Alexandra Dumitrescu, What nonprofits can learn from e-commerce

Today my guest is fundraiser and impact growth leader, Alexandra Dumitrescu. In this episode, we discuss nonprofit funding. Alexandra highlights the potential of technology to enhance fundraising efforts and presents ways nonprofits can diversify income streams. We discuss e-commerce models, leveraging SaaS platforms, improving donor relations, and lost funding opportunities. We also discuss initiatives Alexandra founded to help nonprofits create sustainable income and integrate social impact features in business products. How might Alexandra's ideas (or some version of them) be applied to your project, organization, or partnerships? How does this conversation reframe what you see as being possible in environmental education?   LEARN MORE Alexandra Dumitrescu on LinkedIn BiggerPie (LinkedIn) RWAYS for Nonprofits (LinkedIn) Shop for Hope (Alexandra on Substack) Fundraising Platforms Mentioned: FundraiseUp DonorBox iRaiser Dataro.io  Automation Services Mentioned: Zapier Zendesk Acronyms Defined: Saas - Software as a Service (cloud-based services) KPI - Key Performance Indicators MVP - Minimum Viable Product CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility Alexandra's Recommended Resources: Daniela Papi Thornton - Reclaiming Social Entrepreneurship (TEDx) Dan Pallotta - The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong (TED) Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)* Manifesto for a Moral Revolution (Jacqueline Novogratz)* Subscribe to the Transferable Solutions newsletter. ____________________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: On September 2, 2026, the TALATERRA website merged with Transferable Solutions. Conversations can be accessed through the interactive map. You can also explore the podcast's catalog of episodes on Simplecast, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts. CREDITS: Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Subscribe to Transferable Solutions, a newsletter about reimagining environmental skills Contact Us Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Learn More © 2019 - 2026 Talaterra Inc ABOUT: TALATERRA combines "tala" (Icelandic for "to speak" and "to talk") with "terra" (Earth)—because speaking for our planet and telling its stories is what environmental educators do. TALATERRA: to speak Earth.