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
Capital campaigns stall. It happens to the best teams, under the best of circumstances, with the best of planning. Here’s what to do.
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.”