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Not Ready for Your Capital Campaign? Don’t Pause - Dive In!

Not Ready for Your Capital Campaign? Don’t Pause – Dive In!

By Andrea Kihlstedt

It’s a rare organization that finishes a feasibility study and learns that they have all the lead prospects they need to have a hugely successful campaign. Far more likely, you’ll have found that only a few of those prospects who know your ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, Pre-Campaign

Endowment, Planned Giving, and Capital Campaigns: A Winning Combination

Capital Campaigns and Endowment Fundraising: Does It Work?

By Andrea Kihlstedt

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 ...

Filed Under: General Campaign, Most Popular, Pre-Campaign

10 Steps to Create a Solid Case for Support for Your Campaign

10 Steps to Create a Solid Case for Support for Your Campaign

By Andrea Kihlstedt

When you hear the phrase “case for support,” do you immediately think about a brochure? If so, this post will open and unlock your thinking. Because a case for support isn’t a brochure, though it may look like one sometimes. No! A case for ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, Pre-Campaign

How to Set the Right Goal for Your Capital Campaign

How to Set the Right Goal for Your Capital Campaign

By Andrea Kihlstedt

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 ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, Most Popular, Pre-Campaign

Capital Campaign Gift Range Chart: Understanding The Basics

Capital Campaign Gift Range Chart: How-To Guide & Templates

By Andrea Kihlstedt

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 ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, Most Popular, Pre-Campaign

Spend Money to Make Money: Cliché or Capital Campaign Truth?

Spend Money to Make Money: Cliché or Capital Campaign Truth?

By Amy Eisenstein

When it comes to raising money, how and when to invest in fundraising is a common discussion (okay, argument) had by many nonprofit leaders. You’ve probably asked some or all of these questions around your conference room table: Should ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, Pre-Campaign

Why You Need a Capital Campaign Consultant

Why You Need a Capital Campaign Consultant

By Andrea Kihlstedt

Capital campaign consultants are important and frequent players on the capital campaign team. They can be worth their weight in gold when it comes to your campaign. But why are they so valuable? Understanding Why You Should Have Capital ...

Filed Under: General Campaign, Pre-Campaign

Capital Campaign Basics: A 7-Step Checklist for Capital Campaigns

Capital Campaign Basics: A 7-Step Checklist for Capital Campaigns

By Amy Eisenstein

Capital Campaigns can be complicated and overwhelming. But they don’t have to be! When considering a campaign, you’re likely planning to raise the largest amount your organization has ever tried to raise. That’s scary. But if you’ve ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, Feasibility Study, Pre-Campaign

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