Capital Campaign Pro
Everything You Need for a Successful Campaign
I'm sure you've heard the expression: "Some people have all the luck." And if you're halfway reasonable, you wish you were one of those fortunate folks -- particularly if you're working on a capital campaign. Yes, Luck Plays a Role in a ...
If I had to pick the most important resource to lead you through a successful capital campaign, it would be the Gift Range Chart. Also known as a gift table or a gift pyramid, this guiding document enables your capital campaign to track ...
Queen Victoria famously said: We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist. I suggest that you take the same approach to your capital campaign. Once you recruit powerful volunteers to serve in leadership ...
I like to think of fundraising as beginning after someone makes a gift! That may seem strange, but it's really not. In the capital campaign business, the focus is on raising a great deal of money from a relatively few donors. And it's all ...
Many nonprofits are feeling the ripple effects of frozen federal appropriations. With Congress slow to finalize agency budgets, federal grants that organizations have relied on for years are frozen in place. Some have been delayed. Others ...
Imagine this experience... You learn that an organization in your town is planning a capital campaign. You ask the organization's director who is going to chair the campaign. She tells you who has agreed to serve as honorary chair and who ...
You already know that capital campaigns sit at the top of the major gift world. They are designed to identify, engage and attract gifts from your largest potential donors. Most capital campaigns raise more than half of their goal from ten ...
This post tells a true story about a very well-meaning board member who was anxious about approaching his wealthy friend to donate to a capital campaign. I'm sharing it with you because I suspect there are people on your board who are in a ...
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