New Podcast: Nonprofit Budget Best Practices
“Do your donors actually know that you need more money?”
“Of course, Sherry. We’re a nonprofit!”
Well, not so fast. There are so many things that get in the way and keep donors from understanding your nonprofit’s true financial need. And, sadly, it’s often the things we do, say, and imply that block donors from giving their best gift to our missions.
The good news? You can set up the systems and structure that attract and lead investment-level donors to give greater gifts every year.
And in this episode, I’ll be teaching the fundamentals that reduce the number of questions a donor has in their mind and prevent them from giving larger gifts.
Tune in to learn more 🎬 watch the full episode of The Business Behind Fundraising — Funding Your Nonprofit’s Strategic Plan with Sherry Quam Taylor.
What You Will Discover:
✔️ Tell donors your TRUE financial need. Be honest with yourself first. Are you presenting a squeak-by budget or being upfront with what you want? One will lead to an investment-level ask and decision.
✔️ Spend equal time planning your income path AND expense projections. When you focus on both sides of the coin, you’ll be able to inspire and drive your team and board beyond your annual budget.
✔️ If you dream of raising millions in a year, create a financing plan before you decide what fundraising activities you should do. Fully outline the month-to-month activities per donor segment that empower you to reach or exceed your annual target.
✔️ Events and appeals must play a specific role in your organization, but not the lead role. Are there time-intensive activities that you need to stop doing so you can start more strategic and relationship-based activities to make every second of your staff’s time count?
Whenever you’re ready, here are THREE things you can do next:
👣 Follow me on LinkedIn and subscribe to my podcast, The Business Behind Fundraising // I give away insider info every week - the same lessons I teach my clients about what they can do to attract larger gen-ops dollars and add 7-figures+ to their bottom line.
📝 Read my WHITEPAPER to see what’s keep you from having enough gen-ops funding each year // You’ll learn THE BIG FUNDRAISING SECRET that keeps nonprofits from securing money for programs AND infrastructure initiatives in their strategic plans. Here to get it.
📈 Work with me to put your organization on a 2X - 10X revenue trajectory // If you’re raising MILLIONS of charitable revenue each year but scaling your team’s fundraising efforts to match your aggressive growth initiatives feels unclear, just send me an email (Sherry@QuamTaylor.com) with the subject line “grow.” Tell me a little about your org and your need to scale.
P.S. If you’re not raising MILLIONS yet but you are ambitious, want to be there soon, and are ready to invest in scaling, just change your subject line to “ambitious” and I’ll reply with details.
