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Capital Campaign Timeline: 7 Steps to Lead a Successful Campaign

Capital Campaign Timeline: 7 Steps to Lead a Successful Campaign

By Amy Eisenstein

If you think about a capital campaign as one big, long, stressful project, it can feel overwhelming. But if you break it up into phases and steps, the entire project becomes so much more manageable. Thus, following a logical Capital ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, General Campaign, Most Popular

How to Confidently Ask for Big Gifts: The Power of Practice and Alignment

How to Confidently Ask for Big Gifts: The Power of Practice and Alignment

By Capital Campaign Pro Team

The following is guest post by executive coach and fundraising consultant Mallory Erickson. If you’ve ever felt anxious or unsure before a big ask, you'll find Mallory's insights super-helpful. If asking for major donations makes your ...

Filed Under: Major Gifts

Giving USA 2025: Impact on Capital Campaigns

Giving USA 2025: Key Insights and Impacts on Capital Campaigns

By Steven Shattuck

The Giving USA 2025 report shows that total charitable giving in the United States reached $592.5 billion in 2024, a 6.3 percent increase in current dollars and 3.3 percent after adjusting for inflation. This is the first time in three ...

Filed Under: General Campaign, Major Gifts

Gift Range Chart Calculator: Free Tool & Printable

Gift Range Chart Calculator: Free Tool & Printable

By Steven Shattuck

A gift range chart is the primary tool of a capital campaign fundraising team, and typically persists as a living document as your campaign unfolds. We've created a new interactive Gift Range Chart that allows you to enter your campaign ...

Filed Under: Data & AI, General Campaign

How to Generate Good Fortune when Raising Capital Campaign Funds

How to Generate Good Fortune when Raising Capital Campaign Funds

By Andrea Kihlstedt

I'm sure you've heard the expression: "Some people have all the luck." And if you're halfway reasonable, you wish you were one of those fortunate folks -- particularly if you're working on a capital campaign. Yes, Luck Plays a Role in a ...

Filed Under: Donor Cultivation, General Campaign

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

Standing Up for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Across the Nonprofit Sector

Standing Up for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Across the Nonprofit Sector

By Amy Eisenstein and Andrea Kihlstedt

The values of diversity, equity, and inclusion are under attack. And in this era of cancel culture and social media shaming, it’s easy to feel uncertain about how to hold fast to what we believe while sidestepping the vitriol. But we’re not ...

Filed Under: DEI

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