Nonprofit Donors Don’t Always Want Something In Return

Nonprofit GrowthDevelopment
Written By Sherry Quam Taylor

Donors DON'T always want something in return for giving to your mission.

 

Case in point...and a true story….

 

Board Member:  

“I’ll host a party for 10 corporate employees at a local restaurant…Their company will pay $15K for it. We’ll have a 3-course meal, then rent a van to all drive over to a concert together. We’ll return for dessert. The nonprofit will keep the profits (about 50% of the original $15K).”

 

Corporation: 

“Can we just give you the $15K and not do all the hoopla?”

 

Not every fundraising idea should come to fruition. Don't make it harder than it needs to be.

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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.

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