It’s All In The Questions—What Nonprofit Donors Are Really Asking

Nonprofit GrowthDevelopment
Written By Sherry Quam Taylor

What fundraisers who rarely reach their annual goals generally ask:

- What database?

- What social media post?

- What auction item?

- What event?

- What emailer?

- What application?

 

What donors are really asking that prevent you from reaching your annual goals:

- What problem are you solving?

- How does what you do impact me?

- Why should I give to you over others?

- What is your true financial need?

- How are you funded?

- Do you really need my money?

- Are you transparent?

- Will you use my dollars wisely?

- Do you have a plan?

- Are you running a well-oiled business?

- What’s the long term plan for our partnership?

 

Leaders - If your fundraisers don't know how to answer these questions or aren’t bringing them up in donor conversations, you have a problem.

 

It's likely your team needs training.

 

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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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