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Change your perspective: Getting over the dread of fundraising

2/10/2021

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Fundraising. What is your first reaction to that word? Existential dread, anxiety, a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach? If so, you are certainly not alone. The majority of people get very uncomfortable with even the possibility that they may be asked to assist with fundraising. Some people may be willing to perform background tasks but would run for the hills if they were expected to actually ask for money. While this reaction is understandable in American culture, fundraising is a completely vital aspect of operations for all nonprofit organizations regardless of size. Consequently, anyone who is working with a nonprofit and is invested in seeing it succeed will need to overcome their aversion to fundraising. The purpose of this article is to help the reader start to set aside their gut reactions, change their relationship with the term “fundraising”, and be empowered to engage in fundraising activities (even direct asks!) without angst. 

​That may sound too good to be true, and certainly a single article isn’t sufficient to fully accomplish all of that. However, from my own experience I can tell you that just a few key realizations can greatly increase your tolerance for engaging in fundraising. While a lot of practice may be required before you are truly comfortable with it, I hope that the ideas I introduce here will at least allow you to be willing to engage in that practice so you can reach the point of being truly comfortable, and maybe even enthusiastic.

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  • About
  • Research
    • Spatio-temporal Modeling of Groundfish
  • For Prospective Scientists
  • Mistry Consulting
  • Thoughts
    • Allyship and "Calling in"
    • Change your perspective on Fundraising
  • Team Collaborations Article Series Intro
    • Part One: Types of Objectives
    • Part Two: Key elements for great collaborations
    • Part Three: Common issues with missing key elements
    • Part Four: Supportive vs Challenging Teams
    • Part Five: Analyzing Power Dynamics
    • Part Six: Constructive feedback
    • Part Seven: Conflict resolution
    • Part Eight: Quitting