The News Literacy Project: What happens when your data needs outgrow your CRM?
We Love Our Clients We always love it when a client we’ve worked with in the past comes back to us with another project. It’s one of the highest compliments we can receive as we strive to be a trusted partner to nonprofits with amazing missions. The News Literacy Project’s mission to advance the development […]
Uncertain Times: Save Money and Raise More Without a Tech Change
2025 So Far Real talk, everyone: so far 2025 has brought with it a lot of chaos. A nicer way to say it would be “unpredictability,” although the chaos seems to be intentional. The government has become an agent of this chaos, slashing jobs, canceling funding, and clawing back grants in a volatile way. This […]
Private Equity in Nonprofit Software
This article from the New York Times Inside the Democratic Disaster That Didn’t Happen in November by Shane Goldmacher was an interesting and also harrowing read. It felt like a chickens-coming-home-to-roost moment, having read Micah L. Silfry’s blog post Living With VANxiety: The Present and Future of Progressive Movement Tech last year. Both articles are […]
The League of Women Voters and the Impact of Technology Acquisitions
Raise HECK was proud to partner with the League of Women Voters (LWV, the League) on a technology assessment and software selection project. The League didn’t come to this project because of any of the usual reasons: they hadn’t outgrown their technology, it was not outdated, and they didn’t hate it. They arrived at this […]
3 Things We Learned While Road Tripping with the Unitarian Universalist Association
“Half the fun is getting there” is the perfect description of a good road trip. If you’re hitting the highways with the right people, road trips can be an incredible bonding experience. And FUN! An RFP to select new donor CRM software is a lot like a road trip. You have a technology roadmap to […]
Download Raise HECK’s Sample Tech and Data Governance Charter
Establishing a tech and data governance team is the first step toward integrating your data. But how do you get started with creating a tech and data governance team? Raise HECK has created a sample tech and data governance charter to help you get your group going. A charter is an important tool for any […]
Download Raise HECK’s Worksheets to Assess Your Nonprofit Tech Stack
All the software your organization uses to accomplish its mission–a database, fundraising system, email marketing, data integration tools, and more–is called your tech stack. You probably have more technology in your stack than you think, so it’s important to keep track of it all. It’s a good idea to assess your organization’s technology stack at […]
Raise HECK in 2024
Happy New Year! We are grateful to be tackling 2024 alongside you. This year we are looking forward to helping more nonprofits tackle their technology. Tech can be a huge time-saver, but also can turn into a huge time-suck. Here’s how we help: Make Your Tech Work For You: We guide you through an strategic […]
Raise HECK Authors Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Benchmark Report 2022
Hot off the presses, it’s the Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Benchmark Report 2022, authored by Raise HECK in partnership with Blackbaud. Download your copy today. Sally and Charlotte will be presenting a session “Benchmark Bonanza! Luminate Online and Luminate TeamRaiser” at bbcon 2023. Join us Sunday 2:30-3:30pm in 601/603 to get all the benchmarks you can handle, […]
Which CRM is best for you?
Raise HECK can help you answer that question. There are plenty of CRMs to choose from. So many, in fact, that it can be hard to know which one is right for you. This is especially true if you’re frustrated with what you’re using. Everything else seems like it could be the answer to all […]