Jeff’s Law Concerning Fundraising Futility
Dysfunctional organizations do dysfunctional fundraising.
The Even More Futile Corollary
The things dysfunctional organizations do to fix their dysfunctional fundraising are also dysfunctional.
…on the other hand, functional organizations usually find it quite easy to do powerfully effective fundraising. And if they’re getting it wrong, they have little trouble fixing it.
If you find yourself in a dysfunctional organization, working to fix the root problems is your only real path to improvement. If the root problems are not fixable, you should probably move along. Don’t let futility be the main thing that’s going on in your career. You deserve better.
Jeff Brooks has been serving the nonprofit community for more than 35 years and blogging about it since 2005. He considers fundraising the most noble of pursuits and hopes you’ll join him in that opinion. You can reach him at jeff [at] jeff-brooks [dot] com.
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