Are your next 10 fundraising hours worth $15 K—or $50 K?
Picture a baker. One bag of flour becomes croissants, yet pies sell for twice the price. Same flour, half the return.
That spread is opportunity cost—the revenue you give up when time, money, or energy pour into the wrong tasks.
In fundraising the ingredients are finite: cash, hours, staff, focus. Use them poorly and you pay twice.
Let’s crunch the numbers:
• 10 hours, 40 small-donors calls → $15 K
• 10 hours, 5 major-donor interactions → $50 K
Result: $35 K left on the table—the difference between five majors and forty minis.
Ready to turn the numbers into next steps?
Two quick questions:
- Which fundraising activities soak up the most hours yet yield the least dollars?
- Which higher-value prospects (or opportunities) could those freed-up hours unlock?
Action challenge: By Friday, drop or delegate one low-yield task and schedule five touches with bigger potential.
Three minutes of analysis. Thousands in upside.
Avraham
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