Mission: Impact - Fundraising Fundamentals with Sabrina Walker Hernandez

Fundraising Fundamentals with Sabrina Walker Hernandez

07/06/21 • 36 min

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In episode 26 of Mission: Impact, some of the topics that Carol and her guest, Sabrina Walker Hernandez discussed include:

How to get comfortable with fundraising
The breakdown of the fundraising process
Why both introverts and extroverts make good fundraisers

Guest Information:Sabrina Walker Hernandez is the President & CEO of Supporting World Hope. She has over 25 years of experience in nonprofit management, fundraising, and leadership. One of Sabrina’s greatest successes is that she increased operation revenue from $750,000 to $2.5 million over an 8-year period as well as being responsible for the planning and operations of a $12 million comprehensive capital campaign in the 3rd poorest county in the United States. She has also facilitated numerous workshops with hundreds of nonprofit professionals and is a master trainer for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Sabrina is certified in Nonprofit Management by Harvard Business School. She is an active community leader and volunteer in Edinburg, Texas where she is based.

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In episode 26 of Mission: Impact, some of the topics that Carol and her guest, Sabrina Walker Hernandez discussed include:

How to get comfortable with fundraising
The breakdown of the fundraising process
Why both introverts and extroverts make good fundraisers

Important Guest Links:

Send an email: https://www.missionimpactpodcast.com/contact.html
Get Nora to edit your show or write some music: [email protected]

Previous Episode

Storytelling and Relationship Building with Kristin Bradley Bull

In episode 25 of Mission: Impact, some of the topics that Carol and her guest, Kristin Bradley-Bull discussed include:

How strategic planning helps organizations and the people in them connect back to their “why”
How organizations need to listen to the people in the communities they work in more intentionally
The role of the sector in our economy and culture
Why organizations need to be intentional about their support to new leaders of color that many groups are now hiring and promoting to CEO roles.

Guest Information:Kristin Bradley-Bull’s tagline says it all: “Illuminating your vision. Extending your vast roots and branches to get there.” She runs Roots to Canopy in Durham, NC. At Roots to Canopy, Kristin consults with non-profits to develop powerful strategies and plans – and to develop staff capacity to be wildly successful in making change in the world. She does the same in her coaching practice: supporting people to crystalize their vision and orient toward their North Star – as non-profit leaders and as humans. Kristin loves people, justice, organizations and movements, and transformation on all levels. Her background includes co-founding a training and leadership non-profit, being a full-time public health faculty member, and consulting (20 years+) with organizations ranging from multilaterals to grassroots social justice groups. Important Guest Links:

The book mentioned during the show is Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits by Leslie R. Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant

Information on the size of the nonprofit sector in the US:

https://nccs.urban.org/publication/nonprofit-sector-brief-2019#the-nonprofit-sector-in-brief-2019

Divorcing White Supremacy Culture website http://www.whitesupremacyculture.info/

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Nonprofit Executive Searches with Carlyn Madden

In episode 27 of Mission: Impact, some of the topics that Carol and her guest, Carlyn Madden discussed include:

Why small nonprofits can consider working with an executive search firm
How to make your search for a new organizational leader as equitable as possible
What aspiring future leaders need to do now to prepare for future executive leadership roles

Guest Information:Carlyn Madden helps nonprofits find new leaders. She is the CEO of Good Insight, a national executive search firm and governance consultancy that focuses on small nonprofits. Good Insight is committed to becoming an anti-racist search firm and she is a sought-after speaker and adviser on the nonprofit workforce’s generational and demographic shifts. She comes to this work through philanthropy, beginning her career at The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, where she managed a portfolio of grants that spanned education, the arts, human services, and the environment.Important Guest Links: