Fundraising HayDay – Details, episodes & analysis

It’s a bonus episode! In January 2024, Kimberly and Amanda (your Fundraising HayDay cohosts) attended Courageous Leadership training led by Julie Boll. Over 8 weeks we each built and refined our calls to courage, affirmed our skills, and learned what courageous leadership looks like for us. Today, Julie is taking the reins and interviewing us about this process and the changes in our business and daily lives. Sometimes you need a little push to dream big, and Julie helped give us the nudges we needed.

Show Notes:

Announcing Fundraising HayDay’s first Patreon experience. Join our Ear Buddies membership at $5 to support the podcast AND access member only benefits: https://patreon.com/FundraisingHayDay

Julie and Dana’s January 2025 Retreat in the Redwoods – visit  www.juliebollconsulting.com/hayday for a discounted price and more details

What two things are necessary for a sustainable nonprofit? Fundraising and administration. What two things are nonprofits often judged for spending money on? Fundraising and administration.

Programs serve people, but you cannot have programs without funding and staff. Nonprofits need oversight. They require finance personnel, fundraisers, executive directors, and more.

Too many organizations and people perpetuate the overhead myth – the notion that overhead costs (like administration and fundraising) should be 10% or less. Let’s debunk that myth together.

Sure, your title may have “writer” in it, but we are more than grant writers. Grant professionals build capacity, develop programs, conduct research, work with clients, build budgets, and so much more. We also have a voice in philanthropy, because without nonprofits and other agencies to do all of its good works, foundations and government agencies would have money to give but not one to give it to. Our guests, Patrice Shumate and Liyen Chong, are two of the founding members of More Than Grant Writers, a collaborative community space for grant professionals to practice their unique collective power for social and environmental justice. Learn about More Than Grant Writers and how you can add your voice to the collective.

Every organization has a story. The stories of our work and people served shape our fundraising, grant proposals, and communities, but how do we find them? Join our lively discussion with Julia Campbell, a digital storyteller with a passion for helping nonprofits build movements, to learn how you can best use social media and other avenues to spread the word about the good you do.

Sub-recipients, contractors, fiscal agents, partnerships, collaborators - and the list goes on when it comes to potential relationships developed as a result of grant funding. How you treat each relationship is determined by what type of relationship it is. When it comes to federal funding, it can mean the difference between being in and out of compliance with federal regulations. Know which is which so you don't find yourself in trouble with your funder.

Storytelling is at the heart of our work. We communicate with donors and grantors. We share the successes of the people and communities we serve. Join our story-filled conversation with Marc Pitman, founder of Concord Leadership Group and storyteller extraordinaire.

Sisters Emily (PhD) and Amelia (DMA) Nagoski, authors of Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, join our cohosts in a conversation about stress, work, life, family, and so much more. The Nagoskis offer brilliant research and solutions to avoiding burnout. Their anecdotes, stories, and songs only add to the beauty of this interview. 

As protests continue against the violence and racism that African-Americans experience every day, it's important to use our voices and actions to stand up to that racism. Join cohosts Kimberly and Amanda as they share resources for opening up the conversation and understanding how we can all do our part. 

Every professional organization associated with grants and fundraising has a code of ethics members must agree to uphold. As professionals we are responsible for practicing our profession with the upmost integrity to maintain public trust. Ethics includes complying with applicable rules and regulations of our funders, and so much more. Take a dive into some specific ethical examples with our cohosts.

Elizabeth Holmes built a billion dollar biotech health business in Silicon Valley, but the board, investors, employees, and the public were all mislead. Lessons learned from the handling of her company, Theranos, can be applied to nonprofits and the care of grants. Take a listen to learn what not to do within your own organization. The study of Holmes and Theranos is a case study in fraud, misdeeds, and taking the phrase "fake it 'till you make it" way too far.