Fundraising with Rocket Fuel: What Nonprofits Can Learn from SpaceX

In 2021, a rocket soared into orbit—not with NASA astronauts, but with a private crew aboard the Inspiration4 mission. Funded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, the flight raised over $240 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. It was the first all-civilian crewed spaceflight, but more than that—it was a fundraising campaign wrapped in a rocket…...