Capital Campaign Success Stories

Mar 20 2026

Creating room for a Catholic parish to flourish

By Brian Norton Steier Tips

St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Frisco, Texas, knows a little something about growth. In 1966, 12 families stepped out in faith to establish a mission parish in the small farming town of Frisco. Today,…

Sep 16 2025

Stewardship, campaign success go hand in hand for Diocese of Wichita

By Brian Norton Steier Wire

The Diocese of Wichita has a reputation that stretches far beyond this rural Kansas diocese of 90 parishes. Across the country, it’s admired as the stewardship diocese – where giving is a way of life.…

Aug 29 2024

How did a rural Indiana parish raise 10 times its offertory in a campaign?

By Brian Norton Steier Tips

With a motivational capital campaign theme, Let’s Grow St. Joe!, the vibrant community of St. Joseph Catholic Church and School in Shelbyville, Indiana, embarked on an inspiring journey of renewal and expansion. From the initial…

Apr 25 2024

Creative campaign approach engaged all aspects of St. Mary community

By Brian Norton Steier Tips

Fr. Joseph Walsh’s invitation for the Steier Group to partner with St. Mary Catholic Church on its capital campaign came with a challenge and a request. Weekend Masses at the parish, situated in downtown Lincoln,…

Mar 19 2024

Lessons learned from raising $3 billion

By Brian Norton Steier Tips

Watch the video above for a short message from our CEO, Matt Vuorela. When Jim Steier founded the Steier Group in the attic of the Steier family home in 1997, the idea of helping…

Sep 01 2023

Team Catholic: Dream big, then do the work

By Sarah Deeney Steier Tips, Steier Wire

Team Catholic. It is a simple idea. Every member of the community working in unity to support the Catholic Church. But, in the Steier Group’s work across North America, we’ve found that’s often not the…

Jul 28 2023

Successful capital campaign led to bolstered annual fund for Paulist Fathers

By Jim Steier Steier Tips

Are you concerned that a capital campaign will negatively impact your organization’s annual giving program? Contrary to this common belief, the evidence is clear that capital campaigns have a positive effect on overall annual giving.…

Oct 19 2022

Paulist Fathers’ focus on mission leads to successful $30 million campaign

By Jim Steier Steier Tips

Through the Hope for the Future campaign, the Paulist Fathers raised over $30 million, far exceeding the initial public goal of $20 million. The key? The Paulists never made their campaign about money. Instead, the…

Jul 11 2022

Prayer, communication helped Epiphany of the Lord succeed during the pandemic

By Jim Steier Steier Tips

Epiphany of the Lord Catholic Community in Katy, Texas, kicked off its capital campaign in October 2019. The campaign combined the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston’s archdiocesan campaign with its own needs. The community faced debt from…

Apr 15 2022

Campaign connection brought St. Francis of Assisi community closer together

By Jim Steier Steier Tips

St. Francis of Assisi in Wichita, Kansas, is the founding parish of the Diocese of Wichita’s nationally renowned stewardship model. In the 1970’s, Msgr. Thomas McGread served as pastor at St. Francis of Assisi where…

Capital Campaign Success Stories

Creating room for a Catholic parish to flourish

Stewardship, campaign success go hand in hand for Diocese of Wichita

How did a rural Indiana parish raise 10 times its offertory in a campaign?

Creative campaign approach engaged all aspects of St. Mary community

Lessons learned from raising $3 billion

Team Catholic: Dream big, then do the work

Successful capital campaign led to bolstered annual fund for Paulist Fathers

Paulist Fathers’ focus on mission leads to successful $30 million campaign

Prayer, communication helped Epiphany of the Lord succeed during the pandemic

Campaign connection brought St. Francis of Assisi community closer together

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