How to Recruit a Fundraising Board

There are many ways board members can contribute to the financial bottom line, so think outside the fundraising box and get strategic about how each individual board member can contribute not only strategically, but financially. (Here are nine ideas to get you started.)

Inspire momentum
If you assemble a group of people who contribute very specific skills, experience and networks to the organization's overall strategy, and if you effectively work with them one on one to nurture the assets they bring, you will soon see momentum build. Each board member understands his or her unique role, is excited about how it fits into the bigger picture, and has connected that role to the financial engine of the organization.