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Fundraising Intelligence: Prospect Research in a Campaign with Tricia Ambler and Lisa Cheney. Tricia Ambler. Senior Client Service Consultant for WealthEngine with nonprofit background.
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Fundraising Intelligence: Prospect Research in a Campaign with Tricia Ambler and Lisa Cheney
Tricia Ambler • Senior Client Service Consultant for WealthEngine with nonprofit background. • Previous development positions at Virginia Commonwealth University, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, VA and Jamestown Yorktown Foundation. • Presented on Modeling and Analytics at AFP 2011 Conference in Chicago and very involved in APRA-VA chapter and APRA International.
Lisa Cheney • Director of Prospect Research for Bon Secours Richmond Foundation with 12 years of experience in research. • Prior to work with Bon Secours, researched and identified higher education prospects at Hampden-Sydney College. • Current president of APRA-VA chapter, and has been affiliated with APRA for seven years serving in different board positions.
Agenda Campaign Management Pre-Campaign Planning Campaign Pyramid • Prospect Segmentation The Quiet Phase • Wealth and Peer Screening • Prospect Tracking Meetings Reports • Public Phase Q&A
Campaign Management • What is the Role of Prospect Research in a Campaign? • A capital campaign is a time-limited effort by a nonprofit organization to raise significant dollars for a specific project. (About.com – Nonprofit Charitable Orgs) • The role of research is identifying and steward through the fundraising cycle those prospects that can fund identified campaign initiatives.
Agenda Campaign Management Pre-Campaign Planning Campaign Pyramid • Prospect Segmentation The Quiet Phase • Wealth and Peer Screening • Prospect Tracking Meetings Reports • Public Phase Q&A
Role of Research in Pre-Campaign Planning • Board Members • Previous Campaign Committee Members • Currently Rated Prospects • Anyone who gave during a previous campaign at your organizations lower limit for a major gift • Anyone who has made an annual fund gift at 1/5 your major gift amount
Agenda Campaign Management Pre-Campaign Planning Campaign Pyramid • Prospect Segmentation The Quiet Phase • Wealth and Peer Screening • Prospect Tracking Meetings Reports • Public Phase
Agenda Campaign Management Pre-Campaign Planning Campaign Pyramid • Prospect Segmentation The Quiet Phase • Wealth and Peer Screening • Prospect Tracking Meetings Reports • Public Phase Q&A
The Quiet Phase • May be a good time to conduct a screening to find the hidden wealth in your database • Wealth or Asset Screening • Peer Screening • Conduct at least 5 years before end of campaign • If you have a screening use the ratings and scores within the screening product to segment your prospects
Quiet Phase – Prospect Tracking Meetings • The quiet phase is a good time to begin these meetings: • Reassignment of Prospects • Assign newly identified prospects • Follow-up on assigned prospects
Quiet Phase - Prospect Tracking Meetings • Timing • Structure • Who Should Lead? • Who Should Organize? • Who Should attend?
Major Prospect Activity Major Gift Progress Towards Budget
Agenda Campaign Management Pre-Campaign Planning Campaign Pyramid • Prospect Segmentation The Quiet Phase • Wealth and Peer Screening • Prospect Tracking Meetings Reports • Public Phase Q&A
Public Phase • Track your ROI • Data Segmentation • Data Mining • Refine Rating
Public Phase • Are your reports working? • What do you need to change/refine? • What pipeline reports are you using? • Do you have enough identified prospects?
Public Phase Prospect Pipeline • How many prospects do you have? • Are you tracking the identification source? • Are they assigned or unassigned? • How many are rated? Unrated? • For rated prospects has a funding/project priority been identified? • Do you have identified and assigned prospects that are stuck in a cultivation stage?
End of Campaign • Review your prospect list • Who have you received gifts from? • Which proposals are still outstanding? • Which proposals should still be submitted? • What projects/programs still need to reach campaign goal?
End of Campaign • Review Systems • Prospect Tracking • Gift Processing • Stewardship • Award/Recognition (outside of plaques)
Questions? Tricia Ambler Senior Client Service Consultant WealthEngine tambler@wealthengine.com 240-722-4388 Lisa Cheney Director of Prospect Research Bon Secours lisa_cheney@bshsi.org 804-287-7261 Continue the Dialogue Share your thoughts and insights on Twitter using hash tag:#WEROI