In the third installment of his Animal Shelter Guide To series,Tim Crum takes up one of the more challenging elements of fundraising - capital campaigns.This hands-on book shares the stages,traits and even practices for successful structure of a capital campaign then shows you how to evaluate and prepare your animal shelter to embark on a successful capital campaign.

If you have the responsibility of raising funds foryour nonprofit animal welfare organization, thisis the book for you! An Animal Shelter?s Guideto Fundraising is written by one of the leadingauthorities on fundraising in the animal welfareindustry. This ?how-to? guide puts you on a clearpath, from start to sustainability. This book willteach you how to identify the best funding sourcesand help you decide where to invest your time andenergy. It will help you create an integratedfundraising plan that maximizes your fundraisingrevenue. The information and resources provided inthis book will equip you with the know-how, andconfidence, to raise money for your animal shelteror rescue group.

If you have the responsibility of raising funds for your nonprofit animal welfare organization, this is the book for you! An Animal Shelter?s Guide to Fundraising is written by Tim Crum - one of the leading authorities on fundraising in the animal welfare industry. This ?how-to? guide puts you on a clear path, from start to sustainability that teaches you how to identify the best funding sources, decide where to invest your time and energy, and helps you create an integrated fundraising plan that maximizes your fundraising revenue. The information and resources provided in this book will equip you with the know how, and confidence, to raise money for your animal shelter or rescue group.

In his latest book, An Animal Shelter's Guide to Board Governance, Tim Crum tackles one of the more misunderstood and confusing subjects in the nonprofit animal sheltering world - board governance. In plain language, and backed by decades of work with nonprofit animal shelter boards across the country, Tim reveals the very reasons why nonprofit boards are struggling with their roles and responsibilities - and how nonprofit boards can make simple systematic and structural changes to maximize the efficacy of its board.

Capital Campaigns: Strategies That Work, Fourth Edition serves as an essential guide for capital campaigns of all sizes and configurations, from small start-ups to colleges and universities. Ideal for novices and experienced professionals alike, this practical, hands-on guide is now a standard reference in the field. Since the publication of the last edition, the field of fundraising has undergone a major sea change thanks to widespread use of the internet as a tool for raising capital. This thoroughly revised fourth edition has been updated in every chapter to reflect the current ways of communicating and raising money in this digital era. It offers a new chapter on social media and crowd-sourced fundraising in capital campaigns as well as a new chapter on getting your board of directors campaign-ready.

An authoritative, systematic guide to planning and managing a successful capital campaign in any type of nonprofit organization. Dove draws on his extensive experience as a fund raising manager and consultant to offer winning strategies and formulas for streamlining the fund raising process and maximizing results. He offers practical, how-to advice for handling all phases of capital campaigns?from conducting an initial market analysis and getting board members involved to soliciting donors and ensuring ongoing commitment of key people. He identifies the key principles of a capital campaign?small or large, regional or national, and shows how these principles can be applied in any type of nonprofit organization.

This primer helps new fund raisers learn the basics, from the vocabulary of fund raising to the nuances of major trends affecting nonprofit fundraising today. With up-to-date case studies and reallife examples, this practical guide will provide an overview of the field and give development staff, managers, and directors a platform from which to operate their fund raising programs. This guide is a musthave for anyone new to the fund raising arena.