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UPDATE on Partners: 1700 Sansom Street 10th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 [email protected] www.sacredplaces.org [phone] Board of Directors The Reverend Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr., Chair The Reverend Dr. Roy G. Almquist, Secretary John Asher, Jr. The Reverend Dr. Eugene C. Bay David R. Cooper John J. DiIulio, Jr., Ph. D., Vice Chair The Reverend Dr. Thomas E. Frank Sally Harris Henry G. Hart The Reverend Pierce W. Klemmt The Reverend Katherine Glaze Lyle Corlis S. Moody James R. Nader, FAIA, Treasurer James B. Straw, AIA David J. Winkowski, Esq. Gordon R. Woodrow Staff A. Robert Jaeger, President Tuomi Joshua Forrest, Executive Vice President Caroline Acheatel, Executive Program Assistant, Pennsylvania Office Karen DiLossi, Director of Arts in Sacred Places Daniel Duffy, Project Manager, Pennsylvania Office Gianfranco Grande, Vice President for Philanthropy and Business Development; Director, Chicago Office Rachel Hildebrandt, Program and Membership Associate, Pennsylvania Office Stephanie Kish, Director of Operations Amy J. Schachman, Associate Director, Chicago Office Scott Schnur, Programs and Administrative Associate, Pennsylvania Office Suzanne Yowell, Director, Texas Office National Office Capital Campaign Consulting Services Launched For nearly 25 years, Partners for Sacred Places has empowered congregations to restore their buildings and revitalize their communities. This work, vital to faith communities and to the neighborhoods they serve, comes at a cost. Maintaining a safe, healthy, and welcoming environment for worship and services puts a great deal of pressure on a congregation’s budget. A successful capital campaign is often the key to a brighter future. To better help congregations raise funds, Partners recently launched Capital Campaign Consulting Services (CCCS), whose offerings include feasibility studies, which provide an opportunity to gauge the receptiveness of members and the community to a capital campaign, and capital campaigns themselves, comprising case study assistance, donor identification, media strategy, volunteer training, and more. No two congregations are the same, and it follows that no two successful capital campaigns can be the same. Partners works with each of its clients to design and implement a fundraising strategy that represents and celebrates the congregation’s distinctive history, heritage, and culture. Having worked with many thousands of sacred places across the country, Partners is uniquely positioned to help faith and lay leaders leverage their networks of parishioners, neighbors, and friends for campaign success. At Partners, we approach Capital Campaign Consulting Services as an extension of our mission, an important service to and resource for our core constituency. Building on the trust we have earned in faith communities over two decades, the innovative fundraising tools and approaches that we have developed, and the expertise and skills of our staff, Partners’ Capital Campaigns Consulting Services are characterized by creativity, collaboration, and quality. In Chicago, the news of CCCS is spreading among New Dollars/New Partners graduates. Our Lady of Victory and St. Stanislaus Kostka, both members of the 2012 Archdiocese-sponsored training, signed on for the service immediately after graduation. Some congregations, like historic Olivet Baptist Church, which went through training years ago, have been anticipating this service. Sacred Places Production Neeta McCulloch, Editor 3 • Sacred Places • www.sacredplaces.org • Winter 2013