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Nate Carluccio

Nate Carluccio

19 articles · Elevation team

Nate Carluccio is Elevation's Chief Marketing Officer. He leads the agency's marketing and growth practice — how Elevation positions itself and, more importantly, how client nonprofits get found, funded, and heard: SEO, content, paid media, the Google Ad Grant, and the emerging discipline of AI visibility (GEO).

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Content Nonprofit Annual Report: The 2027 Guide (Planning, Structure, Design, and Digital Formats) How to plan, structure and design a nonprofit annual report for FY2026: timeline, sections, small-budget design, PDF vs web, accessibility and GEO. Read More Community health worker smiling with an elderly patient Insights 35% of visitors sent by AI assistants converted at Neighborhood Health — September GA4 data In September 2026, 35% of the visitors AI assistants referred to Neighborhood Health, a community health center, converted — 248 sessions, 88 conversions in GA4. Here's what drove… Read More Three nonprofit teammates laughing together around a table with laptops Insights AI for Nonprofits: A Practical Guide to Where It Earns Its Keep A practical guide to AI for nonprofits: the four places it earns its keep, a realistic 90-day adoption path, and the work you should never automate. Read More Participants in matching yellow shirts running a charity race on a city street Fundraising & Donations Nonprofit Fundraising Ideas for 2027: 30 Ideas Sorted by Effort and Payoff 30 nonprofit fundraising ideas for 2027, sorted by effort and channel: who each suits, what your website needs, and how to pick three and measure them. Read More Hands of several people stacked together, wearing colorful knit sweaters Fundraising & Donations Giving Tuesday 2026 Campaign Ideas for Nonprofits (and a 6-Week Prep Plan) Giving Tuesday is December 1, 2026. 12 campaign ideas sorted by team size, a 6-week prep calendar, a website checklist and what to do on December 2. Read More Fundraising & Donations Year-End Fundraising Plan for Nonprofits: A 10-Week Calendar From October to December 31 A week-by-week year-end fundraising plan from October 19 to December 31, 2026, built around two peaks: Giving Tuesday and the final 48 hours. Read More Flat lay of white and cream paper envelopes Email Marketing Email Marketing for Nonprofits: The 2026 Guide (Lists, Sequences, Deliverability, Measurement) Email marketing for nonprofits in 2026: consent-based lists, segments a small team can keep, four core sequences, Gmail and Yahoo rules, GA4 tracking. Read More Fundraising & Donations Donor Retention Strategies for Small Nonprofits: What Actually Keeps Donors Giving Donor retention strategies for small nonprofits: the retention formula, the first 48 hours, the second gift, monthly giving and a quarterly review. Read More Insights How to Get Digital Into Your Nonprofit’s 2027 Budget (Before the Board Votes) For January fiscal years, the 2027 budget takes shape in September and October. How to frame a digital request a nonprofit board can approve. Read More Comparing search optimization approaches SEO for Nonprofits SEO vs GEO vs AEO: What Nonprofits Actually Need to Know GEO vs AEO vs SEO: plain definitions of all three, a side-by-side comparison, and why nonprofits should focus on the practice instead of the label. Read More Checking an AI assistant's answers SEO for Nonprofits The AI Visibility Audit: How to Check if AI Recommends Your Nonprofit Run an AI visibility audit: check whether ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google's AI Overviews mention, describe, and cite your nonprofit — and fix the gaps. Read More Researching search visibility on a laptop SEO for Nonprofits Nonprofit SEO: The Complete Guide Nonprofit SEO, explained end to end: keywords, on-page, technical, local, content, links — plus the GEO layer AI search adds and how to measure it all. Read More