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Nonprofit Capital Campaign Readiness: 10 Questions to Ask

By Capital Campaign Pro Team

How do we know if our organization is ready for a capital campaign? If your nonprofit has asked this question, you’re not alone. Capital campaigns are major undertakings, and nonprofits want to ensure they’re ready before they get too ...

Filed Under: Board Readiness, Pre-Campaign Tagged With: how to start a capital campaign, planning a capital campaign, starting a capital campaign

How to Get Your Board Ready for a Capital Campaign

How to Get Your Board Ready for a Capital Campaign

By Andrea Kihlstedt

In our work helping organizations prepare for capital campaigns, we often see a curious disconnect when it comes to board members' understanding of the campaign. FACT -- Board members care deeply about your organization. They dutifully ...

Filed Under: Board Readiness, Pre-Campaign

How YMCA Capital Campaigns Are Different (And How They Aren’t)

How YMCA Capital Campaigns Are Different (And How They Aren’t)

By Steven Shattuck

New research reveals that YMCA capital campaigns share similarities and differences with campaigns in the broader nonprofit sector. In fact, they share some surprising similarities. We recently collaborated with NAYDO (the North American ...

Filed Under: Board Readiness, Campaign Planning, Donor Cultivation, Feasibility Study, General Campaign

Latest Research: The State of Capital Campaigns in 2024

By Steven Shattuck

Capital campaigns continue to play a vital role in enabling nonprofits to secure the financial resources needed for major projects, infrastructure development, and long-term sustainability. Building on last year's groundbreaking research, ...

Filed Under: Board Readiness, Campaign Planning, Donor Cultivation, Feasibility Study, General Campaign

How to Engage Less Wealthy Board Members in Your Capital Campaign

How to Engage Less Wealthy Board Members in Your Capital Campaign

By Andrea Kihlstedt

As you get ready for a capital campaign, you'd better be sure that your board members know what's coming down the pike. You can't assume that just because someone is a board member and has participated in all of the conversations about ...

Filed Under: Board Readiness, Campaign Planning

Train Your Board to Think Bigger About Their Campaign Gifts

How High Will You Go? Train Your Board to Think Bigger About Campaign Gifts

By Andrea Kihlstedt

Most people give out of habit. They have a few, perhaps six or eight, organizations they give to and they have an amount they are comfortable giving. For some people $100 is a comfortable gift. Others may comfortably give $500 or $1000 or ...

Filed Under: Board Readiness, Donor Cultivation, General Campaign

Use Fun and Games to Prepare Board Members for a Capital Campaign

Use Fun and Games to Prepare Your Board for a Capital Campaign

By Amy Eisenstein

The idea of a capital campaign is likely scary to most of your board members. They wonder how much they’ll need to give. They are afraid you’ll want them to ask their friends for money. They don’t know if you can succeed. In the ...

Filed Under: Board Readiness

A Board Member Lowballs a Capital Campaign Gift: What Do You Do?

A Board Member Lowballs a Capital Campaign Gift: What Do You Do?

By Andrea Kihlstedt

One of our Capital Campaign Pro members shared a situation with us recently that had her scratching her head as she tried to figure out how to handle it. Our very thoughtful and experienced advisor, Sarah Plimpton, responded with several ...

Filed Under: Board Readiness, Donor Cultivation, Major Gifts

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