by Kristen Sheehan | Oct 21, 2025 | Fundraising
Give to the Max Day is coming up on Thursday, November 20, 2025 and it’s an incredible opportunity for many nonprofits in Minnesota to maximize and excite donors around their cause and raise some extra funds as we head into the end of the year. Like anything in...
by Cassie Hamburg | Oct 13, 2025 | Events, Fundraising, K2 News
Nonprofits are built on mission, not mechanics. Yet so much of what keeps a nonprofit running — financial tracking, board logistics, donor databases, and administrative systems — happens quietly behind the scenes. These “back-office” functions are vital, but they can...
by Kristen Sheehan | Sep 17, 2025 | Events, Fundraising, K2 Team
Dear Mom in the Thick of It, My son just turned sixteen, and let me tell you, it’s been an emotional milestone. It took me right back to those early days—when I had to return to work just six weeks after he was born – and the subsequent months where he was so...
by Cassie Hamburg | Aug 13, 2025 | Fundraising
If you’ve ever celebrated a game-changing donor commitment, you know the moment. The handshake, the email, the champagne… maybe even a small victory dance in your office (door closed, of course). But here’s what no one likes to talk about: the 12 months before that...
by Cassie Hamburg | Jun 3, 2025 | Events, Fundraising
There’s nothing quite like the energy of a well-run conference—the hum of conversation, the buzz around a great speaker, the unexpected connections that spark new ideas. But behind every seamless event is months of planning, hundreds of decisions, and a whole lot of...
by k2company | May 23, 2025 | Events, Fundraising
If you’ve spent any time around the K2 fundraising team, you will regularly hear us refer to building fundraising muscle. Especially for new organizations (or organizations looking to grow) – I will personally repeat that phrase over and over. Building muscle is not...
