Funder Series on my Podcast this Fall: Building Relationships with Funders

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Written By Sherry Quam Taylor

Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to teach a webinar through The Chronicle of Philanthropy with Shireen Zaman of the Ford Foundation’s BUILD program. 

 

It was all about how nonprofits can start securing more general-operating revenue. I didn’t know it at the time, but that webinar (and the questions in the Zoom chat) are why I decided to do this Fall Funder Series on my own podcast!

 

You see, in the webinar we talked about how nonprofits can form relationships with program officers at foundations and confidently sit at the table to ask for general-operating revenue. Shireen even said the phrase “relationship before application”.  

As you can imagine, pushing on a historically taboo topic like this brought up lots of questions. And I hear my clients ask these questions often.

 

So, I seized the opportunity and created this Fall Funder Series so that I could interview three amazing foundation leaders on my own podcast. We’re talking about everything! Things like:

  • What do I do if a foundation isn’t open-call?

  • Can I really just send a message to a foundation on Linkedin?

  • The biggest things foundations wished you knew when applying!

 

Here's who you'll hear from on my podcast over the next three months….

🍂In August, you’ll hear directly from Shireen Zaman, Program Officer, BUILD team of the Ford Foundation. 

🍂In September, you’ll hear from John Tracey, Program Director, Science, Society and Culture of the Simons Foundation.  

🍂In October, you’ll hear from Aba Taylor, Executive Director of Boston’s Brookline Community Foundation.

 

These are super fun conversations! I hope you'll tune in. Watch for direct email links on the 4th Tuesday of the months of August, September, and October.

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. 

🍎 Read my GUIDE! THE TRUTH ABOUT GIVE/GETS :: Top 5 Reasons Your Board’s Give/Get Is Leaving Thousands (Sometimes Millions) on the Table. See how limiting board members to the Give/Get model restricts gifts and keeps your staff from reaching their full fundraising potential. Here to get it.

📈 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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