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Capital campaign consultants provide the expertise, structure, and accountability needed to navigate complex fundraising efforts. But hiring a consultant isn’t a shortcut – it’s a partnership. To get the most value from the relationship, nonprofit leaders need a clear understanding of what consultants actually do, how they can help, and what it takes to work together successfully.
A critical component of successful capital campaigns is selection of the right type of counsel for your organization. Choosing the wrong capital campaign consultant can doom a campaign from the beginning. Follow this process to find the right counsel for you.
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 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.
This article is a primer course on capital campaign fundraising counsel. Included are the different types of fundraising counsel, benefits to fundraising counsel, why paying a fundraiser a percentage is viewed as unethical and may not be in the organization’s best interest, and costs associated with professionally directed capital campaigns.
Here’s your primer on hiring fundraising counsel. It includes types of fundraising counsel, benefits to fundraising counsel, why paying a fundraiser a percentage is viewed as unethical and may not be in the organization’s best interest, costs associated with professionally directed capital campaigns, and information on how to select the right consultant.
