2025 Nonprofit Innovation Optimization Summit 2025 (NIO) - Nonprofit Conference - Nonprofit Innovation and Optimization Summit

Fueling The Future of Digital Fundraising

Discover bold strategies, fresh insights, and unforgettable experiences at the best nonprofit event of the year.

Join us as we go “Fundraising To The Future” as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Nonprofit Innovation & Optimization Summit — live from the Kansas City Music Hall, Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2025.

Unlike Any nonprofit conference or event you've ever experienced!

Roads?? Where we're going, we don't need roads!

Travel “Back to the Fundraising Future” and learn how to stop your valued donors from vanishing before your very eyes!

You’ll get expert guidance on using timeless principles of fundraising, persuasion, and donor psychology alongside the latest tech, tactics, and strategies to inspire your donors to fund the future they want to see!

The Nonprofit Innovation & Optimization (NIO) Summit is hands-down the most outrageously entertaining nonprofit conference around — and it might also be the best investment you make this year…

World Class Speakers

Hear from industry experts on topics and issues that matter, not thinly veiled sales pitches.

The Swaggiest of Swag Stores

You don’t get a bag of swag you didn’t choose, you get tokens to shop for what you really want!

Exhibitors for All

Our exhibit hall is filled with companies you actually want to talk with and learn how they can help your organization.

It's Party Time!

Kick things off with a crazy opening party, then wrap up your day after some intense learning sessions, with even more fun! And, it’s all included with your ticket price!

Pre-Summit Workshop

Join us the day before the conference for an incredible and interactive workshop about growing your recurring giving program.

Get Your Popcorn Ready

Go back to the future, and star in your very own movie trailer at our incredible green screen experience. Post it on social and get your 30 seconds of fame!

Innovation Showcase

Learn about the latest innovations happening in the nonprofit space that you can easily implement with your organization.

Optimize to the Future

Be sure to stop by our Optimization Station, where there will be ongoing live site optimizations that will give you great ideas to take home with you.

It's Game Time

Get ready to play some fun games and earn some tokens to use at the swag store. Challenge your friends to see who can win the most!

We’re also the only conference, nonprofit or not, confident enough to make this audacious guarantee:

You will leave NIO Summit 2025 with actionable strategies to grow your fundraising program — if you don’t, we’ll refund the cost of your ticket, no questions asked.

The NIO 2025 Agenda

NIO Summit 2025 will span over three days from Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2025. The full agenda is coming soon, but here’s a taste of what you can expect.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 30

8:00am – 4:00pm: Workshop (Additional Cost)

6:30pm – 9:30pm: Opening Party

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1

7:30am – 5:45pm: NIO Summit Day 1 (breakfast/lunch/breaks included)

8:30pm – 11:00pm: Official NIO Summit Party

THURSDAY, OCT. 2

7:30am – 4:30pm: NIO Summit Day 2 (breakfast/lunch/breaks included)

Look Who's Talking!

"Just walking through the front door, NIO is already set a part from all other conferences we have been to. The attendees have been great and we are loving it!"

"I am so excited to take back the learnings from the conference about the different digital strategies and platforms that were shared on stage by the great speakers."

"I have really enjoyed my time at the NIO Summit. We've met a lot of great people, had a lot of fun, it's been a blast."

"The discussion on AI has been really, really helpful. I think there is a lot of apprehension about AI and fear that it's going to take your job, and the discussions at NIO have helped give practical application and confidence in using it in my daily duties."

"The NIO Summit has been the most incredible and exciting conference I have ever been to. It has it's own culture and it's like a family reunion, and now I am a part of that family!"

"The summit has been phenomenal. The sessions are engaging, there actionable, there insightful, the exhibits are fun and the theme has been the best I have ever seen at a conference!"

"I love the short sessions and all the different topics that are covered. It really is amazing how much I learned in just 2 days."

"The NIO Summit has been great. The speakers are amazing. I have learned so much about how to market to my donors and how to build relationships with them."

"Just walking through the front door, NIO is already set a part from all other conferences we have been to. The attendees have been great and we are loving it!"

"I am so excited to take back the learnings from the conference about the different digital strategies and platforms that were shared on stage by the great speakers."

Pre-Summit Workshop on Recurring Donor Acquisition

Most conversations about what works to grow recurring revenue lack substantial data and evidence. While it can be inspiring to see examples from complex organizations that are seemingly “doing it right”, building and growing your recurring giving program doesn’t have to be as complicated as some would have you think.

In this optional workshop from NextAfter, we’ll demystify what it really takes to acquire new recurring donors and build a more sustainable revenue source for your organization.

Over the duration of this workshop, you will discover:

The power and impact of investing in a sustainable recurring giving program.

Tangible strategies to prompt one-time donors to give monthly—and even upgrade after their first gift.

How to develop and launch a dedicated recurring giving acquisition campaign.

Methods for automating your recurring giving acquisition so you can keep bringing in new recurring donors all year long.

We will have many hands-on activities planned during this workshop to make sure you walk away with concrete applications that you can implement in your fundraising program right away. So be sure to bring a laptop with you so you can get to work along with your colleagues and peers!

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