Fundraising with Heart: Achieving Change Through Resilient Leadership | Shoshana Grossman-Crist

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Guest Overview: Shoshana Grossman-Crist is an expert in driving purposeful impact for both businesses and nonprofits. Based between the U.S. and Mexico, Shoshana helps companies achieve profit and purpose without excessive consulting costs and supports nonprofits in surpassing fundraising goals while avoiding burnout. Her unique approach combines technical expertise with kindness, enabling authentic and effective leadership.

• Website: socialimpactcompass.com
• LinkedIn: Shoshana Grossman-Crist

In This Episode: Shoshana shares her journey from working with nonprofits and major organizations like Danone to becoming a trusted advisor for impact-driven leaders. The conversation dives into how businesses and nonprofits can balance purpose and profit, avoid burnout, and create meaningful change through practical strategies. Shoshana also reveals the importance of resilience, well-being, and team collaboration in achieving sustainable success.

Key Takeaways:

1. Profit Meets Purpose: Businesses can integrate impact initiatives that strengthen both their operations and the communities they serve, as shown in Shoshana's work with Danone.

2. Burnout Prevention in Nonprofits: Building overhead into budgets, encouraging capacity-building investments, and fostering a culture of well-being are critical to preventing nonprofit burnout.

3. Fundraising as a Team Sport: Successful fundraising requires collaboration, realistic metrics, and focusing on relationship-building with funders.

4. The Power of Authenticity: Shoshana emphasizes showing up authentically in relationships with funders and stakeholders, creating trust and meaningful connections.

5. Simple Resilience Practices: Small habits like daily gratitude, forgiveness, and intention-setting can build personal resilience and improve overall well-being.