A Fundraising Blueprint for Small Nonprofits

“And finding those other weirdos in your community — sometimes it’s even better to do it across country; there are Facebook groups, there are professional associations, there are informal ad hoc things, there’s coaching and consultants, whatever — finding people that you can call up when you’re at a high or a low and just say, ‘Remind me, I’m not crazy, right? Or if I’m crazy, I’m not the only one who’s crazy this way.’ And that can really help you avoid the burnout that’s talked about in the study called ‘Underdeveloped’ that talks about how 50 percent of CEOs want to fire their fundraisers and 75 percent of the fundraisers want to quit. That doesn’t have to be a reality.”