
Capital Campaign Consultants: What Do They Do?
Capital Campaign, Fundraising Strategy In the world of nonprofit fundraising, capital campaign consultants play a crucial role helping organizations plan, execute, and manage high-dollar capital campaigns. As we all know, capital campaigns are major fundraising efforts…

Capital Campaign Success: The #1 Ingredient You Need
Capital Campaign, Fundraising Strategy Capital campaign success - this is what we all dream of! As capital campaign consultants, we want our clients to get organized quickly, galvanize their major donors, and secure transformational gifts to fuel their missions. But there…

Tour Experiences Are Great Donor Cultivation Tools
Board Members & Fundraising, Capital Campaign, Donor Cultivation, Major GiftsOne of our favorite donor cultivation tools is a carefully-designed tour. But we are not talking about just any tour - this is a special, scripted, step-by-step tour. A Misson-Focused Tour can help you spread the word in your community --…

A $5 Million Capital Campaign Ask that BOMBED
Capital Campaign, Major Gifts I wish you could have been there. . . . It was a hot summer day in Virginia. We were seated in a small conference room with one of Virginia's top business kingpins. There the successful businessman sat -- so smart and so together…

Webinar | 3 Ways a Porch Party Can Ignite Interest in Your Cause
Capital Campaign, Fundraising Strategy Just imagine: what if you had a new way to increase visibility and make new friends for your cause? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you had an authentic and impactful way to help donors get to know your work, build trust and establish…

How to Get Ready for a Capital Campaign
Capital Campaign, Fundraising Strategy What does it take to really be ready for a capital campaign? Often we see board members and leaders chomping at the bit to move quickly. And we hear from some fundraisers that they feel pushed to get going and start asking for lead gifts as…

Top Capital Campaign Trends for 2023
Capital Campaign, Fundraising Strategy Capital campaigns are everywhere these days. Despite a murky economic outlook, nonprofits large and small are moving forward with big fundraising goals and high dollar campaigns. We’re seeing some interesting new capital campaign trends…

Suspects vs Prospects
Asking for Donations, Board Members & Fundraising, Capital Campaign, Major Gifts Today, we want to talk about two critical terms in major gift fundraising: suspects and prospects. These terms are often used interchangeably, but they have distinct meanings and huge implications for your fundraising efforts. Here’s…

(Major Gifts #5) An Easy Strategy for Discovering New Major Gifts Prospects
Capital Campaign, Major Gifts Today, we want to focus on one of the greatest challenges facing development shops everywhere: finding and discovering new prospects for major, principal, and capital gifts. We hear this everywhere: Fundraisers tell us that…

Nonprofit Fundraising Trends for 2023
Annual Giving, Capital Campaign As fundraising consultants, we’re always keeping an eye on the latest nonprofit fundraising trends and developments. As we move into 2023, there are several key trends that can help your organization ride the waves of success and fundraising…

Three Big Challenges Facing Top Fundraisers Today
Capital Campaign, Major GiftsDon’t hold yourself back. If you want to reach and exceed your major gift goal, then don’t neglect your important donor relationships!

What To Do When Your Major Gift Fundraising ISN’T Working
Capital Campaign, Major GiftsDon’t hold yourself back. If you want to reach and exceed your major gift goal, then don’t neglect your important donor relationships!

How to Jumpstart Your Capital Campaign and Achieve Early Success
Capital CampaignThere are three key steps you can take as early as possible that will help you engage the right leadership donors.

What Mega Donors are Saying about Giving in Today’s Economy
Capital Campaign, Major GiftsWith the economic environment so murky these days, we usually ask these donors how they are feeling about giving in today’s economy.


What Will Trigger Mega Donors to Unlock Early Capital Campaign Gifts?
Capital Campaign, Major Gifts What Will Trigger Mega Donors to Unlock Early Capital Campaign Gifts? This is the question that many nonprofit leaders ask – over and over. For every capital campaign that we advise – this is often a huge question hanging in the…