Significant Challenges for Nonprofit Fundraising Teams

Nonprofit GrowthDevelopment
Written By Sherry Quam Taylor

I had a conversation with a forward-thinking nonprofit leader recently, and her words struck a chord with me. "When I bring a new idea to my board or development team, it feels like an uphill battle to convince them of its financial feasibility."

Ever been there?

If you encounter resistance from your team when presenting an unbudgeted idea or a new opportunity requiring investment, it's crucial to dig deeper into the underlying issues.

⚠️ It's not just a minor hurdle; it's indicative of more significant challenges!

It could signify that your fundraising team:

💭 Lacks the skill-set to attract and secure gifts from larger donors.

💭 Shies away from 'the ask' due to a lack of confidence or inadequate major-gift training.

💭 Fails to recognize what they should STOP doing to align their hours with larger dollars.

💭 Defaults to transactional activities (events, sponsorships, appeals, etc.) because they are unsure how to approach major donors.

This undervalues your mission, diminishing its potential impact.

It also leaves significant funds on the table, potentially in the millions.

Most importantly, it hampers the realization of your visionary ideas (and even the good, everyday ideas that could positively impact the lives of those you serve!).

Whenever you’re ready, here are THREE things you can do next:

👣 Follow me on LinkedIn where I share the same lessons I teach my clients about attracting larger gen-ops dollars and adding 7-figures + to their bottom line. 

🍎 Read my GUIDE! THE TRUTH ABOUT GIVE/GETS :: Top 5 Reasons Your Board’s Give/Get Is Leaving Thousands (Sometimes Millions) on the Table. See how limiting board members to the Give/Get model restricts gifts and keeps your staff from reaching their full fundraising potential. Here to get it.

📈 Work with me to scale your org's revenue by 2-5X and fund your organization’s Strategic Plan // If you’re a business-minded CEO already raising MILLIONS but need to diversify revenue and secure more general-operating dollars to invest in growth, you can apply to work with me here.

Sherry Quam Taylor

Sherry Quam Taylor works with growth-minded Nonprofit CEOs who are scaling their organizations but still need larger amounts of general operating support to truly grow. She breaks their teams free from the limitations of transactional fundraising and helps them reimagine their entire approach to revenue generation.

The high-performing leaders Sherry works with want to find and secure more unrestricted revenue from investment-level donors. They simply need more funding to do what’s in their Strategic Plan. To achieve this, she transforms their teams and boards into high-ROI revenue generators - revealing how they can align every hour they spend fundraising with new principles that double and triple donation sizes.

As a result of learning her methodology, Sherry’s clients regularly add 7-figures of gen-ops revenue to their bottom line by learning how to attract investment-level donors that WANT to fund their work. But the biggest transformation they experience is knowing the exact strategy, path, and team that will propel them to generate the 2-10X dollars their strategic plans require.

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

https://www.QuamTaylor.com
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