Be smart – begin increasing your capacity today by using the assets that you have right now to move your nonprofit forward.

With tiny tasks, you’ll be surprised at how energizing it can be to improve something and build it into your daily operations. When you do it consistently, you’ll change the culture of your organization.

Everyone will see the changes and feel it. They’ll want to do their part to keep the momentum going. 

What is capacity? It’s your journey to organizational excellence. If that idea is overwhelming, this post is for you.

3 Tiny Tasks to Build Your Nonprofit’s Capacity

I’ve identified the big scary goal first, then it’s tiny cousin.

Don’t roll your eyes if it’s too small for you. What’s the next small thing that is progress for your organization?

1. Big Goal: Overhaul your website

Tiny Task: Make your donors experience easier and more compelling on your home page.

Change the donate button from boring to compelling.

Go to canva.com and build your own cool button. You can upload one of your images. It’s free or super cheap. Don’t do it yourself if it intimidates you. Get your teenager or someone else to help.

I promise, some techy on your board can do this easy peasy. They’ll feel good about helping.

Or…give your Facebook page a facelift. Does it look like an after-thought? While you’re at canva.com, design a new cover.

Their templates are sized for FB. Shout out to your donors and followers that you’ve got your act together with social media and care about keeping them informed.

2.  Big Task: Update or overhaul your clunky database

Tiny Task: Go in and identify your 10 most important donors. Create a report or an excel spreadsheet with their contact information that you can access with ease.

It must be easy to access and update in your database or wherever you decide to keep it.

If you have to go searching every time, it’s not improving your capacity.

Figure out a strategy for reaching out to these folks later. You’ve accomplished your tiny task for today.

Examples of your top 10. It’s not just about big bucks.

• They’ve given for 5 consecutive years at any amount.
• They’ve given $500 for 3 straight years and are positioned to be asked for $1,000.
• They’re long-time volunteers and make major gifts every year.
• They are a current donor and hot prospect to give a lot more. You need to get to know them better first and learn what floats their boat about your organization.

3.  Big Task: Build your fundraising capacity

Tiny Task: Read this article that makes a case not to, and where to begin instead: 

Bonus Tip

Do you feel schlocky? Like you’re too busy to freshen up and do something new for yourself?

Read this hilarious article and get some ideas for giving yourself a “facelift.”

What tiny tip can you implement today?