You Don't Need to Follow the Latest Trends in Nonprofit Fundraising

Nonprofit GrowthDevelopment
Written By Sherry Quam Taylor

There’s a webinar topic I always decline. That topic? 

The latest trends in fundraising. You know “The 5 things your nonprofit SHOULD BE doing in 2023.”

I’m not one to chase trends. 

Am I aware of the trends? Yes.

But, does it change my work in any way? Not really.

The sector is always chasing the one big thing that will “make fundraising easier”. 

Not too long ago it was crypto and bitcoin.

Now…ChatGPT.

A few years back, Donor Advised Funds.

A decade+ ago it was peer to peer fundraising. Hello, World Vision and Charity Water.

You know what has not changed? What’s not trendy?

Creating a strong business behind the fundraising engine that attracts investment-level donors. And then building a relationship with them which leads to a solicitation.

It’s not trendy. It’s not sparkly. It’s tried and true.

It’s not the NEXT big thing. It’s the ONE thing that works year after year. Decade after decade.

So, why doesn’t everyone do it?

I find people don’t really know WHAT relationship-based fundraising is. They think they don’t know anyone to build a relationship with. They’ve never been trained how to have one-on-one conversations with donors. So, they don’t.

Do one thing for me? Don’t put too much time into all these things that seem like they will lead to quicker money. Stop making fully funding your mission every year harder than it needs to be. 

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

👣 Follow me on LinkedIn where I give away insider info every week - 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 in so many ways and keeps your staff from reaching their full fundraising potential. Here to get it.

📈 Work with me to fund your organization’s Strategic Plan and scale your budget by 2 - 5X // If you’re a business-minded CEO already raising MILLIONS but still need more general-operating revenue from individuals and family foundations to invest in growth, you can apply to work with me here.

Sherry Quam Taylor

Sherry Quam Taylor works with growth-minded Nonprofit CEOs who are scaling their organizations but still need larger amounts of general operating support to truly grow. She breaks their teams free from the limitations of transactional fundraising and helps them reimagine their entire approach to revenue generation.

The high-performing leaders Sherry works with want to find and secure more unrestricted revenue from investment-level donors. They simply need more funding to do what’s in their Strategic Plan. To achieve this, she transforms their teams and boards into high-ROI revenue generators - revealing how they can align every hour they spend fundraising with new principles that double and triple donation sizes.

As a result of learning her methodology, Sherry’s clients regularly add 7-figures of gen-ops revenue to their bottom line by learning how to attract investment-level donors that WANT to fund their work. But the biggest transformation they experience is knowing the exact strategy, path, and team that will propel them to generate the 2-10X dollars their strategic plans require.

Sherry attributes the success of her business to her passion for modeling radical confidence to the future CEOs in her house - her two teenage daughters.

https://www.QuamTaylor.com
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