Creating a Development Plan

Are your fundraising efforts driven by strategy—or survival? Too often, nonprofit professionals get stuck in a cycle of nonstop events, rushed grants, and disengaged boards. This session offers a practical framework to break that cycle, design a mission-aligned development plan, and move from reactive fundraising to intentional growth. Participants will learn how to set realistic goals, engage boards and volunteers, diversify revenue, and create actionable timelines. Walk away with tools, confidence, and a customizable framework for sustainable success.

After this session, participants will be able to:

1. Evaluate current fundraising efforts to identify strengths, gaps, and opportunities for growth.
2. Construct a tailored development plan that includes goal setting, timelines, strategies, and methods for evaluation.
3. Design effective strategies to engage board members and volunteers in fundraising activities to expand organizational capacity.
   

Speaker Bio: Jeff Grandy, M.Ed, brings over 15 years of nonprofit leadership and fundraising strategy experience. He currently serves as Vice President of Client Development at Catapult Fundraising, where he supports organizations across the Greater Gulf Coast in building sustainable fundraising infrastructures. Jeff currently serves as the Immediate Past President of AFP Texas Coastal Bend and is a current member of the Planned Giving Council of San Antonio. He is deeply committed to ethical fundraising and embedding IDEA principles into philanthropic practice.