Capital Campaign Pro
Everything You Need for a Successful Campaign
Ready to announce your capital campaign to the world? You might be. First, ask yourself these three questions: Can you see your campaign success right around the corner? Were your largest donors as generous as you had hoped? Have you ...
When you think about fundraising costs, it’s important to consider ROI (return on investment). How much is “reasonable” to spend to raise a dollar? Depending on what type of fundraising you’re doing, the cost to raise $1 ranges anywhere ...
My heart always sinks when an executive director tells me that they want to plan an endowment campaign to raise enough money so that they don’t have to raise money ever again. It’s just wrong-headed. Why? We’ll take a look and lay out our ...
Let’s face it, a capital campaign hinges on successfully raising the biggest gifts your organization has ever raised. The idea of raising such gigantic gifts is probably terrifying. Initially, you’ll need to raise leadership level gifts. ...
You might think that setting the fundraising goal for your capital campaign is simple and straightforward. But it’s not. How to Set the Right Capital Campaign Goal To illustrate my point about the challenges of setting the right campaign ...
If I had to pick the most important of resources to lead you through a successful capital campaign, it would be the Gift Range Chart. You may also know it as a gift table or a gift pyramid. In this post, you’ll learn the basics of Gift ...
One tongue-in-cheek definition of capital campaigns: Capital Campaign -- an unending string of committee meetings that result in raising a lot of money that has a huge impact. I rather like that definition. It not only points to the ...
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 ...
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