Capital Campaign Pro
Everything You Need for a Successful Campaign
I’m sure you know the proverb: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for life.” Yet, so much of what we do in the nonprofit sector is feed people rather than teach them to feed ...
Most campaigns go through ebbs and flows. That’s normal. However, for those who haven’t been through many campaigns before, it can be difficult to tell the difference between a normal slump and a concerning stall. If your campaign is going ...
We recently invited people to tell us their most pressing campaign challenges and concerns. Some campaign challenges came up again and again. Capital Campaign Challenge: A Stalled Campaign Here’s an email we received from Barbara, a ...
Imagine this: You’ve been working on a capital campaign to raise $5,000,000 for two and a half years. The campaign has gone pretty well. In fact, you’ve gotten some gifts that were bigger than you anticipated. To date, you’ve raised ...
Our friend, Gail Perry, and her colleagues have suggested that you should eliminate the public phase of your capital campaign. Quick Recap: Quiet Phase and Public Phase Capital campaigns have traditionally been structured to raise the bulk ...
I’ll bet you’ve heard people talk about the quiet phase and public phase of a capital campaign. You may also have been to a campaign kick-off. But do you really know what those things are and why they matter? In this post, you’ll learn ...
After a long and often arduous quiet phase, during which your campaign will raise 60% to 80% of your campaign goal, you will finally kick-off the public phase of your campaign. Prior to your campaign kick-off, you’ll have solicited all ...
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 ...
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