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Microsoft’s Nonprofit Grant Cuts Threaten Capital Campaigns: Here’s What To Do

Microsoft’s Nonprofit Grant Cuts Threaten Capital Campaigns: Here’s What To Do

By Steven Shattuck

On May 15, 2025, Microsoft announced the cancellation of its Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Office 365 E1 nonprofit grant programs. Nearly 400,000 nonprofits will lose access to free desktop apps, email, storage, and essential security ...

Filed Under: Data & AI, General Campaign

Can a Small Dev Team Pull Off a Capital Campaign? What We Learned

Can a Small Dev Team Pull Off a Capital Campaign? What We Learned

By Capital Campaign Pro Team

The following is a guest post written by Jacqueline House, MBA CFRE. Jacqueline is the Vice President, Communications & Community Engagement at Safe Children Coalition. More about Jacqueline » Nails on a chalkboard. That’s the sound ...

Filed Under: General Campaign

Meet Andie, the AI Campaign Companion from Capital Campaign Pro

Meet Andie, the AI Campaign Companion from Capital Campaign Pro

By Steven Shattuck

Hundreds of nonprofits rely on Capital Campaign Pro to plan and run successful campaigns. In addition to having a dedicated expert advisor, our clients have access to our Online Toolkit. It’s packed with templates, samples, and training ...

Filed Under: Data & AI, General Campaign

How to Eliminate the Possibility of Capital Campaign Failure

How to Eliminate the Possibility of Capital Campaign Failure

By Andrea Kihlstedt

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 ...

Filed Under: General Campaign

Capital Campaigns Are Not About Donor Acquisition (But They Can Help)

Why Capital Campaigns Don’t Rely on Donor Acquisition (But Can Boost It)

By Amy Eisenstein

Capital campaigns overwhelmingly succeed because a handful of large and loyal current donors significantly increase their support. These donors give big -- and often their very first major gifts -- because of a big, bold vision. However, ...

Filed Under: Donor Cultivation, General Campaign, Major Gifts

How to Treat Big Donors AFTER they Give a Major Gift

How to Treat Campaign Donors AFTER they Give a Major Gift

By Andrea Kihlstedt

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 ...

Filed Under: General Campaign, Major Gifts

Time to Worry? 4 Tips for Campaigns Centered Around DEIAB

Time to Worry? 4 Tips for Capital Campaigns Centered Around DEIAB

By Kristin Raack

For countless nonprofits, DEIAB -- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging -- are not just a set of buzz words or an obligatory checklist. DEIAB work is deeply woven into their missions and central to their campaign ...

Filed Under: DEI, General Campaign

Running a Successful Gap Funding Campaign in 10 Key Steps

Bridging the Gap: 10 Steps to Running a Successful Gap Funding Campaign

By Andrea Kihlstedt

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 ...

Filed Under: General Campaign, Major Gifts

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