My Nonprofit Client Grew by $2.7M in One Year

Nonprofit GrowthDevelopment
Written By Sherry Quam Taylor
Image of a nonprofit leader celebrating this year's growth by being over budget by $2.7 million, showing the High-ROI fundraising success.

Yesterday I caught up with a client from last year. Ironically our chat was on the last day of their fiscal year (March 31). I asked, “how’s it going?" . . .

“Well, we’re ending the year $2.7M ahead of goal.”

Yes, TWO POINT SEVEN MILLION.

Nope. Not an April Fools joke.

THIS is high-ROI fundraising!!! Congrats to this team…you know who you are! 🎊🎈🎊🎈🎊🎈🎊🎈🎊🎈

My favorite clients? Teams filled with A+ students who want to learn. They’re already doing so many things right but they also know there is a next-level.

In this case, it was equipping the entire team on what true investment-level conversations look like with donors. That meant learning new SKILLS (training/coaching) and having new TOOLS (a few support pieces to help them comfortably guide the conversation and solicitation).

And now? They head into their new FY stronger than ever. They are fully funded and their strategic priorities are moving forward with strength.

EDs: Securing a donor’s best gift isn’t just about site visits and stories of changed lives. That’s only half the story a major donor needs. It’s about telling your organization’s full story (mission + financial) and knowing how to invite donors to give their best gift toward your true need.

That’s when things really start to change.  

VERY few organizations understand this. Too many are stuck on the traditional fundraising hamster wheel not knowing there is an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT wheel they could be on.

Let me cut to the chase. Lots of Board Members are worried they ‘won’t make their money back' working with me. I chuckle as that ROI is literally the lowest bar one could set for themselves. Wouldn't you WANT to invest deeply in learning how to add millions to your bottom line? Let's do that! 

In the case of this client…their ROI was 30X.

If you've followed along for a while and are ready for your organization and team to move to your next level, we should talk. Next client spot starts this summer. With that, you can apply to work with me here. 

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

👣 Follow me on LinkedIn where I share insider info daily — the same lessons I teach my clients about attracting larger gen-ops dollars and diversifying revenue.

🍎 Grab FREE Guides + White Papers — download robust resources you can use to push against the sector’s misconceptions, equip your board, and shift your team into High-ROI fundraising.

📈 Work with me to diversify revenue & secure the gen-ops gifts you need to grow. If you’re a business-minded nonprofit CEO with big growth plans but need to make charitable revenue from investment-level 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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