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A companion guide to Bonterra’s integrated CSR report If you manage a CSR program, you know how difficult it can be to boost participation rates, even with a strong launch and employee curiosity. While interest in workplace giving and volunteering has climbed steadily for years, overall engagement remains frustratingly low.  Only 1% of organizations report […] The post The participation plateau appeared first on Bonterra .

Year two is when CSR teams tend to notice what they signed up for. On paper, everything looks good: Platform integrations hold, filed tickets are minimal, and the quarterly reports go out on time. What’s gone missing is the picture you had when you signed: employees signing up for a volunteer event without being asked […] The post What enterprise CSR leaders are getting wrong when they evaluate platforms appeared first on Bonterra .

AUSTIN, Texas (September 14, 2026) – As corporate social responsibility (CSR) leaders face growing pressure to demonstrate meaningful outcomes for employees, businesses and communities, a new Bonterra report finds that CSR teams are being asked to prove more, manage more, and report faster, and 95% of them are doing it across four or more disconnected […] The post 95% of CSR teams run on disconnected systems. Not one describes them as fully integrated. New research explains the cost. appeared first on Bonterra .

Nonprofit leaders are constantly navigating competing priorities, and measuring impact is one of the hardest. Reporting systems are often built around what’s readily measurable, which doesn’t always capture the full picture of impact. But as AI makes it easier to scale output, the gap between measuring activity and real-world change is easier to close. This […] The post Activity vs. impact: A nonprofit scorecard for measuring what matters appeared first on Bonterra .

The funding environment for nonprofits has shifted faster than most teams can adapt to. Federal support is retreating, private grant competition is intensifying, and the administrative weight of grant writing is quietly consuming capacity that should be going toward mission. These statistics, drawn from the Bonterra Network flagship report, put the problem in plain terms […] The post Nonprofit fundraising and grant statistics appeared first on Bonterra .

If you manage individual giving at a small-yet-mighty nonprofit without the bells and whistles of a large development shop, you’ve probably sent the same appeal to your entire list. The donor who gave $25 once in 2022 and the supporter who has given every quarter for five years straight receive identical emails, identical asks. You […] The post How to turn donor data into personalized outreach without a full marketing team appeared first on Bonterra .

Answer 8 quick questions, and we’ll provide you with guidance on what to do next. Most fundraising and grantseeking gaps stay invisible because the people running small nonprofits were never trained as fundraisers, often transitioning into the field by accident without formal experience or professional background. You took the job because the nonprofit mission resonated. […] The post What’s holding your fundraising back? appeared first on Bonterra .

Every CSR and grantmaking vendor claims to be AI-powered these days. Scroll through a handful of product pages, and the language starts to blur together. What do they promise? Smarter workflows, faster insights, and an AI copilot that handles the busywork. For a CSR professional trying to separate a genuine capability from a line in […] The post How AI is helping CSR teams cut administrative burden appeared first on Bonterra .

AUSTIN, TX—September 23, 2026—As lawmakers at every level scramble to define what accountable AI looks like, Bonterra, the leading technology platform for social good organizations, has already met the test. Today, the company announced it has achieved ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification, the first international standard specifically designed to verify how organizations govern AI. Issued July 30, […] The post Bonterra achieves ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification, joining fewer than 400 organizations globally to earn the standard appeared first on Bonterra .

Case management teams are not short on commitment; theyre short on hours. Orientation before every interaction, documentation written from memory at the end of a long day, knowledge that walks out the door with a departing colleague, data problems that only surface when funder deadlines are already tight — the administrative weight is relentless, and […] The post Take back the paperwork with an AI assistant that lives inside your workflow appeared first on Bonterra .

Matching gifts — as a share of corporate philanthropy, the fastest-growing category of charitable giving over the last five years — are one of the largest pools of untapped revenue in fundraising. Every year, companies set aside billions to match employee donations while an estimated $4 to $7 billion of this support goes unclaimed — […] The post Double the Donation is now built into EveryAction Smart Forms appeared first on Bonterra .