Three Fundraising Habits of Supremely Successful Boards

Three Fundraising Habits of Supremely Successful Boards: Three Fundraising Habits of Supremely Successful Boards

March 2012

Excerpted from The Fundraising Habits of Supremely Successful Boards, rev. ed.

In my work with nearly two thousand organizations, I've found that board members will stand on tiptoes to reach high standards if they know what's expected of them. They'll perform extraordinary feats, give unlimited time, combine all their talents for a common and great cause.

But if trustees don't understand their role, this enormous potential is reduced to a trickle, forced through a narrow institutional funnel.