All tagged capital campaign
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.
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.
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.
Capital campaigns can have fantastic effects on nonprofits by creating new infrastructure, expanding programs and improving services. Another effect is nonprofit capacity building. The capital campaign process provides the steps that lead to that growth.
Employees should be asked to support a capital campaign not just because they are employees, but because they will benefit from the improvements to the organization – as would any person in the community.
Campaign leaders should be committed to the success of the campaign and have knowledge of the mission of the organization and how that organization serves the community. Ideally, the campaign leader will also make a "leadership" gift.
