When Your Mission is Non-Negotiable, Your Board Cannot Be Optional
(A Private Invitation for the Serious Nonprofit Founder Ready to Build a World-Class Leadership Team)
You are a visionary
You have the passion, the drive, and the unwavering belief that your work can change the world. But right now, you are being held hostage by a single, frustrating reality:
Your board is not keeping up.
You show up to meetings with a strategic mind, only to be met with operational-level thinking. You try to delegate, only to find yourself re-doing the work late at night. You know you need to be out building major partnerships and securing game-changing funding, but you're stuck managing a committee of passive observers.
This isn't just frustrating. It's a direct threat to your mission. You are the engine of the organization, but you are trying to pull the weight of a train with the emergency brake on.
Ten years ago, I was exactly where you are. After a "friends and family" board dissolved, I decided to get serious. I recruited a "professional" board full of impressive resumes—a lawyer, a finance expert, a community leader. I thought I had assembled the perfect team.
The problem was, I had assembled a roster, not a team.
They were good people, but they were waiting for me to tell them what to do. The external problem was their inaction. But the internal pain was knowing I was capable of so much more, yet I was trapped by the limitations of my own leadership. I was playing CEO, but I was still the "Chief Everything Officer."
The epiphany that changed everything wasn't that I needed a better board. It was that I needed to become a better leader by installing a better system.
I stopped looking for saviors and started building a repeatable system for recruitment, engagement, and fundraising activation. That system not only transformed my nonprofit, but it has since become the blueprint for founders who are ready to stop playing small.
[N] The Need: You Can't Afford to Wait. Your Mission Needs a Powerhouse Board, Now.
The DIY path is valuable, but it takes time. Time to learn, time to test, time to fail and recalibrate.
But when the stakes are this high, you don't have time for trial-and-error. You are past the point of needing just information; you need implementation. You need a strategic partner to help you execute with precision, bypass the common mistakes, and get this done right, the first time.
You need more than a map. You need a co-pilot.
For a limited number of founders who are ready for a guaranteed result, I offer my premier, high-touch partnership.
The Board Accelerator
This is not a course or a workshop. This is a 3-month, one-on-one implementation program where I personally guide you through every critical stage of building a high-performing, fundraising board. We will work together to build your custom plan, and I will be your strategic partner at every turn to ensure your success.
Your Source for Your Path to a World-Class Board
This is a comprehensive, "Done-With-You" engagement. Here is everything you will receive:
First, You Get the Complete Toolkit (Value: $497) You get instant and lifetime access to the entire Board Fundraising Blueprint and the Board Recruitment Pack, including all the templates, scripts, and audio guides.
Then, We Build Your Plan FOR YOU (Value: $500)
The Board Audit & Recruitment Plan - Done For You: We'll guide you through the strategic audit, then I will personally create your custom Board Recruitment Plan for you. This detailed roadmap tells you exactly who to recruit, where to find them, and how to attract them.
Finally, You Get Personal, 1-on-1 Strategic Guidance at Every Critical Step (Value: $3,000) This is the heart of the Accelerator. You get five private, 1-on-1 implementation calls with me, timed perfectly to ensure your success.
The Pre-Outreach Strategy Session: We review your recruitment plan and materials together before you contact a single candidate, ensuring you launch with absolute confidence.
The Pre-Interview "War Room": We prepare you to vet your top candidates like a seasoned executive, so you can easily distinguish the A-Players from the well-meaning talkers.
The Pre-Onboarding "First 90 Days" Session: We map out the exact process to set expectations and integrate your new members for immediate impact, solving the "revolving door" problem for good.
The Strategic Planning Facilitation: I will personally train you on how to facilitate your first strategic planning session with your new board, positioning you as a strong, respected leader.
The Fundraising Activation Session: We map out the process for launching your first board-led fundraising initiatives, including the 100% giving pledge and relationship mapping.
"Working with Rooney has inspired myself and my board members to continue going forward with the mission. Each member understands the overall mission and how they play a critical role. For much of the time as the Founder and Executive Director I came to a point where I felt stuck. Rooney was able to strategically help...map out a plan where each board member is able to take charge in their area of expertise." - Martina Jones, Founder, Bless It Solutions
Your Investment
The total value of this high-touch program is over $4,000. However, my mission is to make this accessible to serious founders ready for a change.
You can join The Board Accelerator for a one-time investment of $2,997.
Or, choose our commitment plan: A $997/month payment plan.
Our "Mission-Critical" 100% Money-Back Guarantee
This program is an investment in a guaranteed result. If, after our first two 1-on-1 sessions and the delivery of your custom recruitment plan, you do not feel you have a clear, actionable path to building the board your mission deserves, simply let me know, and I will refund 100% of your investment.
This is a partnership. Your success is my success. It is impossible for you to lose.
You can spend another year feeling frustrated and carrying the mission alone. Or you can make a strategic investment to build the powerhouse board you need in the next 90 days.
The choice is yours.
This sounds amazing, but I'm already completely overwhelmed. How much time will this program really take out of my schedule?
This is the most common and important question we get, and the answer is why this program exists. The Board Accelerator is not another project to add to your to-do list; it is a system designed to save you time and eliminate wasted effort.
Your primary time commitment is the five 1-on-1 strategic calls with me over three months. The heaviest lift in this process—analyzing your needs, creating a strategic recruitment plan from scratch, and structuring the agendas for your board meetings—is work that I do for you. This is an investment of a few focused hours now to save you months of the frustration, trial-and-error, and painful meetings that come from not having a system. We give you the roadmap so you can spend your time on effective execution, not guesswork.
$2,997 is a significant investment for our organization. How can I justify this, and what kind of return can I realistically expect?
That's a fair and strategic question, and you should be asking it. You can justify this not as an expense, but as a direct investment in your organization's revenue-generating engine.
A passive, non-fundraising board is costing you tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars in missed grant opportunities, untapped donor networks, and lost major gifts every single year. The cost of inaction is far greater than the cost of this program.
The entire purpose of the Accelerator is to install the system that turns your board into a fundraising asset. We expect that the funds raised directly from your board's 100% giving pledge will cover a significant portion of this investment within the first few months. The connections they make after that will generate a return many times over. This program is designed to pay for itself.
My board's situation feels unique. Is this a one-size-fits-all program, or will it be customized to our specific challenges?
While the framework we use is proven across many nonprofits, the application is 100% customized to you. This is the core difference between a DIY course and a high-touch accelerator program.
Our five 1-on-1 calls are private working sessions focused entirely on your organization. The custom Board Recruitment Plan I build for you will be based on your specific mission, your community, and the unique gaps you need to fill. We will tackle your board's specific dysfunctions and build a plan for your unique strategic goals. This is not a cookie-cutter solution; it is a tailored strategic partnership.