Nonprofit Leaders: If you want to scale by millions, ask these questions about your organization . . .

Nonprofit GrowthDevelopment
Written By Sherry Quam Taylor

Nonprofit CEO: If your org wants to scale by millions or even greatly diversify your portfolio…the FIRST question you should NOT ask is….


”Should we hire another fundraiser?” 


What questions to ask instead?

❓Are we running a high-ROI revenue MODEL?
❓Does our overall fundraising STRATEGY yield mostly gen-ops dollars?
❓Can our CEO/ED attract & secure investment-level gifts, then model this for the team/board?
❓Does the fundraising team have SKILLS beyond events, campaigns,& applications?

All of these create an atmosphere that ATTRACTS and RETAINS solid development talent. Without it, you’ll be vulnerable to your new staff member leaving after 19 months ⬅️ that’s the average time a development professional stays in their role (AFP Global).

Honestly, if scaling and diversifying your org’s revenue was as easy as hiring another fundraiser, more than THREE PERCENT of nonprofits in the US would have an annual budget of over $5 Million.

Yes, 97% of nonprofits have budgets under $5M. 

And, 92% have budgets under $1M.

Really. Everyone would just hire more people and solve their revenue issues once and for all.

But, it’s just not that easy. 

Sustainable, transformational revenue gets fixed at the root of the organization. It gets fixed within the business behind the fundraising.

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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