Skeleton Crew, Solid Revenue: How Small Nonprofits Fundraise without Burning Out

You've got one person (maybe two) doing the job of five. This episode is about what to stop doing, what to hand off, and how to stop betting your whole year on one event going right. If your entire fundraising strategy is "hope the gala goes well," you don't have a strategy - you have a countdown. Renee Zau of DonationMatch joins Trevor to talk about what actually changes when a one- or two-person team stops trying to do everything themselves. What you'll walk away with: How to get volunteers, board members, and free tools doing real work instead of decorating your org chart How to build event inventory (yes, even auction items) without sacrificing ROI or chasing down donations yourself A gut-check for whether your org is dangerously dependent on one event or one channel - and a simple way to start layering revenue streams so a bad gala doesn't sink your year ⁠The three tasks quietly eating your week without raising a dollar - and what to cut, delegate, or automate instead