THE CHALLENGE
This growing Oregon community faced a problem all too common – a lack of adequate space to conduct the ministries of the Catholic Church. Both the church and school community lacked proper gathering spaces for fellowship and other events. Meeting space was at a premium. The community’s youth had to meet in the hallway of the parish office. In order for the parish to continue advancing the Church’s mission through ministries and fellowship, a new parish center was needed. Previous campaigns had raised some money for the parish center, but not enough to cover the full cost.
THE VISION
Christ the King would construct a spacious parish center that would include:
- A parish hall large enough for receptions of 350 people
- A meeting room that would double as the school’s lunch room
- A full service kitchen
THE SOLUTION
The Christ the King community partnered with the Steier Group for the One Faith, One Family Capital Campaign. A faith-based fundraising effort was important to the Christ the King community. Campaign leadership wanted to balance the desire to raise money with the responsibility to nurture the parishioners’ relationship with God. With that in mind, the Steier Group used its years of experience working with Catholic clients to customize a faith-centered campaign. The Christ the King community bought in fully to the campaign and raised more than double its goal, which allowed the parish to start construction on their beautiful new parish center.
“What set the Steier Group apart was their faith-based approach to our building campaign. It was important for our Catholic community to feel and see our faith and the potential for uniting our community as a part of our overall goal to build a new parish center. We were so pleased to see that the Steier Group felt the same way we did about incorporating our faith into our fundraising. I can personally attest to their thoughtful consideration of balancing our desire to raise money with our overriding responsibility to nurture and steward our parishioners in their relationship with God.”
Lisa E. Bergeson, Director of Development
Campaign Stats
The Steier Group’s unique, hands-on campaign management model, combined with our expert grant writers, award-winning designers and creative fundraising strategies, allowed us to exceed goal.
Goal
850000
Raised
3256000
Percentage of Goal
383
A Customized Approach
We founded our firm on the belief that the best capital campaign is one that is customized and executed by one team, under one roof. When you hire the Steier Group, you eliminate the need to contract with additional vendors for services like copywriting, graphic design, grant writing, video production, website development or wealth screening. We reject the one-size-fits-all approach to fundraising and embrace every opportunity to design a capital campaign plan that will maximize our client’s fundraising potential.
Contact Steier Group today
You have a vision for the growth and success of your church, school or organization. Now it’s time to gather the generous, wholehearted support you need to make it happen. Contact Steier Group today to discuss the benefits of a customized capital campaign.
