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Leveraging Your Donor Database for Capital Campaign Success

Leveraging Your Donor Database for Capital Campaign Success

By Steven Shattuck

When embarking on a capital campaign, nonprofits often look outward -- researching best practices, hiring a consultant, and seeking major donors. But the key to maximizing your fundraising success already lies within your organization. Your ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, Data & AI, Donor Cultivation

How to Get Your Donor Database Ready for a Capital Campaign

How to Get Your Donor Database Ready for a Capital Campaign

By Steven Shattuck

A successful capital campaign takes extensive planning and preparation. While factors like the case for support and leadership gifts are critical, having clean, organized donor data is the essential foundation on which to build your ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, Data & AI, Donor Cultivation

How to Design Engaging Meetings for Your Capital Campaign

How to Design Truly Engaging Capital Campaign Meetings

By Andrea Kihlstedt

I’ll bet you’ve been to meetings that were a total waste of your time. Unfortunately, lousy meetings are all too common. And the time-suck is only one of the consequences. Poorly planned meetings also sap people’s energy and dampen their ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, General Campaign

Hire a Capital Campaign Consultant vs. Do-It-Yourself: What Works for You?

Hire a Capital Campaign Consultant vs. Do-It-Yourself: What Works for You?

By Amy Eisenstein

If your organization is planning a capital campaign, it’s likely that you’re discussing whether to hire external help. However, that’s usually the wrong question. The question you should ask yourself is this: What support do we really need ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, General Campaign, Pre-Campaign

New Research: The State of Capital Campaigns 2023

New Research: The State of Capital Campaigns 2023

By Steven Shattuck

This is an older post highlighting the research findings from 2023. Click here to review our current benchmark report. Capital campaigns play a pivotal role in enabling nonprofits to secure the financial resources needed for major ...

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

Depth Chart: The Little-Known Roadmap to a Successful Capital Campaign

Depth Chart: The Little-Known Roadmap to a Successful Capital Campaign

By Amy Eisenstein

I recently spoke to Ellen, an Executive Director who has been working on a campaign for the last few years and reached out because she’s stuck mid-campaign. The Importance of Having a Roadmap for Your Capital Campaign Ellen and her team had ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, Pre-Campaign

How to Create Your Capital Campaign Communications Plan

How to Create Your Capital Campaign Communications Plan

By Andrea Kihlstedt

In the past, we’ve explained why it's so important to have a plan that lays out the communications strategy for your whole capital campaign. Now you're going to learn how to put the plan together. To make it even easier, we've included a ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, General Campaign

Is the Donor Pyramid (Gift Range Chart) Becoming Obsolete?

Is the Donor Pyramid (Gift Range Chart) Becoming Obsolete?

By Andrea Kihlstedt

Every few years, an article comes out about how the donor pyramid is dead or doesn’t work or worse -- is injurious to the field. Recently, in an article by Drew Lindsay in the Chronical of Philanthropy, this classic fundraising tool is once ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, Pre-Campaign

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