8 skills.
Use when asked to build or improve how an organization tracks and nurtures relationships with its donors — giving history, stewardship, segmentation — as the ongoing relationship practice distinct from a one-time [[grant-proposal]] submitted to a specific funder.
Use when asked to plan a revenue-generating event — a gala, auction, or walkathon with a fundraising target — as distinct from `event-planning`, which has no revenue goal, and [[grant-proposal]], which is a written ask to one institutional funder rather than a ticketed public event.
Use when asked to write a grant proposal — a formal application requesting funding from a foundation, government body, or other grantmaker for a specific project or program, covering need, objectives, budget, and evaluation — as distinct from the ongoing relationship work of [[donor-management]] with individual donors.
Use when asked to design a recurring-revenue membership program — tiers, benefits, renewal cadence — for a nonprofit or association, as distinct from [[donor-management]], which covers major or one-time gift relationships rather than a structured tiered product, and [[fundraising-event-planning]], which raises one-time event revenue rather than recurring dues.
Use when asked about the roles, fiduciary duties, and committee structure of a volunteer nonprofit board — as distinct from `legal-corporate-governance`, which covers for-profit corporate boards, and from `board-deck`, which is a presentation artifact a board reviews rather than the governance structure itself.
Use when asked to report an organization's outcomes and impact to funders, the board, or the public after work has happened — as distinct from [[grant-proposal]], which asks for money before the work happens, and [[donor-management]], which is ongoing relationship tracking rather than a formal report artifact.
Use when asked to build a mission-driven, multi-year strategic plan for a nonprofit — theory of change, mission alignment, impact-tied goals — as distinct from a for-profit strategic plan, which is organized around revenue and market share rather than mission and impact.
Use when asked to build or improve how an organization recruits, screens, schedules, and retains unpaid volunteers — as distinct from [[donor-management]], which tracks people who give money rather than time, and from `employee-onboarding`, which covers paid staff.