Nonprofit Lowdown
Nonprofit Lowdown
Rhea Wong
#372- Worst Fundraising Advice I've Ever Heard
23 minutes Posted Jan 19, 2026 at 12:00 pm.
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If your fundraising results depend entirely on one person holding everything together, that's not strategy- that's a vulnerability.


And I see this all the time.


Too many development programs are built on transactional asks, heroic effort, and one exhausted fundraiser keeping the whole thing afloat. That's not sustainable, and it's definitely not the future.


2026 is the year we stop doing fundraising to people and start building consent-based systems that actually work- systems that respect donors, reduce pressure, and create clarity instead of chaos.


That's why I'm hosting a free webinar. No fluff. No vague theory. Just real systems that don't rely on one person's personality or stamina to succeed.


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