“But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts,” Middlemarch by George Eliot

Reflection questions:

• What are the long-term impacts that your capital campaign will have on your community?   
• If you are not in a capital campaign yet, what greater impact could your mission have on the community with a bigger or better suited space? 

Reflection on quote:

Did you know that the largest capital campaign completed in 5 years was for $9.6 billion that’s billion with a b through Harvard University?  That number is astounding to me.  And, yet, in my opinion when a small nonprofit raises $10 million to build a new home for their services, that campaign will have a deeper and more lasting impact on the lives of the client they serve in their small town. Across the United States right now, I know that Boards and Executive Directors are planning capital campaigns and their work is hidden from view of major fundraising journals because those campaigns will never begin to approach the records.

The capital campaigns being planned in small towns and rural area are dependent on unhistoric acts; however, the impact is greater than the record breaking campaigns.  How? Our capital campaigns bring a greater percentage of the community together to solve a common problem or to create something new and good.  Our campaigns grow the giving muscles among donors who expand their generosity to meet the greater vision for the community.  Once built, the new programs offered in the new space serve a greater ratio of the community.  The change in the daily lives of our communities is easier to see. Capital campaigns truly strengthen the fabric of the community and that strength has positive impact on donors, community members, and other nonprofits for decades.

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