{"id":830,"date":"2013-02-07T10:35:14","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T15:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/?p=830"},"modified":"2022-06-27T10:30:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T14:30:18","slug":"what-makes-a-great-board-fundraising-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/what-makes-a-great-board-fundraising-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"What Makes A Great Board Fundraising Committee?"},"content":{"rendered":"

First, a shout-out to a reader who asked me this question through my blog.\u00a0 (I set up a way on the homepage of my website for you to tell me what you\u2019d like me to write about. You can even do that anonymously, if you want.)<\/p>\n

Truth is, I get this question A LOT.<\/p>\n

I have not yet subjected my readers to a quiz – \u00a0this seems like the ideal opportunity. \u00a0Here goes!<\/p>\n

1) \u00a0If you are a development director, do you often feel like you work for the chairs of the Development committee?<\/p>\n

2) \u00a0Are the chairs of the Development committee enthusiastic fundraisers?<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0 How\u2019s attendance at Development committee meetings?<\/p>\n

4) \u00a0Do you spend more than 50% of each meeting talking about your organization\u2019s upcoming special event?<\/p>\n

5) \u00a0Does your Development committee truly promote fundraising by the entire Board of Directors?<\/p>\n

Ready for the answers?<\/p>\n

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QUIZ ANSWERS<\/h2>\n

1.\u00a0Do you often feel like you work for the chairs of the Development committe<\/b>e?<\/p>\n

Common answer:\u00a0 Yes.<\/p>\n

Correct answer:\u00a0 \u201cNO, I partner<\/em> with my Devo committee chairs.\u00a0 We work together to set agendas.\u00a0 I feel like we are a team.\u201d<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Are the chairs of the Development committee enthusiastic fundraisers?<\/b><\/p>\n

Common answer:\u00a0 \u201cAre you kidding me? Their arms got twisted b\/c no one else would do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Correct answer:\u00a0 \u201cMy ED and I worked with the Board Governance Committee to identify the best organizational champions and one of them actually asks for money!!!!<\/p>\n

3. How\u2019s attendance at Development committee meetings?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Common answer:\u00a0 Low. The agenda doesn\u2019t really allow for much discussion, except around the design of the damned invitation or an individual board member\u2019s concern about her table placement.<\/p>\n

Correct Answer:\u00a0 No. \u00a0The committee has a few task forces and subcommittees and they report out on their activities.<\/p>\n

4. Do yo<\/strong>u spend more than 50% of each meeting talking about an organization\u2019s upcoming special event<\/b>?<\/p>\n

Common answer:\u00a0 Are we supposed to be talking about anything else?<\/p>\n

Correct answer:\u00a0 Nonprofits should not be overly reliant on special event revenue<\/a>. Very risky for the overall revenue portfolio.\u00a0 Your board development committee should be invested in the entire portfolio, discussing how the board can help identify new major donors, new corporate sponsors, possible foundations.<\/p>\n

5) Does your Development committee truly promote fundraising by the entire Board of Directors?<\/b><\/p>\n

Common answer:\u00a0 You are kidding me, right?<\/p>\n

Correct answer:\u00a0 You bet because this is what a fundraising committee does<\/i>!<\/p>\n

WHAT YOUR BOARD FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE SHOULD<\/i> BE DOING<\/b><\/h2>\n
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  • Provide reach. <\/b>Your board is an extension of your staff. It provides your organization with more horsepower than it can afford financially.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • Cheerlead. <\/b>The point of the committee is not to \u2018check up on\u2019 the Development staff; it exists to build a culture of enthusiasm for fundraising on the board.\u00a0 Its work is to cheerlead and to hold the board accountable to its fundraising obligations. You can\u2019t expect the Development Director to do it. The power dynamics are all wrong and the board won\u2019t listen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Provide accountability. <\/b>The Board Fundraising committee (listen closely \u2013 here\u2019s the answer) provides peer-to-peer accountability to ensure that board members are fulfilling their fundraising obligation.\u00a0 The committee partners with the staff to develop tools, trainings and ideas to give board members what they need to be effective fundraisers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        When the board meets its give\/get at the end of the fiscal year, it\u2019s the board fundraising committee that gets the standing ovation.<\/p>\n

        A 10 STEP PLAN FOR MORPHING YOUR DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE<\/b><\/h2>\n

        1. Devo Director (and ED if available) meet with Development co-chairs regularly.<\/strong>\u00a0 In person if possible. Lunch if possible. Wine if applicable. Propose a new primary role for them \u2013 to be cheerleaders and catalysts for board fundraising. Explain why this is so important.<\/p>\n

        2) Agree that each board member will fill out a fundraising plan for the upcoming fiscal year –<\/strong>\u00a0to be returned to the Devo director. The plan should cover all areas of fundraising and should total up all sources.<\/p>\n

        3) Agree on a strategy for the annual ask for each board member<\/strong>. Who is the best person to ask (often the board chair and not often the close friend who may have recruited her\/him).<\/p>\n

        4) Devo staff pulls together, compiles all fundraising plans, de-duplicates corporations \/ donor prospects and comes up with an overall board goal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

        5)\u00a0Board goal is shared by the Devo Co-chairs at upcoming board meeting<\/strong>. Discussion follows about what the board will need from staff and\/or external sources to meet\/exceed this goal.<\/p>\n

        6) Board Fundraising Committee meetings change<\/strong>.\u00a0 The agenda covers the entire spectrum of fundraising opportunities and small task forces work with a major gifts officer on key prospects to be assigned to staff and board for asks \/ renewals. Consider assigning a group to research new corporate prospects. The meeting is no longer a report by the Development Director about how his\/her staff is progressing against goals.<\/p>\n

        7)\u00a0You CAN talk about Special Events<\/strong>. But you cannot be consumed about it, especially if the Devo team has special events staff. A board fundraising committee is ineffective if it is simply one big special events committee.\u00a0 Should not work that way.<\/p>\n

        8)\u00a0Provide constructive feedback to Development<\/strong>. Share with the staff how the board is doing, and ensure that trainings and materials requested by the board are delivered in a timely fashion.<\/p>\n

        9)\u00a0Check Status at Every Board Meeting<\/strong>.\u00a0 Devo co-chairs should meet ahead of board meetings with Devo Director and talk about not only what the board needs to know but what they all agree that the board needs to do.<\/p>\n

        10) Celebrate Success<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0Be sure to identify success anecdotes and include opportunities to highlight great fundraising efforts on the part of particular board meetings. Celebrate successes large and small.<\/p>\n

        When there is a lack of clarity, Fundraising chairs move to a fall-back position, a passive one in which they see their role as checking in with and checking up on the work of the Development staff.<\/p>\n

        Remember: That\u2019s what you have an executive director for.<\/p>\n

        If you have additional suggestions for improving your board fundraising committees, please tell my readers in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        So much confusion about the role of the Board Fundraising Committee. 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