Fully Funded Podcast - Fundraising for Christian Missionaries

Missionary fundraising updates often list rent, groceries, and medical bills. Mary Valloni of Fully Funded Academy explains why that can shrink your support, and how to talk about your salary the way every credible nonprofit does. She walks through the three buckets watchdog groups use for every dollar, how to split your salary across them based on how you spend your time, and a $72,000 example you can use in your year-end financial review letter. This is for missionaries and ministry leaders in support raising who want donors to see the mission, not the bills. 1:28 - Why listing your bills shrinks your support 4:50 - The three buckets every nonprofit uses 8:41 - The numbers donors and watchdogs look for 10:47 - Three steps, with a $72,000 example 15:39 - What to say instead 17:57 - The year-end financial review letter Join our community:Fully Funded Academy. Get the 7-part Fully Funded curriculum, two live group coaching calls every month with Mary and Mike, support letter and email templates, bonus masterclasses on referrals and missionary fundraising events, and a private community of missionaries walking the same road. Enroll here or get on the waitlist: https://fullyfundedacademy.com Buy our book, "Fully Funded":Ebook: https://amzn.to/3PntpXR Audiobook: https://amzn.to/4tWgoCM Paperback: https://amzn.to/4tSdPRV Subscribe to our newsletter: https://fullyfundedacademy.com/newsletter Social Media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fullyfundedacademy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fully-funded-academy Website: https://fullyfundedacademy.com

Join Mary Valloni and Mike Kim just 15 minutes after Fully Funded Live ended! One idea people kept coming back to: confidence is tied to results, but your worth is not. Mary and Mike talk through the difference between self-confidence and self-worth, the lies missionaries have been told about money, why it's necessary to borrow belief from the people sitting next to you, and why support raising was never meant to be a solo sport. Join our community:Fully Funded Academy. Get the 7-part Fully Funded curriculum, two live group coaching calls every month with Mary and Mike, support letter and email templates, bonus masterclasses on referrals and missionary fundraising events, and a private community of missionaries walking the same road. Enroll here or get on the waitlist: https://fullyfundedacademy.com Buy our book, "Fully Funded":Ebook: https://amzn.to/3PntpXR Audiobook: https://amzn.to/4tWgoCM Paperback: https://amzn.to/4tSdPRV Subscribe to our newsletter: https://fullyfundedacademy.com/newsletter Social Media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fullyfundedacademy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fully-funded-academy Website: https://fullyfundedacademy.com

Most missionary fundraising advice tells you to be everywhere. Mary Valloni makes the case for one platform instead, and it is probably not the one you would guess. This is for missionaries and ministry leaders raising support who are tired of posting into the void. Mary walks through why a private Facebook group outperforms a public page, where it sits next to your email list, and exactly how to build one. She also covers who this strategy is not for, including anyone serving in a closed nation. 1:24 - Why Facebook, and why pages stopped working 5:56 - Who this is not for, and why email comes first 7:47 - Where the private group fits 12:03 - Setting up your group, step by step 16:48 - How to get the right people in 19:39 - Recap Join our community:Fully Funded Academy. Get the 7-part Fully Funded curriculum, two live group coaching calls every month with Mary and Mike, support letter and email templates, bonus masterclasses on referrals and missionary fundraising events, and a private community of missionaries walking the same road. Enroll here or get on the waitlist: https://fullyfundedacademy.com Buy our book, "Fully Funded":Ebook: https://amzn.to/3PntpXR Audiobook: https://amzn.to/4tWgoCM Paperback: https://amzn.to/4tSdPRV Subscribe to our newsletter: https://fullyfundedacademy.com/newsletter Social Media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fullyfundedacademy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fully-funded-academy Website: https://fullyfundedacademy.com

Missionary fundraising gets harder when the words get in the way. Mary Valloni walks through seven phrases missionaries say without thinking twice, and the small swap that turns each one from a request into an invitation. None of these phrases are wrong, exactly. They just put the donor in the wrong seat. If asking for support has ever felt awkward to you, that awkwardness is not a character flaw. It's a skill nobody ever taught you. 2:09 - Swap 1: "Need" becomes "our goal" 4:29 - Swaps 2 and 3: Give a range, not a number 9:26 - Swap 4: Ask for advice, not money 12:06 - Swap 5: "The next time you give, would you consider us?" 15:28 - Swaps 6 and 7: Get specific, then make the invitation 20:28 - All seven, back to back Join our community:Fully Funded Academy. Get the 7-part Fully Funded curriculum, two live group coaching calls every month with Mary and Mike, support letter and email templates, bonus masterclasses on referrals and missionary fundraising events, and a private community of missionaries walking the same road. Enroll here or get on the waitlist: https://fullyfundedacademy.com Buy our book, "Fully Funded":Ebook: https://amzn.to/3PntpXR Audiobook: https://amzn.to/4tWgoCM Paperback: https://amzn.to/4tSdPRV Subscribe to our newsletter: https://fullyfundedacademy.com/newsletter Social Media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fullyfundedacademy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fully-funded-academy Website: https://fullyfundedacademy.com

You can make the ask in every email you send without ever typing the words "please give." Mary Valloni walks through the six-line email footer that missionaries in Fully Funded Academy are using right now, word for word. No guilt trips, no awkward transition from the story to the need, and no apologizing for bringing up money. The footer sits under your signature. 3:06 - Line 1: Looking for giving information? 5:25 - Line 2: What does a dollar actually do? 7:06 - Line 3: The private Facebook group 9:09 - Line 4: "So glad you did" 11:13 - Lines 5 & 6: Protect your people, and get the check Join our community:Fully Funded Academy. Get the 7-part Fully Funded curriculum, two live group coaching calls every month with Mary and Mike, support letter and email templates, bonus masterclasses on referrals and missionary fundraising events, and a private community of missionaries walking the same road. Enroll here or get on the waitlist: https://fullyfundedacademy.com Buy our book, "Fully Funded":Ebook: https://amzn.to/3PntpXR Audiobook: https://amzn.to/4tWgoCM Paperback: https://amzn.to/4tSdPRV Subscribe to our newsletter: https://fullyfundedacademy.com/newsletter Social Media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fullyfundedacademy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fully-funded-academy Website: https://fullyfundedacademy.com