Nonprofit Leaders: Are Your Donors’ Stocks Down?

Nonprofit GrowthDevelopment
Written By Sherry Quam Taylor

Fundraisers: Please don’t put your head in the sand when a few donors have expressed stress over the stock market.

Let’s get a little perspective, shall we? 

Here’s a graphic from the Personal Finance Club depicting the “terrible” situation their portfolio is experiencing. (And then the 2nd image is a “zoom in” to the stock market over the last five years.


Your major donor’s multi-million dollar stock portfolio . . . is still worth multi-millions of dollars.

 

I’m not saying there aren’t financial stressors like inflation in the world right now. 

But, your takeaway? People’s feelings about money do not tie to what’s in their bank account.   

It’s just that, a response to a feeling. A statement about how they’re feeling in that very specific moment of time.  

 

Be patient.   

Feelings will change.   

Keep building the relationship.

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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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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