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More Information: Development

On this page are various blogs and videos that administrators and trustees of faith-based schools have found useful. These can be viewed for free and used as needed by your school. We welcome your feedback and suggestion on these documents or other tools you’d like to see.

5 Requisites for Development Success

The 5 core requisites that should drive strategy, time invested and performance evaluations, by both the Board and Administration for faith-based schools to achieve their fund development potential.

Video and text.

Development Plan for a Faith-based School

How to formulate an effective plan with an accompanying free template available below. Video and text.

8 Steps of a Major Gifts Ask

Video and text.

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Using Volunteers in Major Gift Asks

Faith-based schools often rely on volunteers to help with Major Gift solicitation. But they soon find that volunteers need a lot of TLC to be successful. This tutorial lays out the challenges of using volunteers, what they need and how to ramp up their effectiveness.

Video and text