Prospects assigned to a capital campaign’s quiet phase are all-in. They have the ability and willingness to support the vision, much like my wife did all those years ago. She was ready to marry me (yea!). All I had to do was ask. But from that moment forward, once we moved beyond our lovefest, complexity set in.
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Philanthropy: Is There a Magic Elixir?
Our team has partnered with more than 100 nonprofits. Some were sprinkling impersonal elixirs like special events, direct marketing, website or social media announcements on to their donors hoping to create one or two super-duper generous mega donors. That didn’t work. But let’s not completely dismiss alchemic philanthropy just yet. Maybe there’s still something to it… something beautiful.
5 Goals for Your Capital Campaign Feasibility Study
Hiring an experienced consultant to conduct your feasibility study interviews and analyze the results is an efficient approach to gathering this information and finding out if your campaign goal is reachable. However, we believe a comprehensive feasibility study should do much more to fully prepare you to enter a capital campaign.
Library Foundation Client Named Nonprofit of the Year
CampaignCounsel.org client the North Lake County Library Foundation was named Nonprofit of the Year by the Polson Chamber of Commerce and recognized for its Next Chapter Campaign at the chamber’s annual awards banquet Jan. 28, 2023. Learn how members of this all-volunteer organization excelled to become major gift fundraisers.
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.
A Guide to Your Capital Campaign
Prepare for your capital campaign with this informative guide focused on pre-campaign planning steps and capital campaign phases.