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Hey Fundraiser!

How I Closed a $100 Million Gift

Dec 6, 2024 · 22 min · 11.1 MB
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It should not take you more than a year to close a major gift. The days of cultivating for 18+ months is OVER.  I hope this story inspires you to:

  • embrace permission-based fundraising
  • trim your portfolio so that you have 40-60 qualified prospects
  • go deeper with fewer prospects, as opposed to shallow efforts with hundreds of prospects

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