Ever heard of the “silver tsunami”? 

If you’ve been lucky to be witness to Julia C. Patrick and her wisdom, you may have heard her speak to this very phenomenon: the draining pool of nonprofit board members who are in their “seasoned” years of life. 

Julia’s my guest this month on my Business Behind Fundraising podcast! You can listen on YouTube or Apple Podcasts.

This week on my Business Behind Fundraising podcast, I’m bringing the FINAL episode of my Three-Part Fall Series featuring funders we all admire!

🍂In August, we had Shireen Zaman of the Ford Foundation’s BUILD program. 

🍂Then, in September you heard from John Tracey of the Simons Foundation.

🍂Now, here in October, you’ll hear Aba Taylor, Executive Director of Brookline Community Foundation in Boston!

This week on my Business Behind Fundraising podcast, I’m bringing Part Two of a Three-Part Fall Series featuring funders we all admire! I’m asking all the questions that you want to know from funding partners. They’ve been super generous with their advice. 

This week on my Business Behind Fundraising Podcast, I launched Part One of a Three-Part Fall Series featuring funders we all admire! Skip ahead and LISTEN HERE.

Many of you saw that earlier this year I was fortunate enough to teach a webinar through The Chronicle of Philanthropy with Shireen Zaman the Ford Foundation’s BUILD program. 

My latest Case Study interview features my client, Eve Turow-Paul (ED of Food for Climate League). You can tell I really like Eve. I just love talking to incredible leaders!

Did you listen to the interview on my podcast that came out earlier this week? It's an interesting conversation with Emily Taylor of teenyBIG about decision making.

One of the most common questions I get is whether or not a combined Development and Mar/Comm role is a good or bad thing. Honestly, this is a big part of the advisory work I do….

In this podcast, you'll learn how Nika’s fundraising time shifted when we took marketing/comm off her plate and shifted those hours into relational fundraising.

Suzy Myers Jackson didn’t expect to have a career in fundraising, but when the opportunity to lead an organization that aligned with her passion for theatre presented itself, she hit the ground running.

So many leaders who come to me are already raising millions but want to diversify their funding model. Often their organizations are greatly dependent on ever-changing and slow-paying government dollars like Medicaid/Medicare. They also want to scale gen-ops revenue through philanthropy but want help learning how to do that for the long-term.

That's exactly what we're talking about with my client, Erie Family Health Center’s Vice President of Development, Melissa Hilton. Erie is a FQHC - even if you aren't a Federally Qualitified Healthcare Center, this episode will be really valueable.

You have questions about your nonprofit’s board, Mary Hiland has answers!

I recently had an amazingly enlightening conversation on my podcast with Mary, who has been a leading expert in the nonprofit industry for over 40 years. She is the Founder and President of Hiland Consulting, where she supports executive directors through mentoring and coaching.

On this month’s podcast, you’re hearing from Maiya Holliday, CEO and Founder of Mangrove Web Development. She is a creative leader and collaborator who crafts digital solutions to augment the impact of changemakers. AND, she's a self-taught coder with over a decade of hands-on experience.

On this month’s podcast, you’re hearing from Arlene Siller, an absolute expert in the field of grant writing. I'm talking over 29 years of experience in securing multimillion-dollar grants! Arlene is the founder of Ascend Nonprofit and Business Solutions LLC, a firm helping women and minority owned nonprofits around the country secure essential funding through grants.

You’ll hear me talk a lot about budgets and really understanding the financial needs of a nonprofit organization. While “money talk” is a significant portion of nonprofit strategy, it’s certainly not the only focus point.

I recently had Bofta Yimam on my podcast to share her expertise on why visibility through storytelling is so important for nonprofit success.

On this month’s podcast, you’re hearing from my client turned colleague, Erin McPartlin! Erin led the organization, Tutoring Chicago, for nearly two decades and has recently made a career change through the launch of her consultancy.

On this month’s podcast, you’re hearing straight from my client, Mandy Moody, Executive Director of Green City Market, an organization here in Chicagoland securing the future of food.

On this month’s podcast, you’re hearing from my colleague, Brooke Richie-Babbage, lawyer turned nonprofit founder turned impact strategist and coach in New York City.

On this month’s podcast, you’re hearing straight from my client, Yamilée Toussaint Beach, Founder and CEO of STEM From Dance, a national organization headquartered in New York City. As a Mechanical Engineer and Dancer, Yamilée is a perfectly balanced right brain and left brain individual. Those types of people make the best leaders AND the best fundraisers in my book!

On this month’s podcast, you’re hearing straight from my client, Tre Moore, National Director of India Rural Evangelical Fellowship (IREF). I’ve worked with Tre for years now, so we know each other well! Honestly, he’s become an amazing fundraiser. Maybe one of the best.

If you've been following along with me for a while, you know my love for Tracy Goodwin!

So, when I asked her to be on my podcast and she said YES, I about fell off my chair. Needless to say, I’m so excited to share this podcast with you today!

So appropriate that I launch this Case Study Podcast on Valentines Day! Because I just LOVE this client!

On this month’s podcast, you’re hearing straight from Amy Fass, Executive Director of SHOES That Fit. I’ve loved every minute working with Amy and her team! Amy and I even discovered our enneagram numbers together so you know there's a bond!