StratusLIVE

This week, The NonProfit Times covered the launch of StratusLIVE Ignite, the Active Intelligence Platform for Nonprofits.

The article names the problem our customers describe every week. Most mid-size nonprofits run three to five disconnected systems. The donor record lives in one, the gift posts in another, the email tool keeps its own list, and finance closes the month from a spreadsheet. Every hour spent carrying information between those systems is staff capacity nobody budgeted for. We call it the SystemTax.

Ignite puts CRM, fundraising, finance, marketing, and engagement on a single constituent record, and brings AI teammates into that same platform to research, draft, and flag what needs attention. Your team reviews the work and decides what moves forward.

Read the full article: https://hubs.ly/Q04y5r_s0

StratusLIVE Unveils Active Intelligence Ignite - The NonProfit Times StratusLIVE introduced Ignite, what officials there are calling an “Active Intelligence Platform” for cause-oriented nonprofits whose missions are growing faster than their teams. Officials said Ignite provides CRM, fundraising, finance, marketing, and engagement on a single constituent record a...

Your best gift officer spends a whole afternoon researching one prospect. What if that afternoon were fifteen minutes?

Tomorrow we're showing what happens when AI teammates are built into the fundraising work itself. An agent researches a prospect and shows you who to focus on and why. It drafts the outreach. It flags the lapsed donors most worth a second look. All from your own data, with your team deciding what actually happens at every step.

Register: https://hubs.ly/Q04xp3q-0

Our CEO Jim Funari and Solutions Engineer Christopher Ackerman share our vision as we put the agents to work on screen.

AI Teammates, Human Oversight
Tuesday, September 15 at 2:00pm ET

Save your seat: https://hubs.ly/Q04xp3q-0

Buying nonprofit technology right now is confusing. Every vendor says the same things, and the demos all look great.
Tomorrow, our CRO and CFO cut through it: how to tell what's real, what to ignore, and what to ask before you commit.
Tuesday, August 25 at 2:00pm ET.
Register Here: https://hubs.ly/Q04v4Kn00

Every nonprofit platform claims AI. The better question: what does it actually do?

Join CRO Debbie Snyder and CFO Gary Carr for a live panel on evaluating AI in your next CRM or engagement platform.

We’ll cover how to define the job, spot native vs. bolted-on AI, and ask the five questions every vendor should answer.

The Tech Decision Tuesday, August 25 at 2:00pm ET
Register Here: https://hubs.ly/Q04txcjG0

StratusLIVE is excited to be exhibiting in booth #626 at the 21st Annual Bridge to Integrated Marketing & Fundraising Conference, from July 29-31, 2026! https://hubs.ly/Q04qVWYK0 This multi-day event brings fundraising, marketing, and technology professionals together for engaging sessions and exciting networking opportunities in National Harbor, MD. Click the link to register now!

Do you know your second-gift rate?

Most teams don't, and it's usually the biggest quiet leak in their annual revenue.

Today's webinar, The Stewardship Gap, shows you how to measure it and close it in 45 minutes, with a four-part framework and a 30-day plan.

Register here: https://hubs.ly/Q04q74qJ0

Can you relate? ⬇️

You paid three times more to acquire that donor than it would cost to keep them. Then they gave once and disappeared.

More than half of first-time donors never give a second gift. The reason is rarely money. Most lapsed donors say the same thing: no one made them feel their gift mattered.

That is a fixable problem. Join us for The Stewardship Gap: Engaging Donors for the Second Gift and Beyond, on Tuesday, July 21st at 2PM EST. In just 45 minutes you'll get a four-part framework and a 30-day plan to close the gap with the team and tools you already have!

Register today! https://hubs.ly/Q04pD3-20

Nonprofit Technology is no longer a back-office decision.

In a recent podcast conversation with Innovate Hampton Roads, our CEO, Jim Funari, put it plainly:

“A lot of our work is helping management teams see that technology is no longer an overhead. That it’s part of the strategic fabric of the company, of the organization, the mission.”

That shift matters.

For nonprofit leaders, technology is not just about systems, software, or IT spend. It is how teams coordinate people, understand relationships, engage supporters, and make mission-critical decisions with more clarity.

When technology has a seat at the leadership table, it becomes part of how the organization grows its impact.

Watch the full podcast to hear Jim’s perspective on the future of nonprofit technology:
https://hubs.ly/Q04m22550

The AI Opportunity Most Nonprofits Are Missing Nonprofits are being asked to do more than ever with teams that are...

Last day at NERC!

It's been great catching up with United Way leaders from across the Northeast, hearing what's top of mind, and having some really good conversations about the work happening in communities every day.

One of the best parts of events like this is getting out from behind the screen and connecting face-to-face with the people driving impact. We've enjoyed every conversation, every new connection, and every opportunity to learn.

If you're here today, stop by and say hello. We'd love to connect before the conference wraps up.

StratusLIVE was named Best Integration Partner, Americas in the 2026 Dotdigital Partner Awards.

Thank you to Dotdigital for the recognition, and to the team here who has built and maintained an integration that nonprofit organizations can rely on for their donor communications.

The Dotdigital integration sits inside StratusLIVE 365 and gives fundraisers a direct connection between their constituent data and their email and SMS programs, which keeps engagement personal as nonprofit programs grow.

Congratulations to all of this year's winners: https://hubs.ly/Q04fJZpV0