Transitions among the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center’s founder, Executive Director, and board members have caused a need to shore up the Center’s fundraising expertise and capacity for sustainable success with a first focus on grants and corporate sponsorships of educational programs, and a secondary focus on the opportunity to better steward and increase funds from individual donors. A development committee of board members has been established to help guide and support an improved fundraising strategy and implementation, staffed by the newly named Executive Director.
With that, the Center has teamed with Project Partners to work through our “Infrastructure for Fundraising Success,” an assessment that will help identify opportunities and establish priorities. We will also conduct funder research, consider educational programming sponsorship levels, and coach the development committee members on the art and science of fundraising.
Change for any nonprofit can be hard, but it does provide the opportunity for board members to increase their engagement in the fundraising continuum. How can you best involve your key volunteers during times of transition?