# Ideas for fundraising, beautifully.

Product updates, fundraising playbooks, and the road to intelligent giving — from the team building CharityStack.

## Givebutter vs Donorbox: Which Fundraising Platform Is Right for Your Nonprofit?
If you're here, you're probably trying to decide between two of the most talked-about free fundraising platforms. Both Givebutter and Donorbox have genuine…

CharityStack· July 21, 2026·1 min read

## A minimum viable fundraising software migration
Protect gifts, recurring donations, donor identity, receipts, and reconciliation before moving lower-value fundraising history.

CharityStack· July 20, 2026·5 min read

## When a recurring donation fails: a four-state recovery workflow
Use a four-state queue to manage failed recurring donations, automated retries, donor payment updates, and staff follow-up without crossed wires.

CharityStack· July 20, 2026·5 min read

## Why we're building CharityStack
The nonprofit I worked for didn't survive two years — it couldn't fundraise and run its programs at the same time. That's the problem we built CharityStack to end.

Mahdin Choudhury· June 5, 2026·3 min read