A Modern Nonprofit Podcast

🔁 Rerun: Mastering Donor Engagement — Strategies for Nonprofit Fundraising Success

🔁 Encore episode — bringing back one of our most relevant conversations, because we keep hearing the same struggle from clients heading into budget season. Most nonprofi

Episode 165: Beyond the CFO: Fractional Leadership for Nonprofits—Strengthening Strategy, Operations, and Governance

95% of nonprofit leaders say they are burned out. Not tired. Not stretched thin. Burned out. And one in three is actively thinking about leaving the sector for good. In

Episode 164: Will AI Replace Your Nonprofit CFO? Here's the Honest Answer

Tosha lays out rule number one for nonprofit financial health: monthly reports, on a fixed schedule, every single time. At The Charity CFO, that means a strict 15-day rep

Episode 163: What a $15.6 Million Deficit Should Teach Every Nonprofit Board

A local utility company just posted a 15.6 million dollar deficit. Tosha Anderson breaks down what really happened at Kirkwood Electric and why she does not think fraud i

Episode 162: The Founder's Curse: When Passion Turns Into Burnout

Brandon Peacock survived a drive by shooting, was told he'd never walk again, and went on to run an Ironman. But this episode isn't about his comeback. It's about what he

Episode 161: Your Team Isn't the Problem—Your Leadership Might Be

What if your team's performance problems are actually a leadership problem? Tiffany Slater, founder and CEO of HR TailorMade, joins Tosha Anderson for a frank conversati

Episode 160: The Invisible Workload: Why Neurodivergent Nonprofit Leaders Burn Out Differently (And What It's Costing Us All)

Most nonprofit leaders know what burnout feels like. But not everyone burns out the same way.In this episode, Tosha Anderson sits down with Britt Stockert, Certified Fund

Episode 159: Why Most Nonprofit Press Releases Fail—and How to Actually Earn Media Coverage

Your press release is not getting picked up because it's written for you, not for the journalist. In this episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, Tosha Anderson talks wit

Episode 158: Sustainable Leadership Without Burnout: Weekly Habits Nonprofit Leaders Need Now

Nonprofit burnout is real and nonprofit leaders are carrying more than ever before. In this episode, Tosha Anderson sits down with productivity coach and Winning the Wee

Episode 157: Budgeting for Impact: Why Nonprofits Need More Than Just a Spreadsheet

Most nonprofits have a budget. But very few are actually using it to make better decisions. In this episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, Tosha Anderson sits down with

Episode 156: From Starvation to Sustainability: How Nonprofits Can Escape the Funding Trap

Are you constantly chasing funding but still struggling to build sustainable growth?In this episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, Tosha Anderson sits down with Drew Reyn

Episode 155: The State of Grant Seeking in 2026: Strategy, AI, and Surviving the Competition

Grant Writing in 2026 Is Harder Than Ever - Here’s How to Adapt Federal funding volatility. Private foundations acting like contracts. Massive nonprofits competing for

Episode 154: Why Donors Don’t Give Again — And How to Fix It

Why Are Donors Disappearing? Here’s What Nonprofits Must Change Only 20% of first-time donors give again. That means for every 100 new donors you acquire, 80 disappear.

Episode 153: Federal Grants in 2026: What Nonprofits Need to Know Before Applying

Is federal funding coming back? Should your nonprofit apply for federal grants in 2026? And what are the new compliance risks you need to understand before submitting an

Episode 152: From Compliance to Clarity: How to Streamline Nonprofit Data Collection and Evaluation

Data doesn’t have to feel like a burden. In this episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, Tosha Anderson talks with Kayla Meyers, Founder of Bridgepoint Evaluation, about

Episode 151: Rethinking Philanthropy: How Business Leaders Can Help Nonprofits Create Lasting Impact

What if philanthropy wasn’t just about writing checks - but about building systems that actually work?In this episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, host Tosha Anderson s

Episode 150: Why Traditional Strategic Plans Fail Nonprofits - And What to Do Instead

Traditional strategic plans are failing nonprofits. In this episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, Tosha Anderson and Theresa Guest, CFO at The Charity CFO, explain why

Episode 149: Why Strategic Finance Is the Key to Nonprofit Fundraising Survival

Fundraising and finance are supposed to work together but in most nonprofits they operate in silos. In this episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, Tosha Anderson sits dow

Episode 148: How to Build and Protect Employee Trust During Organizational Change

Trust is the currency of leadership - especially during disruption.In this episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, host Tosha Anderson sits down with Kim Bohr, President &

Episode 147: Unrestricted Revenue: The Lifeblood of Nonprofit Agility and Growth

Most nonprofit leaders want more unrestricted revenue - but few have a strategy for building it. In this episode, The Charity CFO’s Tosha Anderson and Aaron Landis expla