The Board Ultimate Fix
Transform Your Board Into a Fundraising Powerhouse
Reactivate disengaged board members, recruit qualified professionals, and activate your board to raise money and help build the organization your mission deserves.
Rooney's System changed everything. We successfully recruited our new board, and we now have volunteers focused on specific areas, from social media to direct fundraising. I now spend less time each week managing the structure, and the mission finally has momentum. I stopped drowning and started leading.
- Tony Barnes, Founder, Another Blessed Ministry, VA
I’m Rooney. Most People Call Me the Nonprofit Board Builder.
I know what an empty boardroom table feels like.
I've served as a nonprofit founder, board member, staff member, volunteer, and fundraising consultant. I've contributed to raising more than $5 million for nonprofits across the United States and trained hundreds of founders on building the systems they need to raise money consistently.
But my understanding of boards didn't start in a classroom. It started with my own struggle. I know what it feels like to have a passive, disengaged board. I know what it feels like to have no functioning board at all, and carry the fundraising, the planning, and the running of the organization by yourself.
I recruited good people and assumed that because they cared about the mission, everything would work out. It did not.
That gap between good intentions and a working board is exactly what Nonprofit Board Builder exists to close.
Your Board Is at the Heart of Your Organization’s Fundraising Success
After years of helping nonprofit founders, I joined one of the world’s leading fundraising consulting firms.
Working with organizations across the United States allowed me to observe the same pattern repeatedly:
The strength of an organization’s fundraising is closely connected to the strength of its board.
When the board is incomplete, passive, disengaged, or poorly led, the founder or executive director usually carries the organization alone.
When the right board members understand their responsibilities, participate in planning, take ownership, and receive the tools they need, fundraising and organizational growth become shared responsibilities.
That is why I founded Nonprofit Board Builder.
To give nonprofit founders and executive directors the right process, guidance, and resources I wish I had many years ago.
Your Board Can Become the Team Your Mission Needs
Your board should do more than attend meetings, approve decisions, and offer advice.
Board members should help:
- Shape the organization’s direction
- Raise money and open doors
- Build relationships with potential supporters
- Lead according to their professional strengths
- Help build the fundraising system
- Provide accountability and strategic oversight
- Share responsibility for the organization’s success
This does not happen simply because you recruit good people.
It requires the ability to lead your board through the right processes.
It Requires Your Ability To
1. Recruit the right board members
Identify the professional skills, fundraising experience, networks, and leadership capacity missing from your present board, then recruit qualified people to fill those gaps.
2. Reactivate Your Present Board
Understand why members have become passive, identify who still wants to serve, help willing members recommit, and support those who no longer wish to continue in stepping down respectfully.
3. Activate Your Board to Raise Money
Guide your board members to start raising money and work with your complete board to build your organization's fundraising system.
Choose How You Want to Fix Your Board
1. Learn the Process and Implement It Yourself
The Nonprofit Board Builder Programme teaches you the complete process for reactivating, recruiting, and activating a fundraising board.
You can complete the video training in approximately one hour and return whenever you are ready to implement each step.
Inside the platform, you can generate the forms, strategies, scripts, emails, interview guides, agreements, and fundraising materials needed throughout the process.
This is best for nonprofit leaders who want an affordable option and are prepared to lead the work themselves.
2. Let a Professional Help You Fix Your Board
You may not have the time, confidence, or capacity to lead the complete transformation alone.
Tell us about your present board, the problems you are experiencing, and the result you want.
We will review your situation and determine whether you need board reactivation, recruitment, fundraising activation, or a combination of services.
When appropriate, you will be invited to an Execution Planning Call to discuss how Nonprofit Board Builder can support the process.
Funding Challenges Overcome
The Nonprofit Founders Association expertly identifies funding challenges and provides strategic solutions, transforming our financial landscape for sustainable growth.
You Do Not Have to Keep Building Your Nonprofit Alone
Your board may not be functioning the way it should today, but that does not mean it cannot be fixed. You can learn the process and lead the transformation yourself, or tell us about your board and explore professional support.