My Nonprofit Client’s Regret that Resulted in Raising $1M in Six Months

Nonprofit GrowthDevelopment
Written By Sherry Quam Taylor
Image of a nonprofit leader's desk with financial reports and calculator showing strategic planning and raising $1 Million Dollars in 6 months.

Recently my client told me about a regret she had regarding our work together….

 

That regret?

 

That she didn’t do it sooner.

 

When we first spoke, her hesitation was that she didn’t know how she’d add more hours to her and her team’s already busy schedules. They were in the middle of a Capital Campaign, had four annual events, and 1-woman fundraising team.

 

But, here we are six months into our twelve month contract and she’s actually freed up her time. <--- her words, not mine.

 

Freed up her time to secure nearly $1M dollars in that six months also.

 

You see, our work is about STOPPING the things that are taking all your time/energy away and STARTING the things that align your hours with dollars.

 

Fundraisers can’t add more things to their plates. But they can change the food on their plates. And that’s the key to this work.

 

Last thing I'll say about this…

If you do the work, you get results. Honestly, it's that simple. This leader did the work. And now we can't wait to see how the next six months go! If you know your team needs help making this shift in 2026, you can apply here to work with me.

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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