Capital Campaigns: A Guide for Board Members and Others Who Aren't Professional Fundraisers but Who Will Be the Heroes Who Create a Better Community

by Stuart R. Grover

Are you a board member whose organization is contemplating a capital campaign? Do you wonder what's expected of you and whether you'll be able to reach your fundraising goal? At last, here's an authoritative but accessible guide for board members, offering a readable and thorough blueprint for how to conduct a capital or endowment campaign. Calling on 25 years of experience working with thousands of board members, Stuart Grover offers a step-by-step approach to conducting campaigns. He provides both practical knowledge and inspiration to those men and women he characterizes as "the heroes who create a better community." In a conversational style, Grover leads his readers toward the rewarding sense of fulfillment that community service offers.

220 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 2006

Reviews

[Scott Vandrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

A practical, slightly over-explained, guide on understanding, preparing, and executing a successful capital campaign. Focused on the a board member's role, this book offers tested action steps to set up a capital campaign for success. Especially helpful are the templates of campaign budgets, giving charts, and committee and volunteer job descriptions in the appendix. Also, the “Call Preparation” checklist in the same section is a plus.