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Fundraising PLAYBOOK: How Serena raised 37% Budget in December alone (and that’s not the best part)
Development, Growth, Bookkeeping, Form 990 Sherry Quam Taylor Development, Growth, Bookkeeping, Form 990 Sherry Quam Taylor

Fundraising PLAYBOOK: How Serena raised 37% Budget in December alone (and that’s not the best part)

What does it take to raise $250K from individual donors during the last 30 days of the year?

To answer that, we have to ask my LET’S GROW student Serena, who raised 56% of her $670K budget in December 2019 alone.

Wow! One quarter into her fiscal year and she was already more than halfway to her budget.

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Creating a Nonprofit Budget that Propels Your Fundraising
Development, Growth, Capacity Building, Form 990 Sherry Quam Taylor Development, Growth, Capacity Building, Form 990 Sherry Quam Taylor

Creating a Nonprofit Budget that Propels Your Fundraising

Do you have a background in finance? Me neither.

One of the most important things she taught me was that financial management is not only about the accuracy of the numbers but also about using those numbers to discover trends that will inform your business decisions. Your numbers tell a story about your organization – and when you understand how to read your numbers you can run a better business.


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Nonprofit Form 990: Friend or Foe?

Nonprofit Form 990: Friend or Foe?

When I started in nonprofit years ago I had no idea what a Form 990 was - all those numbers and check-boxes seemed like a lot of painful information for someone to fill out. Frankly, I didn’t understand what most of it meant. I’ve put off filing because of “more important” business and have admittedly filed a few extension myself.

But that was before I understood the importance of this little gem of a document.


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