How To Raise: 5 Things That Greatly Influence How Many Gen-ops Dollars Your Organization Raises Every Year (That aren’t necessarily traditional fundraising activities)

What does it REALLY take to fund your nonprofit’s big vision every year? All of it — programs AND overhead. The knee-jerk response? We need to increase our fundraising. You know, more appeals, events, campaigns, applications…. Maybe some of that is true. But, in order for fundraising efforts to be more effective every year, organizations must first remove what’s BLOCKING your organization from reaching or exceeding its revenue goals every year. What surprises people is that these things seemingly have very little to do with fundraising. These are the issues leadership must address that exist under the iceberg’s waterline. This is exactly what we’re going to be talking about during our time together. Sherry Quam Taylor will share FIVE things that greatly influence how much gen-ops money your organization raises every year that aren’t necessarily traditional fundraising activities. This is what she calls the business behind fundraising. It’s all about learning how to run your organization in a way that attracts and secures the type of money your big vision requires. When you do this, you stop blocking overall revenue growth, diversify funding streams, and start attracting investment-level donors who want to give your general-operating dollars. Really! She will walk us through how to use these principles to scale your unrestricted philanthropy dollars by 2X, 3X….5X….10X. This conversation is perfect for CEOs, Executive Directors, Fundraisers, and Board Members whose nonprofit has big growth plans but first needs more gen-ops dollars to scale. You’ll learn: How to avoid budget creation pitfalls that keep you from raising more money, The high-ROI funding model that helps your entire team align their hours with dollars. The biggest misstep I see teams make when it comes to attracting investment-level donors