Create Your Twelve-Month Nonprofit Fundraising Plan 5/12/21 C0021

Move from reactive fundraising to strategically planned, intentional fundraising by outlining your fundraising plans for the year. You will be able to better forecast your fundraising revenue and come closer to meeting the fundraising expectations for your annual operating budget. By thoughtfully setting out your fundraising plans a year in advance, you will be able to proactively raise funds across multiple channels better segment your donor communications; and engage your donors more meaningfully, leading to improved nonprofit/donor partnerships that help you find the resources you need to achieve your mission. Learn how to build an integrated, results-�oriented twelve-�month fundraising plan that includes setting measurable and achievable fundraising goals, a timeline to achieve those goals, and an action plan of steps needed to achieve your goals.

Attendees will receive a sample plan and workbook upon completion of the workshop.

After attending this session, attendees should be able to:

• Develop a campaign proposal to evaluate its effectiveness

• Develop a campaign report to measure impact and return on investment

• Learn how to allocate resources and budget for your fundraising campaign

• Learn how to incorporate campaigns into an overall campaign timeline.

Speaker's Bio:

Cate Redfern (CFRE) - SCORE Member

Cate Redfern helps small to medium nonprofits that have limited resources to excel at achieving their mission. Trained in Communication and Marketing, Cate has a unique background with over 20 years’ experience as a nonprofit board member, volunteer, development director and executive management team member in South Africa, Botswana, the Cayman Islands and Missouri. As a nonprofit strategy consultant, Cate focuses her clients’ efforts on strategic planning, intentional action and measurable results to achieve mission success using effective, actionable strategies that allocate resources efficiently.

Cate is a volunteer Auxiliary Member of SCORE, providing SCORE mentors with nonprofit clients with nonprofit expertise within her subject area. She is also a workshop and seminar facilitator for SCORE’s education programs and she volunteers on the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the Association of Fundraising Professionals: St. Louis Chapter. Cate served on the Board of Directors and chaired the Fundraising Committee for St. Louis Earth Day from 2014 to 2016.