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A Typical Capital Campaign Timeline

Month 1:
• Put steering committee in place
• Design outreach material
Months 2-6:
• Identify primary donor contacts
• Identify alumni to serve as team leaders and class agents
• Secure board & steering committee pledges
Kappa Sigma | Georgia Tech Months 2-12:

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN SERVICES • Conduct in-person and telephone and gift solicitations
Months 7-11:
• Lead donor cultivation and solicitation • Train team leaders and class agents
• Development of collateral materials • Identify time and location for campaign announcement
• Volunteer recruiting and training • Gather materials and complete design, layout, and approval of campaign
• Dedicated project manager brochure
• Database management, including secure Months 12-14:
online member update portal • Conduct campaign announcement, public phase kick-off
• Gift management, including gift • Mail campaign brochure
acknowledgement, pledge reminders, and Months 12-18:
online donation portal
• Coordinate team leader and class agent activities
• Follow-up with major donors who have not pledged yet

“Elevate gave our campaign the essential dose of “We really enjoyed working with Elevate. They helped us set a realistic goal and then to
credibility and know how that we needed to get the exceed that goal. They encouraged us throughout the campaign and their expertise was
snowball rolling.” invaluable. The day we dedicated the new lodge was a dream come true!”
Maurice (Moe) Trebuchon | Delta Sigma Phi | Kim Wilkerson | Delta Delta Delta | Texas Tech University
Georgia Institute of Technology

Kappa Sigma | Georgia Tech Phi Gamma Delta | DePauw Pi Kappa Phi | University of Florida Sigma Chi | MIT