Capital Campaign Pro
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Successful capital campaigns use lots of volunteers. Volunteers serve as campaign chairs, on the steering committee and on a host of other ad hoc committees that help with specific aspects of the campaign. Recruiting and selecting the ...
If your boss asked you to put together a plan for your organization’s upcoming capital campaign, would you know what to include? Probably not. Why? For decades, organizations have relied on campaign consultants to write their capital ...
Capital campaigns live or die on the top 20-30 donors to the campaign. Those individuals typically give between 50 and 90 percent of the campaign goal. And it’s likely that the vast majority of those top-tier donors have been donors to your ...
Have you ever served on a committee and had the odd and uncomfortable sensation that you were there for reasons that no one discussed with you? If you’re a major donor, you may suspect that you’ve been invited to the table in the hopes ...
“You can’t raise THAT much money in our community!” That’s what Sam, the Executive Director of a cultural organization, heard when he talked with some of the leaders in his community. Capital Campaign Fundraising: Sam’s Story of ...
Wrangling volunteers can be hard, like herding cats. But they are an integral part of any capital campaign, especially when the volunteers are also donors. If you expect donors to give 5 or 10 times (or more) than they normally give to ...
Are You Ready for a Campaign? Test Yourself! Open a blank document. Without looking at your CRM or other donor lists make a list of the ten people who are likely to make the lead gifts to your campaign. They might be individuals, ...
The Capital Campaign Pro was recently featured on the Nothing But Major Gifts podcast by the Veritus Group. Today’s post includes highlights from that podcast in the form of four questions to ask BEFORE you start on a capital campaign. But ...
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