People in Fundraising ep. 167: Will Schrepferman, CEO and Co-Founder, DonorAtlas

My interview with DonorAtlas CEO and Co-Founder Will Schrepferman took place around last month's major snowstorm in the Northeast U.S. So today, with another blizzard socking the area, it seems fitting to air Will's terrific conversation! I appreciate Will's time to meet and share about his near lifelong philanthropic pursuits and his company, DonorAtlas.

Thank-you to prior "People in Fundraising" guest and outstanding nonprofit leader Jennifer Filla for connecting me to Will! In our conversation, Will discusses:

* How a childhood chronic illness and its corresponding hospital stays encouraged Will to lead a fundraising effort to make the hospital more comfortable and "spruced up" for young patients. He quickly raised over $4,000 for this effort!

* The early days of what became DonorAtlas, which Will started working on his senior year at Harvard College (he is class of 2024). He describes the areas for improvement in fundraising technology that he, his co-founder, and team identified.

* What Will has learned about himself as a person and an entrepreneur through the launch of DonorAtlas and its subsequent successes.

* The continuing disruptive and innovative changes that Artificial Intelligence brings to the social impact/nonprofit development world. Will shares some of the questions and concerns that practitioners have about AI, and what they need to know as AI evolves at a blistering pace.

Will, thank you very much for an insightful and fun conversation! I wish you and DonorAtlas continued success, and know that our audience will really enjoy hearing about the founding of your company and its services.