Record high inflation, labor shortages, and a rollercoaster stock market are enough to give any of us heartburn as we try to make financial decisions.… Read More »Considering a Capital Campaign in an Uncertain Economy: The Big Picture
With over 130 years of experience ministering to an urban community, Idlewild Presbyterian Church in Memphis, TN, has a mission to provide everyone who enters… Read More »Church Finds Way to Manage Pledge Campaigns & Online Giving
It’s nearly the end of the year, a time when thankfulness and a spirit of giving are in abundance. Every day in our mailboxes and… Read More »Find Your Match: Using a Matching Campaign to Maximize Giving
How do you talk about money in your church community? Do you only mention it when you suddenly realize that your annual operating budget is short for the next fiscal year? Or when a big storm makes the need for a capital campaign too strong to ignore? If you only talk about money in your times of need, you are missing a prime opportunity to share with your members the results of their giving.
Creating an Effective Capital Campaign – Part 2 A capital campaign for an organization is often many months, if not years, in the planning. It… Read More » Preparing Your Church
From the series, Conducting the Silent Phase of Your Capital Campaign. The silent phase of a capital campaign is our chance to “fly under the… Read More »Develop Your Ask Strategy
From the series, Conducting the Silent Phase of Your Capital Campaign. Most organizations rush into capital campaigns. And it’s understandable – we have a desperate… Read More »Getting Input from Your Key Donors
Creating an Effective Capital Campaign – Part 1 At some point in the life of your church, you’ll likely need to implement a capital campaign.… Read More »Steps to Feasibility
Our best givers in our churches usually are generous supporters of other organizations, too. The difficult truth is that those other charitable causes often do… Read More »Effective Donor Engagement for Churches – Part 4
In this series, we’re applying the best practice development concepts of The Four-Part Cycle of Donor Engagement to the church setting. We’re sharing ideas and… Read More »Effective Donor Engagement for Churches – Part 3
Donors are often stewarded more impactfully by the nonprofit organizations they support than by the church they tithe to. In this series, we are tailoring… Read More »Effective Donor Engagement for Churches – Part 2
Top givers in our churches today are also generous supporters of other organizations – causes and charities for which they also have a passion. In… Read More »Effective Donor Engagement for Churches – Part 1
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