Capital Campaign Resources
5 Capacity Building Opportunities for Your Capital Campaign
Raising money year in, year out for on-going operations feels like a slog. I get it. Every year, you raise your goal by the deadline and then, the next day you start again back at 0. It's essentially starting from...
What’s in a Capital Campaign Plan? 11 Essential Elements to Consider
If your boss asked you to put together a plan for your organization’s upcoming capital campaign, would you know what to include? Probably not. Why? For decades, organizations have relied on capital campaign consultants...
Podcast: 4 Questions to Ask BEFORE You Start a Capital Campaign
The Capital Campaign Toolkit was recently featured on the Nothing But Major Gifts podcast by the Veritus Group. Today’s post includes highlights from that podcast in the form of four questions to ask BEFORE you start...
2 Alternatives to Traditional Feasibility Studies for Your Capital Campaign
Feasibility studies are an important part of any capital campaign. The purpose of a feasibility study is to evaluate your plan and goal with your largest donors to determine whether they are realistic and feasible. The...
How to Recruit Volunteers to Help with Your Capital Campaign
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. Yesterday,...
When to Create a Capital Campaign Brochure: Don’t Make This Mistake!
When preparing for a capital campaign, many nonprofit board and staff members believe that one of the first steps toward preparing for a campaign is to create a beautiful campaign brochure. It seems logical that you...
Making Sense of Endowment Funding and Capital Campaigns
Let’s get this clear right off the bat... most money that goes into endowment comes from planned gifts. And most of that is in the form of simple bequests rather than complex financial instruments. If you want to build...
3 Simple Fundraising Risks for the Risk-Averse Fundraiser
Are you risk-averse? Does trying something new just about give you hives? Some people have an immediate and negative reaction to trying new things. And sometimes, their cautious natures are warranted. But often they’re...
Capital Campaign Communications: More Than the Case for Support
The first thing you probably think you need for your campaign is the case for support. If you’re like many people, you think your case is a glossy brochure. In fact, you may fervently hope that you can create a...
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