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Nonprofit Leaders: What kind of decision maker are you?
Can I make one suggestion? Be a decision maker.
Wasting years stressing over a decision about something that might impact your budget by 5% or could be easily course corrected if it didn’t work out…Constantly playing out scenarios in your head about what may or may not happen.
What lies beneath this indecisiveness?
Grow Your Nonprofit Budget by 15-20%
Let's talk growth. At your nonprofit organization, you might grow your budget by 5-8% each year.
Let's say you have a $3.6M budget this year….$3.85M next year.
What if you wanted to start growing by 15%? 20%? Growing your $3.6M budget to $4.2M?
Nonprofit Leaders: The nonprofit sector promotes the quick-fix but you must play the long game . . .
To really build a sustainable, steady, and diversified revenue path for your nonprofit you must play the long game.
The “quick-fix, latest trend, viral video” thing the sector promotes is keeping orgs from doing this.
It’s All In The Questions—What Nonprofit Donors Are Really Asking
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 . . .
How to Build Real, Sustainable Revenue for your Nonprofit
- Set your goals with a multi-year view
- Refine your High ROI strategy yearly
- Make time allocation course corrections quarterly
- Execute your revenue plan monthly
- Prioritize relationships over transactions daily
Create a True and Honest Budget For Your Nonprofit
I was emailing back and forth with a prospective client. I asked why he’d reached out? His answer was simple...
"We want to start raising to our org’s true & honest budget every year."
Seems simple, right? Well, if it were that easy everyone would be doing it.
Nonprofit Leaders: No more jumping through hoops to grow your budget . . .
I have a very practical approach for nonprofit organizations that want to grow but can’t quite figure out how. But, often, people think my practical approach feels odd or risky. Kinda funny actually….
My approach?
Fall Funder Podcast Series: A Discussion with Shireen Zaman, Program Officer, BUILD // Ford Foundation
On this month’s The Business Behind Fundraising podcast, I interviewed Shireen Zaman of the Ford Foundation’s BUILD program. We demystified LOTS of myths about the grantor/grantee relationship, but one of the topics I’m still thinking about?....
🔥Submitting Foundation Budgets with COMPENSATION AT MARKET RATES🔥
[It’s at minute 17:00 if you want to jump right in! Podcast link HERE.]
FORBES Nonprofit Council // 4 Indicators Your Fundraisers Need Relational Fundraising Training
As you know, I'm an Official Member of the Forbes Nonprofit Council! You can see all my articles here.
This month's NEW article is called “4 Indicators Your Fundraisers Need Relational Fundraising Training”.
Funder Series on my Podcast this Fall: Building Relationships with Funders
Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to teach a webinar through The Chronicle of Philanthropy with Shireen Zaman of the Ford Foundation’s BUILD program.
It was all about how nonprofits can start securing more general-operating revenue.
I didn’t know it at the time, but that webinar (and the questions in the Zoom chat) are why I decided to do this Fall Funder Series on my own podcast!
In Nonprofit Fundraising, You Must Do Something Different to Get Different Results
If you want to raise to your REAL budget and add $1M to your nonprofit’s bottom line but have struggled to do so for the last few years…how much would you pay to learn how to do that from someone who has done it time and time again?
I like to look at this investment in the percentage of ROI…
Transactional Fundraising Versus Relational Fundraising in Your Nonprofit
Often, when a nonprofit organization's Strategic Plans call for growth, there’s often a statement made that goes something like this…."We need to move from transactional fundraising to relational fundraising."
Honestly, I’ve said that statement too.
But, what’s funny is I don’t think most people REALLY know what that statement even means.
Nonprofit Leaders: If you want to scale by millions, ask these questions about your organization . . .
Nonprofit CEO: If your org wants to scale by millions or even greatly diversify your portfolio…the FIRST question you should NOT ask is….
”Should we hire another fundraiser?”
What questions to ask instead . . .