From $20,000 she didn't really have to a $4.2 million organization
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Speaker 1: over $11 million in 19 years. It's a nonprofit, so you don't get investors. It doesn't work that way. And I had $20,000, which I really didn't have because I was doing my second adoption. But I knew that why on earth would anybody believe in this idea if I didn't believe in it in a big way and risk my money going out the door? And I knew my money wouldn't go out the door, but other people don't know. This was only a $20,000 investment. Now we're a $4.2 million organization. Raising money is hard. Whether you're a for-profit or nonprofit, that's what people don't understand. I am basically same as a for-profit looking for investors. Except you're investing in the work we do. Your money might help us bring on an extra team member that will help us grow to sustain our growth for the future. And the return on your investment in philanthropic work is the good in the world that you wanted to see happen happens because of
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