Nonprofit Organizations Should Not Cut Corners on Overhead

Nonprofit GrowthDevelopment
Written By Sherry Quam Taylor

Recently I was asked to contribute to an article about how Nonprofit Organizations can keep their overhead low.

 

At first, I declined…

 

This exact narrative is WHY organizations aren’t scaling at the rate they wish - it’s why they aren’t achieving the initiatives in their Strategic Plans.

 

If nonprofits are solving some of the most complex issues our society faces today, why would we want to cut corners to do so? Really - we should not spend more time and energy figuring out how to do more on less.

 

Now, I changed my mind and ended up giving my two cents to the article here.

 

But, it prompted me to want to share the top areas where nonprofits SHOULD spend more overhead dollars to expedite growth, attract mission-aligned donors, and gain efficiencies… 

📈Technology

📈Communications + Brand Voice

📈Professional Development + Staff Training

📈Graphic Design Services

📈Human Resources

📈Financial Management

 

All of these build a strong engine….that helps you raise more money….for programs.

 

Full stop [and steps off soap-box].

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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