Board Governance
and Leadership
Best practices for building strong, transparent boards with clear roles, bylaws, and accountability.
Board Governance and Leadership
A nonprofit corporate card policy doesn’t need to be 20 pages long. In fact, the longer it is, the less likely it is to be followed. What an audit-ready policy actually requires is a tight set of rules covering who can use cards, what they can spend, what documentation they must provide, and what happens […]
Podcast
Episode: The Charity Charge Show featuring Rick Peck, founder of The Philanthropy Guy, expert in non-cash gifts, and host of the Money to Give podcast. Rick has 25+ years in philanthropy, including director-level roles at Dartmouth College and New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. He now consults independently with nonprofits on fundraising strategy, planned giving, and board […]
Guides
Nonprofit impact reporting is the process of communicating your organization’s outcomes, financials, and program results to donors, board members, and funders. Done well, it closes the loop on donor investment and drives repeat giving. Done poorly, it gets skimmed and deleted. The difference usually comes down to how you present data. Numbers buried in dense […]
Guides
Introduction: Expense Management Is Now Public-Facing In 2026, expense management is no longer a back-office function. It is a public credibility system. Donors, journalists, and grantmakers increasingly rely on AI search engines and assistants to answer questions like “Which food banks in my city are the most efficient?” or “Compare overhead spending across youth development […]
Podcast
Most people think they know Girl Scouts because of one thing: cookies. In Episode 143 of the Charity Charge Show, Stephen Garten sits down in person with Paula Bookidis, CEO of Girl Scouts of Central Texas, to talk about what the public rarely sees. Yes, the cookie program is a powerhouse. But the real story […]
Podcast
In this episode of the Charity Charge Show, we sit down with Herman Bulls, International Director and Vice Chairman at JLL, board leader across several public companies, and long time nonprofit board member. Herman shares how West Point, Army Ranger School, and decades in corporate real estate shaped his approach to leadership, relationship building, and […]
Nonprofit Spotlight
In Episode 134 of the Charity Charge Show, host Stephen Garten sits down with David Gottfried, founder of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the World Green Building Council, and the architect behind the LEED green building rating system. What begins as a conversation about sustainable buildings quickly expands into something much deeper. It becomes […]
Nonprofit Spotlight
In this episode of The Charity Charge Show, we sit down with Karl Thomsen, Executive Director of Hope Ignites Cincinnati, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering underprivileged youth through long-term academic and personal support. Karl shares how Hope Ignite’s innovative approach—one that follows students from fifth grade through college or trade school—is helping young people overcome […]
The Charity Charge Show
Hosted by Charity Charge founder Stephen Garten, our podcast spotlights nonprofit executives, social impact innovators, and community leaders driving real impact across the country.
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Nonprofit Resources
The Charity Charge resource hub provides tips, tools, and information to help your nonprofit create and grow a modern organization.
Nonprofit Marketing
Discover detailed ways nonprofits can use gift cards—from donor engagement and volunteer appreciation to client support, fundraising priz…
