St. Joseph Catholic Church

THE CHALLENGE

For the past 150 years, St. Joseph Catholic Church in Shelbyville, Indiana, has served the Catholics of Shelby County through prayer, sacrament, service, outreach, education and formation – the pillars of the parish’s mission statement. Parish leaders wanted to build up St. Joseph and strengthen those pillars by fortifying the historic church building, adding much-needed space and completing numerous upgrades and improvements. Those ambitious goals needed support from the community through a large fundraising effort.

THE VISION

The historic St. Joseph church building needed renovations. Additional campaign goals included:

  • Building a new parish life center and adoration chapel.
  • Increasing safety on the church and school campus.
  • Updating and expanding the rectory.
  • Expanding and redirecting parking and traffic.

THE SOLUTION

St. Joseph leadership partnered with the Steier Group to create and manage the Let’s Grow St. Joe! Capital Campaign. The Steier Group team worked with the parish to tell the story of why these projects were essential to the future of St. Joe. A major key to success for the campaign was having conversations with the highest potential givers early on – right from the start of the campaign. Sharing with these donors why the campaign and projects were important helped gain early support and leadership. St. Joe raised more than $8.9 million – a tremendous success that allowed the St. Joe family to fulfill its vision for the future.

“What impressed me most about the Steier Group was their ability to bring together all of our stakeholders and get them on board with our campaign. They were skilled at communicating the importance of our fundraising goals and inspiring donors to give generously.”

Very Rev. Michael T. Keucher, VF, Pastor

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
Raised
8939370
Percentage of Goal

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.

Customized Approach

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.