The
Year-End Sprint
A free 60-minute working session for Executive Directors and Development Directors at $2M to $10M nonprofits. Bring your top 50 donors. You'll leave knowing which five to call first, and which ones you've been guessing about.
Date: Thursday, October 8, 2026
Time: 2:30PM-3:30PM ET
Live on Zoom. Free. Have your top 50 open.
THE
Year-End Sprint.
A free 60-minute working session for Executive Directors and Development Directors at $2M to $10M nonprofits. Bring your top 50 donors. You'll leave knowing which five to call first, and which ones you've been guessing about.
Date: Thursday, October 8, 2026
Time: 2:30PM-3:30PM ET
Live on Zoom. Free. Have your top 50 open.
Five to fifteen people.
That's your whole year.
Your Q4 calendar is already full. GivingTuesday, the year-end appeal, DAF Day, and the peer-to-peer campaign your board chair saw somewhere and now wants to run. That's a lot of motion.
But none of those campaigns decides whether you hit your number. Five to fifteen people do. For most organizations at your size, a handful of major donors make up the difference between a good year and a scramble in January.
So which of those donors are ready to give?
If you have to think about it, you're guessing. Guessing in Q4 goes wrong in one of two ways. You spend ten weeks having coffees with the wrong five people, and nobody makes an ask because "we're cultivating." Or you skip the right donor, and she gives her year-end gift to someone who asked.
You have the donors. You don't have a way to tell who's ready.
Five to fifteen people.
That's your whole year.
Your Q4 calendar is already full. GivingTuesday, the year-end appeal, DAF Day, and the peer-to-peer campaign your board chair saw somewhere and now wants to run. That's a lot of motion.
But none of those campaigns decides whether you hit your number. Five to fifteen people do. For most organizations at your size, a handful of major donors make up the difference between a good year and a scramble in January.
So which of those donors are ready to give?
If you have to think about it, you're guessing. Guessing in Q4 goes wrong in one of two ways. You spend ten weeks having coffees with the wrong five people, and nobody makes an ask because "we're cultivating." Or you skip the right donor, and she gives her year-end gift to someone who asked.
You have the donors. You don't have a way to tell who's ready.
WHO THIS IS FOR
This is for you if:
✅ Your year-end plan is mostly campaigns, and the major gift asks are "whenever the timing feels right"
✅ You could name your top five donors, but you couldn't defend why they belong there
✅ You've had the same donor on your "cultivating" list for two years
✅ You can't say, in the donor's own words, why your biggest givers give to you
✅ In January your board will ask what major gifts will bring in next year, and right now your honest answer is "we'll see"
What You'll Walk Out With
Five names. A reason for each one. Or a clear "not yet."
You'll leave with a short list of the donors most likely to say yes by December 31, and you'll know why each one made the list. You'll also see which donors are only on the list because they gave last year. You'll know where to spend the next ten weeks, and where to stop spending them.
That's not a hunch. That's a sprint plan.
who this is for
THIS IS FOR YOU IF:
✅ Your year-end plan is mostly campaigns, and the major gift asks are "whenever the timing feels right"
✅ You could name your top five donors, but you couldn't defend why they belong there
✅ You've had the same donor on your "cultivating" list for two years
✅ You can't say, in the donor's own words, why your biggest givers give to you
✅ In January your board will ask what major gifts will bring in next year, and right now your honest answer is "we'll see"
What You'll Walk Out With
Five names. A reason for each one. Or a clear "not yet."
You'll leave with a short list of the donors most likely to say yes by December 31, and you'll know why each one made the list. You'll also see which donors are only on the list because they gave last year. You'll know where to spend the next ten weeks, and where to stop spending them.
That's not a hunch. That's a sprint plan.
THE THREE things
you need to know
THE THREE THINGS YOU need to know
01
Why your Q4 calendar isn't your Q4 plan
Campaigns bring in volume. Major gifts bring in the year. Most teams put 90% of their Q4 energy into the campaigns and hope the big gifts show up at the end. We'll flip that ratio.
03
What guessing costs you, in both directions
Calling the wrong five costs you a quarter. Skipping the right one costs you the gift. We'll put real numbers on both, so you can explain the tradeoff to your board.
01
Why your Q4 calendar isn't your Q4 plan
Campaigns bring in volume. Major gifts bring in the year. Most teams put 90% of their Q4 energy into the campaigns and hope the big gifts show up at the end. We'll flip that ratio.
The Bonus
Everyone who attends live gets The Quiet Audit Workbook, a two-page field guide to run through your own lapsed list and your current major donor file.
Everyone who attends live gets The Quiet Audit Workbook,
a two-page field guide to run through your own lapsed list and your current major donor file.
02
The difference between a donor you like and a donor who's ready
Giving history tells you who could give. It doesn't tell you who will give this year. I'll show you how to tell the two apart, and why most "top prospect" lists are really a list of nice people.
The Bonus
Everyone who attends live gets The Quiet Audit Workbook, a two-page field guide to run through your own lapsed list and your current major donor file.
Everyone who attends live gets The Quiet Audit Workbook,
a two-page field guide to run through your own lapsed list and your current major donor file.
03
What guessing costs you, in both directions
Calling the wrong five costs you a quarter. Skipping the right one costs you the gift. We'll put real numbers on both, so you can explain the tradeoff to your board.
The Bonus
Everyone who attends live gets The Year-End Sprint Worksheet, a two-page tool you'll fill out during the session and use the next morning.
Page One · Your top five. You'll pick the five donors in your top 50 most likely to make a major gift by December 31.
Page Two · The readiness check. You'll run five questions on each name and find out who's ready, who needs one more conversation, and who you've been guessing about.
Save your seat now.
Limited spots.
Inside the Live Session
In 60 minutes, you'll:
Pick your five year-end donors, live, from your own top 50
Test each one against five readiness questions ("don't know" counts as an answer)
See how many of your picks hold up (the live poll usually surprises people)
Watch one donor go through the hot seat, start to finish
Learn what guessing costs you in Q4, in both directions
Leave with a call list for tomorrow instead of a vague plan for "sometime before December"
Inside the Live Session
In 60 minutes, you'll:
✔ Pick your five year-end donors, live, from your own top 50
✔ Test each one against five readiness questions ("don't know" counts as an answer)
✔ See how many of your picks hold up (the live poll usually surprises people)
✔ Watch one donor go through the hot seat, start to finish
✔ Learn what guessing costs you in Q4, in both directions
✔ Leave with a call list for tomorrow instead of a vague plan for "sometime before December"
by the numbers
The proof is in the pipeline.
$2M+
Documented wins from real clients in the last six months
89%
Close their largest gift within 6 months of implementation
80+
Named wins tracked in the last six months
Results are self-reported by program participants. Individual outcomes vary based on organizational size, staff capacity, stage of implementation, and other factors.
BY THE NUMBERS
The proof is in the pipeline.
$2M+
Documented wins from real clients in the last six months
89%
Close their largest gift within 6 months of implementation
80+
Named wins tracked in the last six months
Results are self-reported by program participants. Individual outcomes vary based on organizational size, staff capacity, stage of implementation, and other factors.
Save your seat now.
Limited spots.
This is the list your board needs to see before December. Let's build it together.
This is the reframe your board has been waiting for you to name. Let's do it together.
Save your seat now. Limited spots.
This is the list your board needs to see before December. Let's build it together.
Attend Live & Receive
Everyone who attends live gets The Year-End Sprint Worksheet, a two-page tool you'll fill out during the session and use the next morning.
Page One · Your top five. You'll pick the five donors in your top 50 most likely to make a major gift by December 31.
Page Two · The readiness check. You'll run five questions on each name and find out who's ready, who needs one more conversation, and who you've been guessing about.
Page One · The four-message diagnosis for your lapsed $10K+ donors.
Page Two · The Five Belonging Signals scorecard for your current major donors.
what clients say
In their own words.
"What surprised me most was realizing there is a system... a way to know what to do every step."
— Karen H.
Founder, Libera (WV)
"BAG changed everything. I closed a $25K gift within 3 weeks and two more soon after."
— Amy L.
MGO, Polar Bears International
"Started with a small giver of $500 per year who now gives $100K annually."
— Rosemary E.
The Doula Project
"As a small team with a limited list, we implemented the system and immediately got our first big win."
— Andrew M.
ED, Wisconsin Inmate Education Association
WHAT CLIENT'S SAY
In their own words.
"What surprised me most was realizing there is a system... a way to know what to do every step."
— Karen H.
Founder, Libera (WV)
"BAG changed everything. I closed a $25K gift within 3 weeks and two more soon after."
— Amy L.
MGO, Polar Bears International
"Started with a small giver of $500 per year who now gives $100K annually."
— Rosemary E.
The Doula Project
"As a small team with a limited list, we implemented the system and immediately got our first big win."
— Andrew M.
ED, Wisconsin Inmate Education Association
what client's say
In their own words.
"What surprised me most was realizing there is a system... a way to know what to do every step."
— Karen H.
Founder, Libera (WV)
"BAG changed everything. I closed a $25K gift within 3 weeks and two more soon after."
— Amy L.
MGO, Polar Bears International
"Started with a small giver of $500 per year who now gives $100K annually."
— Rosemary E.
The Doula Project
"As a small team with a limited list, we implemented the system and immediately got our first big win."
— Andrew M.
ED, Wisconsin Inmate Education Association
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
In their own words.
"What surprised me most was realizing there is a system... a way to know what to do every step."
— Karen H.
Founder, Libera (WV)
"BAG changed everything. I closed a $25K gift within 3 weeks and two more soon after."
— Amy L.
MGO, Polar Bears International
"Started with a small giver of $500 per year who now gives $100K annually."
— Rosemary E.
The Doula Project
"As a small team with a limited list, we implemented the system and immediately got our first big win."
— Andrew M.
ED, Wisconsin Inmate Education Association
About Rhea
The system I wish someone had handed me on day one.
Rhea Wong spent 10+ years as a nonprofit Executive Director, scaling her NYC organization and personally closing multiple six-figure gifts. She started by Googling "what is an ED?" and ended up building the operating system she wishes someone had handed her on day one
Now she helps nonprofit leaders build the system behind donor growth: visibility into donor movement, structure that creates momentum, revenue you can plan around. Her clients have closed first six-figure gifts, $1.1M unrestricted donations, and 200x donor upgrades using the frameworks she'll walk you through live.
About Rhea
The system I wish someone had handed me on day one.
Rhea Wong spent 10+ years as a nonprofit Executive Director, scaling her NYC organization and personally closing multiple six-figure gifts. She started by Googling "what is an ED?" and ended up building the operating system she wishes someone had handed her on day one.
Now she helps nonprofit leaders build the system behind donor growth: visibility into donor movement, structure that creates momentum, revenue you can plan around. Her clients have closed first six-figure gifts, $1.1M unrestricted donations, and 200x donor upgrades using the frameworks she'll walk you through live.
You have ten weeks and fifteen names.
Spend 60 minutes finding out which ones are ready.
Free. Live. October 8, 2026 at 2:30PM-3:30PM ET. Limited spots.
You have ten weeks and fifteen names.
Spend 60 minutes finding out which ones are ready.
Free. Live. October 8, 2026 at 2:30PM-3:30PM ET. Limited spots.
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