Ask Allison
The Ask Allison Podcast with Allison McElroy brings nonprofit pros together for real talk, big laughs, and aha moments! Through honest conversations, shared stories, and fresh takes on trends and best practices, Allison keeps it fun, encouraging, and full of heart.
Allison McElroy is a bubbly encourager, nonprofit strategist, and proud Arkansan who loves helping people reach big goals. Founder of The McElroy Group, she mixes heart, humor, and hard-won experience to lift others up. Fundraiser, singer, speaker, cheerleader—when in doubt, just Ask Allison!
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Latest Episodes
Ep. 11 - Giving Circles: Multiplying Donor Impact with Alison Levin & Gay Prescott
Individual donations keep the lights on, but pooled funds build sustainable financial engines. Gay Prescott and Alison Levin break down how their foundations implemented giving circles to drive major gifts.Setting up a donor society req...
Ep. 10 - A Lifetime in Fundraising: Lessons from a Fundraising Pioneer with Andrea Kihlstedt
Artificial personalization is quietly destroying donor trust across the nonprofit sector. Fundraisers are moving so fast with automated outreach that they are actively alienating the people funding their missions, making it critical to step bac...
Ep. 9 - 10+ Things I’ve Learned After 31 Years in Fundraising
Treating donors like ATMs is a direct resource leak for nonprofits. With grant guidelines constantly shifting and donor retention requiring deeper attention, leaning into authentic human connection is a practical necessity right now. Today, cer...
Ep . 8 - Capital Campaign Triumphs: Beating the Deadline with Frankie Rankin
With shifting economic landscapes and looming federal budget cuts, fundraising leaders must learn how to strategically leverage big opportunities before time runs out. In this episode, Allison McElroy sits down with Frankie Rankin, the CEO of t...
Ep. 7 - Mission Possible: Solving Your Board Problems with Linda Phillips
Board member disengagement is a silent profit leak that keeps most nonprofits playing small. Many executive directors feel like they are pulling teeth just to get a board member to share a post or make an introduction, but the reality is that m...