I mentioned last month that I finally read Grant Cardone’s The 10X Rule. I love (and agree with) his comments about people not setting their goals and targets high enough.

So, I’ll let you guess which one of my clients has grown the most in the last three years . . .

You guessed it.

The one that came to me with a 10X vision.

Too many people ask…how can I get more money from major donors?

Let’s flip that and ask the opposite question…

Why do most organizations stay small and never reach financial sustainability?

You don’t need to buy a wealth screening software for your staff to be able to FIND major donors. 

But you DO need to start doing the things that ATTRACT major donors to self-identify themselves. 

Here are 5 things my clients do to 2X-5X their unrestricted charitable (gen-ops) dollars . . .

Can I be blunt?

90% of RAISING to budget every year is about SPENDING money on the right things.

Already have hives?

If you’re NOT consistently spending on the resources you need to reach or exceed your budget every year, it’s likely you’re NOT growing at the pace you’d like.

I’m finally reading Grant Cardone’s The 10X Rule after so many people have told me to read it. It’s great.

Here’s the big bold statement I 100% agree with . . .

“Biggest mistake people make is not setting their goals and targets high enough.” —Grant Cardone

Can you really grow your visibility and start attracting funders on LinkedIn?

Well, I've invited my colleague and friend, Bofta Yimam, to walk us through how she approaches this exact thing! (Cause this is what she does!)

Bofta will be hosting:

The Game Changer On LinkedIn (Infusing Storytelling to Maximize Your Content and Attract Large Donors)

We'll do this on Thursday, May 9th at 10:00 am CT in a short 30-minute intensive followed by a 15-minute Q & A.

This week I had the privilege of being on the Philanthropy Masterminds Series webcast with my client and colleague, Yamilee Toussaint, Founder and CEO of STEM From Dance! You are all familiar with this great series hosted by Donorsearch and Jay Frost.

We talked about BIG visions, BIG growth, and BIG donations. ← Yamilee is the Queen of this BTW.

For too long the nonprofit sector has told everyone that fundraising is about setting a goal, one time.

You know…What’s your Gala goal? What’s your Giving Tuesday goal? What’s the Campaign goal? What’s your Golf Outing goal?

What’s worse is teams and even boards become obsessed with hitting these types of goals way more than reaching the overall annual need of the organization.

The other day I was thinking through my decade-plus of clients and reflecting on what the leaders whose nonprofits scaled at a higher rate were doing differently. There were a few distinct themes separating those who were aggressively scaling vs. moderately growing.

Happy April! And for some of you that means it’s budgeting season for July FY starts. My favorite time of year!

Now, if you want to grow tremendously over the next few years, make sure you’re not letting the tone and invisible scripts of the nonprofit sector underestimate what you’re capable of.

CEOs - There are two words that just might be keeping your board and development team from fully funding your nonprofit's budget every year.

Those two words?

STRETCH BUDGET