Respond to each peer initial post and question at the end with a response about 3-4 sentences long. Peer #1 Friend raising is when a nonprofit organization builds a relationship with their clients focusing on the development of a unique and special type of relationship with the hopes of creating passionate supporters that believe in the cause and can help bring in others by word of mouth that they trust that will have some type of loyalty to the organization rather than just someone who it becomes all about the money. Friend raising with a nonprofit organization’s clientele is important because there are is a bigger commitment there in the relationship and gives a little more ease to the organization to ask people they already know for money for a particular cause and wouldn’t make asking difficult. Of course  some people do not like to ask others for money but when it’s for something important like for an organization with a  good cause then it’s pretty simple to ask your friends whom you know very well to help you and contribute to your cause. “In friend-raising, the relationship is a sustainable practice of genuine care and concern—each party involves itself for the benefit of the others, thereby representing and reinforcing the community” (Allers, 2013).  Solicitation is definitely a part of the relationship between a nonprofit and their donors whether they have any affiliation to them or not because any means of asking someone for something or trying to obtain something from someone is considered soliciting in a positive manner. There is also the means of someone who would barge into or intrude in an organization to ask for either monetary donations or to purchase something from them and in most places this is not allowed. Solicitation can help raise the profile of the business when it reaches a broad market base to help them generate new sales (Martin, 2018). In the nonprofit friend-raising instance, solicitation is a good thing and sets up the friends to be potential customers and helping to advertise the business rather than it being advertised by the business owners (Martin, 2018). Having friend-raisers speak to others about the organization’s cause will help to bring others in the door because they trust them.  A nonprofit must have volunteers in their organization in order for them to be successful, as many of these organization types rely heavily on their volunteers as they are considered their backbone and spread the word about the mission of the organization (Tishman, 2013). These members do not give their support to the organization for a payout and most of the time is not looking to be compensated in any way or receiving a gift, they are only looking for the organization to be successful and see their cause making a difference. There should definitely be a volunteer program in an emerging nonprofit organization especially in our economic times where there are many people who are in need of the communities help. A manage ...

1. Respond to each peer initial post and question at the end with a
response about 3-4 sentences long.
Peer #1
Friend raising is when a nonprofit organization builds a
relationship with their clients focusing on the development of a
unique and special type of relationship with the hopes of
creating passionate supporters that believe in the cause and can
help bring in others by word of mouth that they trust that will
have some type of loyalty to the organization rather than just
someone who it becomes all about the money. Friend raising
with a nonprofit organization’s clientele is important because
there are is a bigger commitment there in the relationship and
gives a little more ease to the organization to ask people they
already know for money for a particular cause and wouldn’t
make asking difficult. Of course some people do not like to ask
others for money but when it’s for something important like for
an organization with a good cause then it’s pretty simple to ask
your friends whom you know very well to help you and
contribute to your cause. “In friend-raising, the relationship is a
sustainable practice of genuine care and concern—each party
involves itself for the benefit of the others, thereby representing
and reinforcing the community” (Allers, 2013).
Solicitation is definitely a part of the relationship between a
nonprofit and their donors whether they have any affiliation to
them or not because any means of asking someone for
something or trying to obtain something from someone is
considered soliciting in a positive manner. There is also the
means of someone who would barge into or intrude in an
organization to ask for either monetary donations or to purchase

2. something from them and in most places this is not allowed.
Solicitation can help raise the profile of the business when it
reaches a broad market base to help them generate new sales
(Martin, 2018). In the nonprofit friend-raising instance,
solicitation is a good thing and sets up the friends to be
potential customers and helping to advertise the business rather
than it being advertised by the business owners (Martin, 2018).
Having friend-raisers speak to others about the organization’s
cause will help to bring others in the door because they trust
them.
A nonprofit must have volunteers in their organization in order
for them to be successful, as many of these organization types
rely heavily on their volunteers as they are considered their
backbone and spread the word about the mission of the
organization (Tishman, 2013). These members do not give their
support to the organization for a payout and most of the time is
not looking to be compensated in any way or receiving a gift,
they are only looking for the organization to be successful and
see their cause making a difference. There should definitely be
a volunteer program in an emerging nonprofit organization
especially in our economic times where there are many people
who are in need of the communities help. A management system
is needed to run a successful volunteer program to ensure that
the organization is using highly skilled volunteers who are
willing to take part in the programs they have to offer, the
ability to have proper training programs, financial support and
should have high-value contributing volunteer leaders.
In my opinion I think that an organization should consider a
capital campaign when the organization is in need of some sort
of restructure and need to raise some significant cash to help the
cause because they either do not have enough cash within the
organization to do this or they are not allowed to use that
money for restructure but it’s needed in order for them to be
successful. An organization must get the approval from a

3. committee before they can begin a capital campaign for the
organization, they must first make sure that they actually do
need this campaign, how much money they need and the finance
committee must agree on this by first making sure they are able
to finance these needs (Lysakowski, 2013). Strategic planning is
necessary in this process as well and the team will have to get
together to make sure they are addressing the following
questions before they take the next steps : “What is the
potential for growth in our organization? How are the
demographics of our constituents changing, are we prepared to
meet the needs of our community and Is our facility adequate to
handle growing needs and if not, what do they need to do to
improve their facilities?” (Laykowski, 2013).
Peer#2
Friendraising is the development of a relationships between a
nonprofit organization and its clientele. Building this
relationship includes sharing the nonprofit organization’s
mission with the beliefs of the clientele, sharing the positive
results of the nonprofit organization, and encouraging the
clientele to become invested in the nonprofit. This relationship
is important because it ensures that nonprofit clientele will
continue to support the cause, whether that be in monetary
donations or volunteer opportunities. Friendraising is all about
“stitching in” individuals to support and maintain the life of a
nonprofit. In our notes we also learned ways to encourage this
relationship, which include keeping in communication through
such media as newsletters, chatting clientele up without the
solicitation of money or service, invitations to visit the
nonprofit facilities, holding social and informational meetings,
and other gatherings lead by key leaders in the organization.

4. The key to successful friendraising interactions is that
during these interactions there is no solicitation of money or
services from the clientele, but rather the intention is about
building a bond with clientele so that they will be committed to
the cause in a natural manner. Constant solicitation of money
or services can result in a client possibly losing focus on why
they were involved in the first place or losing the passion for
the nonprofit’s mission. Rather than soliciting an active
member on a regular basis it is a better strategy to keep them
involved through typical interactions they may engage with
friends they have in their lives. Friends share information with
one another (communication). Friends typically do not ask you
for money and/or a favor every time you speak with them (well
good friends at least). Friends invite you over to their homes
(invitation to nonprofit facilities). Friends also ask you to go
out and have fun together (social and information events).
As we also learned in our notes, volunteers are an
important part of a successful nonprofit organization. To take
advantage of this key benefit a nonprofit does need to put in
place a process or infrastructure for a volunteer program. A
volunteer management program will increase the benefits
provided by volunteers while managing the potential sticky
situations that also could come about. A volunteer management
program should consider how volunteers are being used and
tracked, risks associated with volunteer involvement, policies
and procedures, recruitment strategies, selection standards,
training, leadership, and recognition of service.
Capital campaigns are a type of fundraising strategy for a
specific need that an organization might need. These needs are
typically big ticket items like facilities, necessary equipment, or
items that may cost large amounts of money that contribute to
the success of a nonprofit’s mission (Weinstein, 2017). Capital
campaigns should be run whenever possibly to ensure a
nonprofit has the tools it needs to be successful in its mission.

5. Prerequisties for a capital campaign are outlined by
Wesley Lindahl’s
Three-phase Capital Campaigns.
Lindahl discusses the need for planning before any campaign
can take place. First research has to be done. This research
will help an organization focus on their process for funding
these big ticket items. Once the organization has researched,
they then can plan thr strategy of fundraising, develop a
hypotheses, and set the expectations of the capital campaign.
Once that is done then a capital campaign can begin.
Nonprofits have stronger success when planning capital
campaigns because donors respond in certain ways to certain
information. For example, if a nonprofit researched and found
that individual donors are more likely to contribute to a cause
that is almost at its goal, the nonprofit might hold off on
opening donating publicly once they have received private funds
(Lindahl, 2008).
Question
What is a capital campaign? What is it usually intended to
fund? How long is the typical campaign and what are the
common phases?