Capital Campaigns

How to Choose a Fundraising Consultant

How to Choose a Fundraising Consultant

No one responded to your RFP? Try this instead. RFPs, or requests for proposals, are a popular process for organizations to find and vet a capital campaign consultant. Unfortunately for organizations, most philanthropic consultants hate them, and many won’t respond. Why? Because most are poorly constructed: someone who doesn’t know what they need writes guidelines … Read more

My Board Wants A Feasibility Study But...

My Board Wants A Feasibility Study But…

At Rose City Philanthropy we love working with teams to prepare for a major capital effort. A capital campaign can rally a community and propel an organization to new heights like few other projects can. Too often, however, I hear this: “My board wants a feasibility study but we’re going to build regardless of the outcome.”