The Business Behind Fundraising Podcast

In my podcast you’ll discover how to raise the kind of money your big vision requires without adding more events, appeals, or grant applications.

I’ll share how to stop blocking overall revenue growth and start attracting investment-level donors who want to give you unrestricted gifts!

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Fall Funder Series: A Discussion with Aba Taylor, Executive Director of Brookline Community Foundation

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!

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Fall Funder Series: A Discussion with John Tracey, Program Director of the Simons Foundation

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. 

We started with a bang last month with Shireen Zaman of the Ford Foundation’s BUILD program.  

Now, here in September, you’ll hear from John Tracey, Program Director, Science, Society and Culture of the Simons Foundation.

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Fall Funder Series: A Discussion with Shireen Zaman, Program Officer, BUILD // Ford Foundation

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. 

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New Podcast: Case Study with Veronika at the Emerald Necklace Conservancy — Fully Funding your New Strategic Plan

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.

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New Podcast: Case Study with Melissa Hilton at Erie Family Health — Relational Fundraising for a $100M+ FQHC

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.

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New Guest Podcast: Questions You’ve Always Wanted to Know About Your Board of Directors with Mary Hiland

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.

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New Guest Podcast: Grant writing for Nonprofits with Arlene Siller

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.

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New Guest Podcast: Attracting Donors with Your Unique Authority and Brand Visibility with Bofta Yimam

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.

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New Case Study Podcast: Using your 5X revenue goals to attract major donors

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!

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New Case Study Podcast: How my client reaches his annual fundraising goals early every year (while working less hours)

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.

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New Podcast: Case Study with Executive Director, Amy Fass

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!

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