It is easy to find the biggest capital campaign consultant, or the one with the most experience in your market, or the one that employs your board president’s niece. But finding the best fundraising consultant for your project will take a bit more time.
What to Expect When Planning a Capital Campaign
Your organization has made a transformative decision to embark on a capital campaign. What comes next? There are five basic stages to plan for if you’d like your capital campaign to be successful.
Capital Campaign Feasibility Study: Blueprint for a Successful Campaign
Your capital campaign planning study should include everything normally associated with a "feasibility study" plus create a detailed fundraising plan and case statement, and cultivate potential leaders and donors. It should be considered the "first step" in launching a capital campaign.
Budget and Costs of a Capital Campaign
Budgeting for a capital campaign is always a challenge. The budgets and costs outlined in this article should be a guide only and careful thought should go into developing one for your specific situation.
Overcoming Obstacles to Your Capital Campaign: Steel Wall or Flimsy Screen Door?
Capital campaigns are huge challenges. They provoke fear, self-doubt, and vulnerability. The barriers to pursuing them can stack up quickly and easily, and the resistance they create can be difficult to overcome. But the rewards of logically assessing those barriers and facing that resistance constructively are vast.
Vision and Collaboration Lead to Capital Campaign Success and Nonprofit Excellence
What are the catalysts that make some nonprofit capital campaign projects stand out to both philanthropists and award-giving associations? These nonprofits and their outstanding projects show us that it’s both collaboration and vision.