America's Charities | June 8, 2018

Register Now! Nonprofit Webinar: Four Essential Elements of a Capital Campaign

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When: Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 2:00pm ET

Duration: 30 minutes plus Q&A

Host: America’s Charities

Presenter: David G. Phillips, founder and president and chief executive officer of Custom Development Solutions, Inc. (CDS)

What: 

Every capital campaign needs a strong foundation built upon these four (4) pillars of support:

  1. Case for Support
  2. Donors (prospects)
  3. Leaders (prospects)
  4. Proven Campaign Plan

In this webinar, we will briefly review the basics of these four pillars and then dig-in to pillar #1 to explore how to build a strong case for support.  This is the first of a four-part series explaining how you can build a solid foundation for a capital campaign for your nonprofit organization or your NGO. 

All webinar attendees will receive a copy of this webinar presentation, as well as two downloadable documents designed to help your team craft your own incredible case for support. 

About the Presenter:

David Phillips, Custom Development Solutions (CDS)David G. Phillips, founder and president and chief executive officer of Custom Development Solutions, Inc. (CDS), has 33 years of high level fundraising experience in organizations throughout the United States and Canada. He founded Custom Development Solutions in 1996. The firm and its leaders have provided counsel to hundreds of non-profit organizations and led hundreds of successful capital campaigns. Mr. Phillips has personally directed a dozen capital campaigns raising more than $750 million dollars, and supervised hundreds more which have yielded over $2.5 billion dollars. His area of expertise is major gifts fundraising and the planning, implementation and management of capital campaigns. 

 

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