All About Capital Campaigns Podcast

Season 5, Episode 42 Where are your biggest campaign donors going to come from? If you're like most nonprofit leaders, the answer feels like "somewhere out there" — a major philanthropist who just needs to hear your story. In this ...

Season 5, Episode 41 Three clients. One week. All of them over goal. And then the question no one fully prepares for: what do you do the day after? In this episode, Amy Eisenstein and Andrea Kihlstedt celebrate a remarkable milestone ...

Season 5, Episode 40 What do you do when your biggest donor wants to fund something that isn’t in your campaign plan? Or when a wealthy prospect makes you uneasy but you can’t quite explain why? These are the kinds of ethical gray areas ...

Season 5, Episode 39 When most nonprofit leaders hear "capital campaign," they picture a new building. A groundbreaking ceremony. Architectural renderings. But what if the most transformative investment your organization could make isn’t ...

Season 5, Episode 38 Most nonprofit leaders think of a capital campaign as a one-time event — a massive push that happens once, maybe twice in the life of an organization. But that mindset can actually hold organizations back. The most ...

Season 5, Episode 37 Before launching a capital campaign, most nonprofits hire a consultant to conduct a feasibility study. The consultant interviews donors, disappears for a few weeks, and returns with a report and a number. It’s the ...

Season 5, Episode 36 Every fundraiser has been there. A donor expresses interest, maybe even during a feasibility study, and then goes completely silent. Emails go unanswered. Calls aren’t returned. You’re being ghosted. It’s one of ...

Season 5, Episode 35 What do you do when a donor gives before you even ask? In this episode, Amy Eisenstein and Andrea Kihlstedt explore one of the most overlooked —and potentially costly — moments in capital campaign fundraising: the ...