How to Outsmart your Nonprofit Peers
@Fundraising
And 3 reasons why You Should Team Up instead
Productivity
The untold Explanation why So many
nonprofits miss out on
$ Millions in Foundation Grants
Year after Year?
It's MATH
Fundraising is all about the math
BUT STAY WITH ME FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES
- 76 million Baby-boomers will turn 65 by 2030.
- Estimates vary but Baby-boomer transfer of wealth is approximately $90 TRILLION: that’s 90 + 12 zeros
- Famous names like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Alice Walton and 700 other Billionaires screw up the math
- foundations and sophisticated trusts add an additional $2.5 trillion
- The median net worth for a Baby-boomer is closer to $300,000, each.
- If they own a house it’s closer to $500,000 or a million per couple.
- Only 1/3 of Americans have a formalized plan for what happens to their assets when they die
fundraising is about the math that none of us wants to have to calculate
Fundraising is about the math that none of us wants to calculate, but stay with me for just a few minutes
differentiate
76 million Boomers, $120 Trillion
76 million Baby-boomers will turn 65 between right now and 2030.
60.7 Million Americans Volunteer
59% of Baby-boomers & 27% of Millennials contribute 4.1 billion hours valued at ~ $122.9 billion in in-kind contributions
Data-driven
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Median Net Worth = $300,000
Median net worth for a Baby-boomer is closer to $300,000 each. If they own a house it's closer to $500,000 or a $1,000,000 per couple
Unprotected Americans
only 1 in 5 Americans who fall into the classification of "Baby-Boomer" have a formalized plan for what happens to all those assets when they die
collaboration
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first things first:
Begin With the End in Mind
I had the privilege of freelancing as “acting coach” for the late Dr. Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
Together in 1988, through 6 weeks of film production, we honed his on-camera delivery, sharing the Seven Habits with millions!
Our collaboration intensified my recognition that people, just like your donors, have a near insatiable drive to demonstrate their significance.
Solve For Success: Your Formula for Outsmarting Nonprofit Peers
The Finish Line
You’ve crafted an incredible partnership with your supporters! You’re headed to the stage for the welcome address at your nonprofit’s Annual Gala.
Now, marching to the stage for your welcome presentation, you’re giddy, because this year, rather than pressure people to bid on crappy silent auction items, you foster relationship building. You encourage guests to turn to their table-neighbors and share their vision for the betterment of the entire community as a whole.
Shared Enlightenment
Your team develops processes that consistently win grants & funds from donors & foundations you may not even know!
The metamorphosis has been game-changing, inspiring confidence for nurturing supporter relationships.
Together, you and your nonprofit peer partners successfully (and profitably) catapult community capacity!
The Real Elephant in the Room
*(Hint) it's not the money - It's the Give/Get
Passionate individuals and families seek out the missions of our nonprofits, based on causes that are important to their families. They have a desperate desire to help. They’ve committed to undertaking any tasks that impact our bottom line for the preservation of the mission of the organization.
But where's our payback?
What's our Give/Get?
I have to take issue (and personal responsibility) with the way we treat the passionate individuals and families who seek out our causes, based on issues that are important to their families.
They show up with all the right intentions
They come, fully committed, with all the right intentions, ready to accomplish the most menial tasks we assign to them:
- time-sensitive, busywork
- mailings as a pending fundraising gala approaches
- stuffing Thank You envelopes
- organizing & selling raffle tickets
- collating Board meeting agendas
- copying grant RFPs
What we neglect to take advantage of is the professional experience and insights they show up with, equipped to share, that could catapult us toward conquering our organization’s mission.
Please note: I’ve volunteered, served on committees, campaigned and won an elected Governing Board seat on the second largest school district in the state of Arizona and I currently serve on the Board of Directors for an international nonprofit that teaches Coding to more than 500,000 elementary school children.
