Futureproofed fundraising
Services
Research, Learning & Strategic Content
Client
Bonterra
Year
2026
Credits
Creative Director: Jesse Steinbach
Art Director: Jacob Hovanec
Copy Editor: Carla Cook
Designer: Gabriella Fagundez
Writer: Robert Cain, Jr.
Info
When Bonterra published its Q4 2025 flagship Predictions report, the challenge was extending its reach beyond the moment of release, turning a forward-looking forecast into guidance teams could sit with. Rather than summarizing every prediction, we surfaced the report’s most consequential data and organized it around a single, obvious question fundraisers were already asking: What next? The piece advises development teams on staying resilient as technology, donor expectations, and operating conditions continue to shift, translating the report’s signals into a posture of readiness rather than panic. It positions future-proofing not as a reaction to disruption, but as a discipline of preparing for change before it arrives.






