Podcast: Can Relational Fundraising Be Learned?

Written By Sherry Quam Taylor

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In the episode Meghan asked me a great question I’ve been thinking about since we recorded it. Let me know if you agree with my answer!

Her question: “Are fundraisers born with the relational fundraising gene? Or can it be learned?”

My answer? It can be learned.

Honestly…I see people learn this every day. I see leaders who are experts at something other than fundraising become incredibly good at it!

A few client examples?

👨‍🔬Scientist learning how to have an investment-level conversation with a traditional foundation and securing a $1M gen-ops gift.

👩🏼‍💼Social Worker fully funds her Capital Campaign before the shovel is in the ground and steadily securing 5- and 6-figure gifts for her annual fund alongside.

👨🏾‍💼Lawyer shifting a $400K project-based gift to a $1.4M gen-ops investment.

👨🏽‍💼Pastor fully funds 80% his entire org with major gifts 3 months before FYE.

👩‍🔬Engineer leads a Fortune 100 company out of a previous ‘no’ into a $1M gen-ops gift 6-months later.

You bring a mind ready to learn…and I'll bring the model, strategy, and tools. That's how it works.

You ready? Apply to work with me here.

Whenever you’re ready to learn relational fundraising, there are THREE things you can do next:

👣 Follow me on LinkedIn where I share insider fundraising info daily — the same lessons I teach my clients through my consultancy about securing larger major gifts and diversifying revenue.

🍎 Get Resources + White Papers — download robust resources you can use to push against the nonprofits sector’s scarcity mindset, equip your board, and shift your entire team into high-ROI fundraising.

📈 Work with me to fully-fund your nonprofit organization’s strategic plan and aspirational budget. If you’re a business-minded nonprofit CEO or Executive Director with big growth plans but need to make charitable revenue from relational 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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