A Few Signs 2027 is Your Year

Nonprofit GrowthDevelopment
Written By Sherry Quam Taylor
Sherry Quam Taylor shares signs that 2027 is your year to make the shift to relational fundraising

I'm lining up the nonprofit CEOs and their teams I'll work with in early 2027, and spots are limited by design.

This is high-touch, individualized work, and I can only take on so many organizations at once.

If you've been reading along and wondering whether this is the year to make the shift, here's my honest answer: the leaders who get the biggest results are the ones who stop waiting for the "right" moment and just start. 

There isn't a version of next year that's less busy or less uncertain than this one.

A few signs 2027 is your year:

  • Your strategic plan requires growth your current funding model can't support

  • You're too dependent on one revenue stream (government, earned, events, grants) and know it. You just need the flexibility only gen-ops dollars give you.

  • Your team is working hard but still raising close to the same number every year. They rarely meet one-on-one with your donors. You're wondering if you even have a true major-gifts program.

  • You're ready to invest in a 12-month shift, not another quick fix.

If any of that sounds familiar, we'll start having a conversation. Apply to work with me HERE. I'll be filling 2027 spots as applications come in, not on a fixed date, so the sooner you reach out, the more likely there's still a spot open.

Whenever you’re ready to follow the signs to growth, there are THREE things you can do next:

👣 Follow me on LinkedIn where I share insider fundraising info daily — the same lessons I teach my clients through my consultancy about securing larger major gifts and diversifying revenue.

🍎 Get Resources + White Papers — download robust resources you can use to push against the nonprofits sector’s scarcity mindset, equip your board, and shift your entire team into high-ROI fundraising.

📈 Work with me to fully-fund your nonprofit organization’s strategic plan and aspirational budget. If you’re a business-minded nonprofit CEO or Executive Director with big growth plans but need to make charitable revenue from relational donors a bigger part of your budget, you can apply to work with me here.

Sherry Quam Taylor

Sherry Quam Taylor works with business-minded Nonprofit CEOs whose Strategic Plans require expansive budgets and larger amounts of general-operating revenue for growth. To become investment-level ready, Sherry helps leaders see their revenue potential and helps them see what may be blocking donors from giving in this way. Sherry’s clients know how to attract larger donors by solving the funding challenges at the root of the issue.

As a result of learning her methodology, Sherry’s clients become sustainable, diversify revenue, and know how to add significant amounts gen-ops revenue to their budgets. But mostly, their development departments and board have transformed into high-ROI revenue generators – aligning their hours with relational dollars and set free from the limitations of transactional fundraising.

Sherry attributes the success of her business to her passion for modeling radical confidence to the future CEOs in her house - her two college-aged daughters.

https://www.QuamTaylor.com
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