Nonprofit Fundraising: Knowing What To Do and Doing It Are Two Different Things

Nonprofit GrowthDevelopment
Written By Sherry Quam Taylor
Image of a notebook with a "To Do" List representing that nonprofit leaders must know what to do and then put scaffolding in place for their fundraising teams

Commonalities among my clients?

They’re nonprofit leaders who are great businesspeople.

They are decision makers.

They are risk takers.

They are growth minded.

They constantly invest in themselves and their teams.

They aren’t scared to make moves others fear.

They have tough conversations.

They confidently go against the grain.

They are thought-leaders who constantly promote their personal brands.

 

These characteristics?

 

They’re also used to attract investment level donors. It’s why their organizations grow at a faster rate than most. It’s why they get meetings with donors more easily. It’s why they secure 5-, 6-, and 7- figure gifts…

 

So why can't nonprofits just decide to make this shift…decide that today's the day?

 

Well, despite these incredible characteristics, knowing what to do and doing it….are two different things.

 

CEOs, development teams, and board members know what to do. In theory, they know the need to build relationships. They know the importance of a pipeline. They know they need to spend more time WITH donors as opposed to emailing donors.

 

But, doing it? Learning the exact steps it takes to set your organization up to ATTRACT investment-level donors? And then, SECURE their best gift, every year?

 

Most times, it takes an outsider.

 

Hear it from my client, Janelle:

Image of Janell Miller Moravek, Executive Director and client of Sherry Quam Taylor with a quote from Janelle, "I knew what "success" looked like but I didn't know how to put the scaffolding in place for my teams. Now we know what to do..."

If you’re a nonprofit Executive Director with the characteristics described AND you're ready to put the scaffolding in place too, we should connect. 

 

Reach out to me and let me know you're ready to talk.

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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