Is this you?

Who Green Light Fundraising serves

We offer affordable products and services to leaders of community nonprofits that need to raise $50,000 to $500,000 every year.

Are you a development director, executive director or a volunteer in charge of raising funds for a community nonprofit? We love teaching people like you to raise funds to transform lives through the work of your nonprofit.

Every day ordinary people band together in community nonprofits to address the most challenging social needs of our communities:

• Poverty. Crime. Education.
• Economic upheaval. Unemployment.
• The environment. Childcare.
• Healthcare. Eldercare.
• Mental health. Spiritual health.

And they struggle with raising sufficient funds to carry out their work to transform the lives of people on the edges of their community.

Rich Foss founded Evergreen Leaders to make fundraising and leadership tools available to the ordinary people who do extraordinary work through nonprofits.

Do any of the follow scenarios fit your situation?

• You are new in your position as a solo development director and you are expected to substantially increase the total raised each year.
• You are the solo development director at a nonprofit that raises funds through special events, direct mail, and social media. You know that your nonprofit could raise much more if you had a group of committed volunteers who were asking for donations in face to face meetings.
• You are an executive director and your board is pushing you to substantially increase the amount of income from fundraising. You know they are right to expect you to raise more funds. You just don’t know how to do it.
• As a passionate volunteer for a nonprofit, you want to put together a fundraising program that will work year after year. You are willing to volunteer for a year and then you will need someone to replace you.

Who is most likely to succeed using our Green Light Fundraising approach to fundraising?

Our clients typically share many of the following characteristics. If these fit you as well, you are likely someone who will succeed at Green Light Fundraising.

• Committed to transforming lives – Above all else, you are passionate about the work of your nonprofit and the way that you see lives transforms through its work.
• High standards of excellence – Good enough isn’t. You are interested in being the very best in your field.
• Hard worker – committed to success - You are persistent and willing to try many things to achieve results.
• Personable and organized – You love connecting with people–donors, the people served by your nonprofit, and staff members. At the same time, you know that setting up good systems is essential to good fundraising.
• You love learning. You thrive because you love to learn and right now you want to expand your knowledge and expertise in fundraising.
• Willing to invest in yourself and your fundraising skills – You know investment in learning to will benefit your nonprofit and you. It’s win-win.
• Committed to building mutually supportive relationships – In your profession and life you realize that you can’t make it alone.

If you fit the profile above, you can be successful in fundraising.

Next, read more about how the Green Light Fundraising Club will help you set up a successful sustainable fundraising campaign.