Capital Campaign Pro
Everything You Need for a Successful Campaign
The timing of your campaign must take many things into consideration. Is your organization ready? Do you have the donors? Is it a propitious time in your community? Are the economic indicators positive? These and many more ...
I know you’ll feel a huge surge of relief once you’re campaign goes over its goal. That pledge comes in that surges you over the top and you send a celebratory email out to the key people who have been working on your campaign. We did it! ...
Years ago, I had the good fortune to meet Peter, a wise man who was experienced in the ways of nonprofits. Peter was not only wise, but he was also wealthy and had access to the upper echelons of New York society. For years, Peter had ...
Major donors fuel capital campaigns. And when it comes to capital campaigns, three questions always pop up, again and again: Will our capital campaign cannibalize our annual fundraising? Should we include our annual fundraising in our ...
Think back to the time before Covid-19... Can you recall your organization’s goals back then? Do you remember what you were planning to raise money for? Did you have big goals that were rudely interrupted when you couldn’t do ...
What should count toward a campaign goal? In addition to capital gifts, should you count gifts made to your annual fundraising program? How about gala revenue? And planned gifts? Or should you only count gifts made specifically to your ...
One tongue-in-cheek definition of capital campaigns: Capital Campaign -- an unending string of committee meetings that result in raising a lot of money that has a huge impact. I rather like that definition. It not only points to the ...
If I told you that you’d have to have at least 7 committees for your capital campaign, it might send you into a tailspin. As a seasoned development professional, you know the challenges of volunteer committees. Here’s a list of some of the ...
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