Rachel Bearbower
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Feeling overstretched, distracted and drained all for the mission you love? Yea, that is not our jam. This is the community where small shop nonprofit executive directors, founders and change makers can learn to reclaim their time, build their blueprint and boost their impact by fundraising smarter and prioritizing radical connections, all while seeding their mission for sustainable and lasting impact. This is Sprout, THE podcast for small shop nonprofits looking to do more good in the world. This podcast is hosted by former nonprofit Executive Director, Founder and farmer-in-training Rachel Bearbower of Small Shop Strategies. Welcome to the farm...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Rachel Bearbower connects donor relationships with practical fundraising systems built for the constraints of small nonprofit teams.
Rachel Bearbower turns small-nonprofit fundraising into concrete operational decisions. Her conversations press beyond broad encouragement to ask how a direct-mail letter should be constructed, how grant outreach should be followed up, and where an organization should set its…
A decade-old email list can still surprise you when you lead with a story.
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A practical productivity reset for small nonprofit leaders who want systems, not hustle.
This episode looks at productivity through the lens of small-shop nonprofits, with Rachel revisiting the annual productivity challenge and the templates it offers.
A practical reset for nonprofit leaders who need systems that actually stick.
It presents systems as a practical problem for small-shop nonprofit leaders: calendars, tasks, projects, and attention all tugging in different directions.
A grant story that cuts through easy answers and lands on steady, practical fundraising.
The episode pushes back on the familiar "just write a grant" line and treats fundraising as work, not a shortcut. Rachel's story about a FEMA grant due in two days, along with Mike's outside view, shows how fast a simple funding idea turns into a question of fit, timing, and…
Burnout gets practical when the day has clear start and stop points.
The episode centers on a common nonprofit problem: when email, calendars, and project tools start setting the pace, small-shop leaders can lose any sense of where the day begins and ends.
Year-end mail works better when the ask stays steady and the story changes.
The piece treats year-end direct mail as a test of fit, not a verdict on the medium. Its practical value is in the way it separates a weak package from a weak channel, then stays with the day-to-day problems nonprofit leaders actually face: a campaign that already missed, a…
Plainspoken email strategy for small nonprofits, with useful detail on automations, tags, and list segmentation.
Rachel Baerbauer treats email marketing as a working system for small nonprofits, and she keeps the focus on what actually helps: segmentation, automations, and simple tag management. The clearest part is when she talks through open rate and click-through rate gains.
Major gifts feel less opaque when the threshold is treated as a flexible choice.
The episode frames major gifts as a practical problem for small nonprofits: where to set the threshold, how much it can shift, and why a wealth screen should count as one signal instead of the whole answer.
A practical donor retention guide for small nonprofits, centered on a five email welcome sequence.
Rachel treats donor work as two jobs, finding people and keeping them. The retention side gets the stronger case here: keeping a donor costs less than starting over with a new one.
Fundraising evidence for working nonprofit teams.
Fundraising advice with operational backbone.
Practical leadership conversations for the social profit sector.
Clear talk for the charity sector.
Rachel talks with Julia Campbell on Nonprofit Nation.
Direct mail gets another look.
Rachel brings back the annual productivity challenge.
Rachel starts with the uncomfortable truth that systems can feel daunting.
Rachel Baerbauer and her guest talk through email marketing for small nonprofits.
Rachel opens with a complaint every fundraiser knows.
Host Rachel Baerbauer presents four practical rules to help small nonprofit leaders reclaim control from their email inboxes.
Host Rachel presents five compelling reasons why executive directors of small nonprofit organizations should join a specialized membership program.
Discussion on Personal Finance, Technology & Innovation.
A busy small-shop nonprofit team is running out of time.
A live call brings small-shop nonprofit leaders into the same room.
Rachel walks through how small nonprofit leaders can think about donor relationships as acquisition and retention.
Rachel Baerbauer opens with the case for segmentation.
Fundraising consultant Rhea Long joins the Sprout Nonprofit Podcast to help small-shop executive directors unlock major gifts.
This Sprout Podcast episode features a bonus call with grant writer Doronda Harrison of June 1st Firm, answering questions from nonprofit executive directors about finding and winning grants.