Nonprofit Decision-Making: Looking at Decisions Through the Percentages Lens Vs. the Dollars Lens

Nonprofit GrowthDevelopment
Written By Sherry Quam Taylor

Want to know what helped me grow in wisdom as a decision-maker about my own personal and business finances?  It’s a simple trick that provides incredible objectivity…Want it? 

 

Here it is...👇🏻

 

Looking at decisions through the percentages lens vs. the dollars lens?

 

Examples of the two lens…

 

EXAMPLE 1:

Dollars: We need a new Website, but it costs $50,000. That FEELS like a lot.  

Percentages: We’re an org with an annual budget of $7M. That new Website is less than 1% of our budget but could help us grow revenue by 10-20%.

 

EXAMPLE 2:

Dollars: Our Strategic Plan calls for 2X growth, but a growth consultant costs $100K.

Percentages: 2X growth for our org means scaling from $4M annually to $8M. Investing 2.5% ($100K) to learn how to raise 200% more feels like a “risk” we’d take.

 

It's a game-changer. Try it.

 

Last thing. Money decisions do weird things to us. We have all these invisible scripts around money that keep us from having perspective.  

 

Want to grow? Gain perspective by flipping dollars to percentages.

Whenever you’re ready, here are THREE things you can do next:

👣 Follow me on LinkedIn where I share the same lessons I teach my clients about attracting larger gen-ops dollars and adding 7-figures + to their bottom line. 

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📈 Work with me to scale your org's revenue by 2-5X and fund your organization’s Strategic Plan // If you’re a business-minded CEO already raising MILLIONS but need to diversify revenue and secure more general-operating dollars to invest in growth, 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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