The Most Successful Nonprofit Fundraisers Aren’t Doing More Things

Nonprofit GrowthDevelopment
Written By Sherry Quam Taylor
Image of a nonprofit leader making a list of things to do and deciding what needs to be added and what needs to be subtracted.

You don’t become a revenue-sustainable org by your fundraising team doing more.

 

This happens when you eliminate nonessential fundraising activities and focus on core, relational revenue  priorities.

 

Most people think diversifying and scaling revenue means adding more hours or adding more staff, etc. This is rarely the case.

 

So where do we start?

 

Subtracting.

 

What should you stop doing so that you can start doing higher-ROI fundraising?

 

Anyone can add another appeal.

Anyone can plan another event.

Anyone can apply for another grant.

 

But it takes discipline to remove what doesn't work. It takes objectivity to remove what’s draining your team’s energy and stealing their hours.

 

The most successful fundraisers aren't doing more things. They're subtracting.

 

Does your team need this clarity, discipline, and objectivity? Apply here to get help.

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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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