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The pressures of nonprofit fundraising in 2020 have even the most experienced and successful nonprofits feeling off balance. However, a recent survey shows that a majority of donors plan to give as much or more this year as last year. With that in mind, organizations are re-engaging with their capital campaign planning and management processes, realigning their case for support documents and using survey data to reassure their boards, staff and leaders that they can and should move forward with nonprofit fundraising.
The inspiration for a capital campaign often begins with identifying a need within your organization. That need must mature into a benefit that excites philanthropists if you plan to raise serious money.
Like the Iditarod, capital campaigns for multi-use projects cannot be completed, much less won, by anything less than a team that understands and values individual strengths.
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.