Nonprofit Leader: Raise the Funds You Need
This year I did something I hadn't done for quite a few years. I ‘said yes’ to working with two clients with annual budgets just under $1M.
You know why?
In both cases, these two leaders were phenomenal. I could just tell they were ready to commit to doing the work when they reached out.
One of those clients came to me with a budget of FY 2025 budget of $892,000.And they could only see a path to growing the revenue by $93,000 the next year, so the budget was set at $985,000 the following year in FY 2026.
But, when you work with me, you don't raise to what you THINK you can raise. When you work with me you don't raise to ‘just a little more than last year’.
💪With me, you raise to what you NEED.
And this org needed to be raising more. Nervously, this leader agreed to try and raise to a $1.1M need. Yes, I told her she should plan to raise over $200K from the previous year.
She didn't see the path to the money. After all, she thought donors were tapped out from their capital campaign. The board thought the smaller community was too competitive.
But, I saw the money. It's always sitting right there.
Well, with their fiscal year ending here in a few days…they've not only reached their $1.1M need…but they've set next year's budget at $1.55M. This, all while fully funding their capital campaign.
And now they have a plan to $2M in the next 2-3 years.
Here's what she said when she reached out with the good news…
This leader said the other day, “It's going to be way easier for us to raise to the $1.55M need vs. $1.1M.”
Do you see the shift?
From: How could we possibly raise more….?
To: The bigger the number, the easier it is to raise.
It's just that now she has the training, skills, and tools to think bigger and secure the dollars they need year after year.
You can do this too.
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