Fundraising flight plan
Develop a 50-year vision and a three-year fundraising plan for your Quaker organization
You need a compass, not a GPS
To survive, your nonprofit organization needs to fundraise. Most Quaker organizations were never taught how to do it effectively. What works in other faith-based communities doesn’t always land with Friends.
Fundraising without a strategy is guessing. Strategy without fundraising is a wish list. You need both, built around each other. That’s what we call convergent fundraising, and it’s the only way the plan will get you to your destination.
“Robin took the time to get to know the history and present condition of our work, and also examined how it is part of a wider “eco-system” of Friends organizations. The plan she created for us is both creative and innovative, but alongside this excellence is the gift of her encouragement.”
Melinda Wenner Bradley
Faith & Play Stories, Inc.
Raise more money — more efficiently, more effectively
Properly planned fundraising is often easy to put off, especially when you’re trying to do it all yourself or with a small committee. When you don’t have an accountability partner, it’s one of the easiest things to put aside when you have 27 other tasks on your list. Robin is that accountability partner — keeping you focused, asking the hard questions, and making sure the plan doesn’t get buried under everything else.
At Robin Mohr & Associates, we create a customized 3-6-month project that includes:
- An initial fundraising audit to see what’s working and where to improve
- An outline of your fundraising possibilities using multiple “possible futures” scenarios
- Development of a three-year Fundraising Flight Plan™ to focus on your top three goals
Most fundraising consultants don’t understand the Quaker culture around money, recognition, or the discomfort of asking. Robin does, because she’s a Quaker herself. She can translate professional fundraising best practices into your context, and bring the discernment your community already values to the hard choices every fundraising plan requires.
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The Fundraising Flight Plan™ in action
When a pilot gets ready to go somewhere, they file a flight plan. It says: I’m starting here, I’m going there, this is what I think I’ll need, and this is how I plan to navigate.
But once they’re up in the air, conditions change. The pilot has both the authority and the responsibility to make different choices along the way based on the real conditions they encounter.
The same is true when it comes to fundraising. You need to be ready for a variety of scenarios that might come your way. The Fundraising Flight Plan™ isn’t a GPS, but a compass meant to guide you toward your fundraising destination.
Fundraising Flight Plan™ elements
When all your fundraising plan pieces are lined up in the same direction, you will raise more money.
Departure & Arrival
Evaluation & Vision
Where you are now, and the 50-year vision you’re flying toward
Weather
Climate & Conditions
Current fundraising climate, historical data, and what’s forecast ahead
Altitude
Fundraising $ Goal
Your baseline from last year and the target you’ll reach upon arrival
Fuel Efficiency
Resources & Costs
What fundraising costs you, and what you’ll need to get there
Weight & Balance
Team, Tools, & Technology
Who’s carrying the work and what systems are in place to support them
Flight Path
Plan a 3-year Road Map
A month-by-month plan focused on your top three priorities
Communication
Align Stakeholders
How will you keep staff, board, donors, and partners informed along the way
Emergency Procedures
Scenarios & Contingencies
What will you do when conditions change, and who decides
Ready to file your Fundraising Flight Plan?
Let’s start with a conversation to see how we can get you from hoping for money to actually making a plan to raise real money.