In 2025, nonprofit organizations must adopt agile and data-driven approaches to remain sustainable and impactful. This session will guide nonprofits through key strategies to plan for the future, including developing sustainable growth frameworks, maximizing resources through content recycling, and leveraging key metrics to inform strategic decision-making. Whether you’re a small nonprofit or a larger organization, this presentation will equip you with practical tools and insights to strengthen your long-term planning and navigate the ever-evolving nonprofit landscape.
Key Takeaways
- Sustainable Growth Strategies: Learn how to build a resilient, long-term growth plan that balances mission impact and organizational sustainability.
- Rinse, Repeat, and Recycle Content: Discover practical methods to repurpose existing content and resources, saving time and maximizing engagement.
- Data-Driven Decision-Making: Understand how to identify and leverage key metrics to analyze organizational performance and inform strategic initiatives.
- Cause Selling Integration: Learn how the Fundraising Academy’s Cause Selling model can strengthen your strategic planning by emphasizing relationship-building and donor-focused communication, driving long-term donor engagement and support for your nonprofit.
Meet Your Presenter
Jarrett R. Ransom, MBA
President & CEO, The Rayvan Group
Jarrett R. Ransom, MBA, is known as the Nonprofit Nerd. Jarrett lives in Phoenix, AZ and began her consulting firm in 2009, working exclusively with nonprofits nationwide. Under her leadership and guidance, her teams across the nation raise millions of dollars every year to support and sustain their mission. Jarrett has helped create sustainable fundraising strategies for start-up to multi-million-dollar organizations. As President and CEO of The Rayvan Group, Jarrett consults with nonprofits to help them see the future of their organization. Not just their immediate needs, but several years down the road by providing strategic planning extending 3, 5, 10 years and beyond.
Meet Your Moderator
Muhi Khwaja, MPA, CFRE, CFRM
Trainer, Fundraising Academy at National University
Earning a Bachelor’s in History and Psychology from the University of Michigan in 2009, Muhi Khwaja didn’t know what to do until the summer before graduating. The Development Summer Internship Program at the University of Michigan sparked an interest in fundraising (development) as a career. After working with several nonprofit organizations, he earned his Master’s in Public Administration in 2013, from U-M, specializing in nonprofit management. Muhi has over 15 years of nonprofit work and fundraising experience as a one-person development team to a Chief Development Officer.
In 2016 he became a Certified Fund Raising Executive, in 2017 earned a Certificate of Fund Raising Management from Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and in 2024 earned his Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising from IU LFSOP. In 2022 he joined Fundraising Academy as a Trainer.
Muhi serves as the Co-Founder of the American Muslim Community Foundation helping families distribute more than $20 million since 2017. AMCF serves as the only national nonprofit organization focused on creating Donor Advised Funds, Giving Circles, distributing grants, & building endowments for the American Muslim community.
Muhi enjoys traveling, photography, riding his motorcycle, and hiking.