The road to $1 million isn’t an easy or fast one to travel.Only 9% of nonprofits in the Los Angeles area grow to manage a budget of $1 million. Ten years ago, when Richard Reyes founded the PLUS ME Project, his budget was $4000 and his vision was to provide mentorship and role models for youth through storytelling.Today, an exciting part of this achievement is that PLUS ME’s own growth story is still unfolding, expanding, and providing guidance and inspiration to other nonprofits just as their mentors provide role models for the youth they lead.As a nonprofiteer and consultant in the nonprofit space, Funraise's Director of Growth Marketing, David Schwab, has seen the results when nonprofits rely on storytelling to build supporter relationships—and what happens when those same supporters have their stories silenced. (Spoiler alert: it’s called donor churn.)Join David and Richard as they discuss the ways that new fundraising tactics like peer-to-peer are a natural fit for PLUS ME's mission, what their COVID pivot-and-response taught the PLUS ME team, and how PLUS ME's usage of and reliance on technology has evolved on their road to $1 million. For more info on the PLUS ME Project - https://www.theplusmeproject.org/For more info on teenyBIG - https://www.teenybig.com/Connect with the show contributors:David Schwab - https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidlschwab/Richard Reyes - https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-reyes-25064173/Emily Taylor - https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-taylor-teenybig/