# Capital Campaigns

**1. Purpose**  
This guidance defines the shared responsibilities for discerning, initiating, and planning a capital campaign. It ensures that capital fundraising efforts are strategic, feasible, and aligned with mission-driven priorities.

**2. Organizational Guidance**

- **Assessment and Initiation**
    
    
    - When operational or capital needs exceed regular fundraising capacity, the **Executive Team** shall:
        
        
        - **Assess feasibility** using internal data and community input
        - **Develop a study or planning process** to clarify capacity and timeline
        - **Evaluate and identify staffing and funding resources** needed for implementation.
- **Role Clarity**
    
    
    - The **Board initiates** capital campaigns by vote.
    - The **Senior Minister and Executive Team** operationalize and lead the campaign with staff and volunteer teams.

**3. Related Content**

- [Board Policy 3.3.5](https://211134-bookstack.peaknetworks.cloud/books/board-policy/page/33-care-for-material-resources) – Fundraising
- [Board Policy 3.3.3.2](https://211134-bookstack.peaknetworks.cloud/books/board-policy/page/33-care-for-material-resources) – Endowment Fund
- [Board Policy 3.3.3](https://211134-bookstack.peaknetworks.cloud/books/board-policy/page/33-care-for-material-resources) – Spending and Reserve Limits