Capital campaigns are an opportunity to scale your nonprofit, whether you’re raising funds to launch a new program, open a new location, construct a building, or complete another major project. However, growing too fast can threaten your stability. For fundraising professionals, this often manifests in fears that focus on a capital campaign will divert donations away from their annual fund.

Fortunately, nonprofits can maintain or even grow their annual funds while hosting a capital campaign. Doing so requires the right strategies, technology, and potentially even professional consulting services.

In this guide, we’ll explain how a capital campaign can impact your annual fund, and what your nonprofit can do to ensure that impact is positive.