Capital Campaign Blog
Donor Stewardship: Successful Fundraising vs. Poor Fundraising
Capital campaigns live or die on the top 20-30 donors to the campaign. Those individuals typically give between 50 and 90 percent of the campaign goal. And it’s likely that the vast majority of those top-tier donors...
Capital Campaigns: The Ultimate Guide for Growing Nonprofits
Capital campaigns are intense fundraising efforts designed to raise a specific amount of money within a defined time period to build an organization’s assets and capacity. You can use a capital campaign to renovate or...
Campaign Steering Committee: Member Functions and Recruitment Strategies
Have you ever served on a committee and had the odd and uncomfortable sensation that you were there for reasons that no one discussed with you? If you’re a major donor, you may suspect that you’ve been invited to the...
An 8-Week Plan to Raise Immediate Emergency Funding
In today’s harsh reality, raising funds is more important than ever. Many organizations are struggling for survival in the wake of COVID-19 and the economic hardship it has created worldwide. Raising Emergency Funds...
How to Lead Your Nonprofit Organization Through a Crisis
If your nonprofit organization was dangling on the edge of existence before, there’s nothing like a crisis to throw you over the cliff. In normal times, when organizations move forward in a day-after-day predictable...
3 Ways to Ask Your Supporters for Help NOW, During COVID-19
You may think that with everyone hunkered down at home, you shouldn’t ask people to help you with your capital campaign. Or for that matter, with your fundraising. But you’d be dead wrong. People want to help each...
Fundraising Analogy: Staying in Line Equals Building Trust with Donors
Kent Stroman is one of the most experienced and articulate fundraisers I know. He has a remarkable knack for finding just the right way to say things. It’s rare when I speak with Kent that I don’t come away from the...
3 Simple Ways to Help Your Donors During the Coronavirus Crisis
When the world is turned topsy-turvy in ways that are scary and upsetting, as it is now during the unprecedented Coronavirus crisis, you should reach out to the people closest to your organization and offer your...
Capital Campaign vs. Capacity Campaign – Which Should You Have?
You might think that capital campaigns are only right when you need a new building or significant investment in capital improvements. But you’d be wrong! Instead, think of capital campaigns this way: A capital campaign...
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