Too Much Nonprofit Fundraising is Based on Anecdotal Evidence

Nonprofit GrowthDevelopment
Written By Sherry Quam Taylor
Image of three nonprofit leaders in discussion about the organization's strategy and plans for fundraising to budget.

Nobody wants to admit this, but . . . too much fundraising is based on anecdotal evidence vs. proven High-ROI models, strategies, and plans.

What does that sound like?

💬[Board Member] saw this emailer and thought it would be a good for us to try.

💬XYZ Org gets tons of money from the marathon. We should do that.

💬Why don’t you just ask 100 people to give 100 dollars?

💬If we don’t have our Gala, how would people even learn about us?

💬We should try to get the word out by getting on the local news or having a celebrity endorse us.

💬Our Board Member wants to do a giant $10M campaign so we can just draw 4% and not have to raise money any more.

I could go on…

There is a proven model.

There is a proven strategy. 

There is a proven path & plan to fund your aspirational budget EVERY YEAR. 

It’s half left-brain and half right-brain. 

But, not anecdotal.

Whenever you’re ready to switch to high-ROI 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
Next

Subtraction Fundraising for Nonprofits