There's no magic wand in fundraising – but there are smarter, more sustainable ways to build capacity without sacrificing your people or your mission in the process. In this episode, we sit down with Scott Williams, Executive in Residence at Capacity Canada and former Executive Director of Spectrum Waterloo Region's Rainbow Community Space. Scott shares candid insights from growing Spectrum from a volunteer-run organization to a stable nonprofit with a six-figure budget, including the personal cost of rapid scaling, the realities of burnout in the sector, and way fundraising often consumes far more of a leader's time than anyone expects. We cover: <span class="TextRun SCXW108812471 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style= "font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; font-family: Aptos, 'Aptos_EmbeddedFont', 'Aptos_MSFontService',
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