What the Fundraising

What the Fundraising is the podcast for impact leaders and change-makers who are tired of doing things the old school way and are looking for best practices to raise money, run their organization, and think about the nonprofit sector in a whole new way. Every Tuesday for 40-60 min, your host, Mallory Erickson, will be having real and raw conversations with some of the best personal and professional development experts, many of whom are outside the nonprofit sector. These are bestselling authors, world-renowned researchers, and TEDx experts, most of whom have never spoken to a non-profit audience before. They have come ready to share expertise, lessons, and stories that will fundamentally change the way you show up as a leader and fundraiser. There are so many valuable lessons nonprofit leaders are missing because they are outside of their typical orbit, but no more. Mallory is bringing them in and helping to apply her guest's expertise to disrupt the nonprofit sector once and for all. So if you are ready to learn how to upgrade your fundraising strategy, leadership skills, energy, habits, and mindset to bring in more funding and actually have some fun doing it, then this is the right podcast for you. If you’re wanting to implement ideas you heard, visit MalloryErickson.com/Podcast for the top tips and tools, full transcripts, quotes, videos, and additional resources from each episode.

Publisher

Mallory Erickson

Category

business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Jul 2021

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

178 of 343 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   329: How to Stop Making Assumptions About Your Donors and Asking Better Questions with Kyle Buchmann

   Host Mallory Erickson interviews Kyle Buchmann, Senior Vice President at Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association, about asking better questions to build donor trust and improve team decision-making.

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   29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   328: How Nonprofits Can Use AI Without Amplifying Bad Culture with Tim Lockie

   Host Mallory Erickson interviews AI expert Tim Lockie on how nonprofits can leverage AI by prioritizing culture and human systems over technology for true operational harmony.

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   22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   327: Thousand Day Planning: A Different Approach to Fundraising Leadership with Jay E. Davenport

   Mallory Erickson interviews Jay E. Davenport, Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations at Penn State University, about his 1,000-day planning framework for building interconnected fundraising and alumni engagement.

Inside a recent episode

329: How to Stop Making Assumptions About Your Donors and Asking Better Questions with Kyle Buchmann

Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And be curious about those and spend more time thinking about how are you going to ask that question? Then you're worried about how do I remember the job that they had three, three different jobs ago and what, who they know from that place of employment and connect all those. So, so I think that is, it's an important thing is that we don't often practice asking questions. We don't often practice that timing and, really signaling that, you know, I'm going to ask you a raw question here, and there might be emotions that come with it, or even letting the people that we're going to meet with know in advance of, these are a few of the questions that we didn't talk about last month when we got together that I've been curious about, and I'm looking forward to hearing what you think the next time we meet. […]

Who has been a guest on What the Fundraising

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Kyle Buchmann
• Tim Lockie
• Jay E Davenport
• Cindy Wagman
• Tony Martignetti

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

36,423

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

124 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

25 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 90 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

95

Social presence

90

YouTube

76

Engagement

92

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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