NFP Digital Fundraising

Baby steps.
Big impact.

A free framework for NFP digital fundraising teams. The smallest possible test that produces something real — from minute one.

The method

A question. A test. A card. Repeat.

Nimble replaces assumption-based planning with the smallest possible experiment. You write the hypothesis before you run anything. You document what you find. The cards compound — each one making the next campaign smarter.

It's built for NFP realities: mission alignment, stakeholder politics, legacy CRMs, small teams. You don't transform the organisation first. You find the crack and make it a little wider.

"What is the simplest thing we can do to learn something about our supporters?"

Nimble Test
C01
We believe
A shorter donation form — 3 fields instead of 7 — will increase completion rate for warm email donors.
We will measure
Form completion rate.
If it fails
Revert to current form. Test a 5-field version next.
Nimble Learning
C01
What happened
Short form converted at 39% vs 25% benchmark. 862 donations. $0 paid spend.
The learning
One sentence only
Removing friction from the form is the single biggest conversion lever we have.
What it feeds into next
C02 — does segmenting to active donors only increase revenue per email?

Each card makes the next decision smarter.

Not one card, then the next. Across a whole programme, every team is testing something. The learnings accumulate.

0 learnings
A different programme.
A different room.
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The toolkit

One sheet. Test on the left, learning on the right. Fill in the test before you run it. Fill in the learning when you're done. Free to use — print it or duplicate the Notion template.

Nimble Test
C01
We believe
A shorter donation form — 3 fields instead of 7 — will increase completion rate for warm email donors.
We will measure
Form completion rate.
If it fails
Revert to current form. Test a 5-field version next.
Nimble Learning
C01
What happened
Short form converted at 39% vs 25% benchmark. 862 donations. $0 paid spend.
The learning
One sentence only
Removing friction from the form is the single biggest conversion lever we have.
What it feeds into next
C02 — does segmenting to active donors only increase revenue per email?

Need extra help?

The method works on its own. But sometimes you need someone who can read the room — who knows which card to play first, which assumption to name out loud, and where the politics actually live. That's what 30 years across technology, fundraising, and communications gets you.

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Three ways to start

01

Nimble Kickoff

Half a day. Your team leaves with a live hypothesis and a real test ready to run within two weeks. The easiest yes.

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02

Coaching

Working alongside you on the thing that's actually stuck. A session, a series, or ongoing support while your team runs their first cards.

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03

Speaking

Keynotes and workshops for NFP events and leadership forums. Direct, sector-fluent, no jargon.

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Ready to start small?

Get in touch. We'll figure out together what makes sense for your team.

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