Four Steps to Creating a Strong Fundraising Board

“Our board was not built to be a fundraising board.”

If I had a quarter for every time I’ve heard that, I would be a philanthropist rather than a fundraising consultant. One of the first questions we ask an organization that contacts us about providing counsel for a campaign is about the involvement of its board: What is its role in fundraising, and what are its prospective roles as leaders and donors for the campaign?