Capital Campaign Timeline Best Practices

Jun 25 2025

Why should every nonprofit conduct a planning study before a campaign?

By Brian Norton Steier Tips

Considering a capital campaign? First, complete a feasibility (campaign planning) study. Every. Single. Time! The title of this month’s Steier Tips may generate some questions. Why invest in a study if we know we must…

Mar 17 2020

Fundraising and development during the coronavirus pandemic

By Jim Steier Steier Tips

These are unprecedented times. While there is understandably a lot of anxiety and uncertainty about what a nonprofit organization should do as the economy struggles and much of society shuts down, certain truths are unchanged.…

Aug 15 2019

What to do between capital campaigns

By Jim Steier Steier Tips

You’ve just finished a successful capital campaign. Time to celebrate! All that hard work has helped you get a long-awaited project off the ground. However, you knew this project was going to take more than…

Jan 08 2019

Timing is key during transition from a planning study into a capital campaign

By Jim Steier Steier Tips

Great news! Your organization’s recently-completed planning study found strong support for a capital campaign. Your donors are fired up and ready to support such a transformational fundraising effort. You have interested volunteers and leaders excited…

Feb 01 2017

Keep a successful annual appeal separate from capital campaigns

By Jim Steier Steier Tips

Can you have too much of a good thing? When it comes to an annual appeal the answer is “yes.” The Steier Group works often with nonprofits that pushed too hard and too fast on…

Oct 04 2016

Proper planning yields successful capital campaigns

By Jim Steier Steier Tips

In a major fundraising effort, you will face a number of difficult questions and decisions. None may be bigger than this: Where do we begin? Simply put, the planning stages of successful capital campaigns can…

Apr 05 2016

An appointed time for everything: Engaging the liturgical year in capital campaign fundraising

By Jim Steier Steier Tips

“There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1) We all operate under the cyclic rhythm and pace of seasons and events important to us…

Jan 08 2015

Two questions to ask yourself before you start a capital campaign

By Jim Steier Steier Tips

As the calendar turns from year to year, you may be tempted to closely examine your master plan with the desire to take the next step toward fulfilling that strategic blueprint. Such intentions, designed to…

Jun 03 2014

Is this the right time for a capital campaign?

By Jim Steier Steier Tips

It’s often the first question I am asked when I sit down with a potential client, “Jim, are we ready for a campaign?” The question, in theory, should be a straight forward “yes” or “no.”…

Capital Campaign Timeline

Why should every nonprofit conduct a planning study before a campaign?

Fundraising and development during the coronavirus pandemic

What to do between capital campaigns

Timing is key during transition from a planning study into a capital campaign

Keep a successful annual appeal separate from capital campaigns

Proper planning yields successful capital campaigns

An appointed time for everything: Engaging the liturgical year in capital campaign fundraising

Two questions to ask yourself before you start a capital campaign

Is this the right time for a capital campaign?

How can the Steier Group assist you?

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