ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
501c Drop is a podcast and webinar series for nonprofit leaders, development directors, and executive directors looking to raise more donations and build stronger fundraising programs. Hosted by Leya Simmons, a 20+ year fundraising expert and CEO of BetterUnite, each episode covers nonprofit fundraising strategy, donor retention, event planning, board development, and the trends shaping the nonprofit sector. Whether you're running a capital campaign, planning a benefit auction, or rethinking your donor CRM, 501c Drop delivers practical, expert-led guidance you can use right away. New episodes drop weekly for nonprofit professionals who want real results.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
52 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
18 episodes
since May 1, 2026
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
38% of your year-end revenue will land in the last six days of December, and until November 3rd your donors' inboxes belong to the election. BetterUnite CEO & Co-founder Leya Simmons goes solo on the three pressures squeezing this giving season: the midterms, an economy that splits your donor f…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Wealth data is less than 10% predictive of generosity, and 80% of nonprofits still lead with it. Nathan Chappell, Chief AI Officer at Virtuous and founder of Fundraising.AI, joins BetterUnite CEO & Co-founder Leya Simmons to get specific: where the RFM score came from, what responsible AI requi…
The paddles stayed down because the paddle raise started at 9:30. George Franco, Your "Good News" Auctioneer, joins BetterUnite CEO & Co-founder Leya Simmons to take the gala night apart: why you plan from 9:00 backwards, whether the fund-a-need or the live auction goes first, how a $900 fishin…
our nonprofit does not have a volunteer shortage. It has a job description problem. Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE, MTS-FT, Spark the Change Founding Partner, joins BetterUnite CEO & Co-founder Leya Simmons to argue that the volunteers are already out there, and that most organizations start recruitin…
Only 7.1% of new donors ever give again, and the nonprofits beating that number are not working harder, they are automating smarter.
Kirby Cathey, Account Manager and Event Specialist at BetterUnite, joins BetterUnite Co-Founder Leya Simmons to count down the five things nonprofits still do by hand…
Stop asking "how do we get more people in the room?" Start asking "how do we leave them changed?" Melissa DeClue, M.Ed., CFRE, Founder & CEO at Amplify Missions, joins BetterUnite Co-founder Leya Simmons to map the donor journey before, during, and after your events. Melissa shares how to move …
She's worked over 1,000 nonprofit events. Here's what she wishes every event lead knew before the doors open.
In this episode of the 501(c) Drop, BetterUnite Co-founder Leya Simmons sits down with Kirby Cathey, Account & Event Specialist at BetterUnite, for honest, boots-on-the-ground advice on…
Every nonprofit is losing everyday donors. This global ministry found a fix that actually works.
In this episode of the 501(c) Drop, BetterUnite Co-founder Leya Simmons sits down with Jeff Givens, VP of Advancement at Evangelism Explosion International, to unpack the peer-to-peer "Sponsor a Nation"…
Your auctioneer can tell how your event will go within the first ten minutes. Here's what they're seeing.
In this episode of 501(c) Drop, BetterUnite Co-founder Leya Simmons sits down with Dan Campbell of Raising Paddles LLC, whose team works 300 events a year and has helped more than 1,000 nonprof…
Your community is not your audience. It is your fundraising engine.
In this episode of 501(c) Drop, BetterUnite Co-founder Leya Simmons sits down with Floyd Jones, Founder of BackBlack, for a Webinar Wednesday conversation on turning community into a force that mobilizes supporters, activates board…
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