Planning a Capital Campaign

Develop the capacity to secure funding and ensure that the campaign meets the community’s needs and desires.

Webinar

• Getting Ready: Preparing to Secure Funding ResourcesThis webinar focuses on capacity building activities that help ensure the success of capital campaigns, including creating a timeline for coordinating fund raising activities with architects, engineers, tribal planners, and other professionals. Information will be provided on identifying a portal for receiving contributions, including the advantages and disadvantages of establishing a tribal, tax-exempt foundation or a federally recognized 501(c)3 corporation. Organizing a financial development team will be reviewed, as well as how to engage other tribal departments. Policies and procedures will be covered, including donor recognition, and developing naming opportunities.

Tutorials

• Project Management & Accountability: Budgeting, Reporting, and Measuring Performance This IMLS session introduces concepts and practices to help manage federally-funded projects and meet federal requirements for accountability. Topics include drafting budgets and budget changes; writing and submitting financial and narrative reports; and measuring success toward achievement of a project's goals and objectives.
• The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly of Donor Relations This recorded session offers insight into the opportunities and challenges of donor relations, as well as how to deal with circumstances, personalities, and politics.

Tool

• Phases of a Capital Campaign Plan

Examples

• John Hair Cultural Center & Museum Phase One Budget Justification
• Association for Healthcare Philanthropy Campaign Plan
• San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Foundation Campaign Plan
• Suquamish Foundation Gift Policy and Procedures