How much does a capital campaign engagement cost?

Industry standard is ten percent of campaign goal allocated to fundraising and related costs. Brazen's consulting fee is scoped within that — based on campaign size, phase, and what you need from us.

How long does a typical engagement last?

Capital campaign consulting engagements typically span six to eighteen months.

What does the engagement include?

Feasibility study, campaign plan, case for support, donor identification, board and volunteer training, and ongoing campaign management. Brazen does not hand you a plan and disappear.

Do you have a free assessment?

Yes — a free Capital Campaign Readiness Assessment with thirty-four questions across eight pillars takes about fifteen minutes.

Capital Campaign Consulting — $750K to $150M campaigns

Capital campaigns are the hardest fundraising you'll ever do. Feasibility, planning, case for support, board training, ongoing management. Fee scoped within the industry-standard 10% of campaign goal.

Capital Campaign Consulting

If you're feeling like you're in over your head — you're not imagining things.

A capital campaign is the hardest fundraising you'll ever do. The timeline is long, the dollars are big, and if something goes wrong, the consequences are real. That's not meant to scare you. It's meant to validate what you're feeling.

Before you call us — try this

Campaign Readiness Assessment

34 questions. 8 pillars. About 15 minutes. An honest picture of whether your organization is ready to take on a capital campaign — and where the real risks are hiding.

This isn't a pass/fail test. It's a strategic mirror.

The voice in your head

We hear this on almost every first call.

You're not weak. You're human. And you're in uncharted territory. We've supported campaigns from $750K to $150M — including during a pandemic, with organizations new to fundraising, and with partners who could barely sit at the same table at first.

Am I even qualified to lead this?
What if I ask and they say no?
What if I'm the reason this fails?
Does everybody else just… know how to do this?

What's at stake

A failed campaign isn't just disappointing.

We don't want that for you. We've seen it happen and we know what prevents it.

Case studies

Campaigns we've stood behind.

Unregistered charity during COVID

Used grants and community relationships to raise $750,000 during a global shutdown. Because the need was real and the case was clear.

First-time fundraiser

Stood behind the fundraiser through every donor meeting. Guided the board. Built the infrastructure while the campaign was running.

Two organizations, one campaign

Two groups who needed to work together but hadn't figured out how. Built trust and helped them raise $15 million together.

The biggest campaign we've supported

Wrote the plan, began the conversations, supported major gifts throughout.

Engagement includes

What a campaign engagement looks like.

Feasibility study — honest assessment of whether your goal is realistic.

Campaign plan — phases, timelines, milestones, and who's responsible.

Case for support — the document that makes donors say yes.

Donor identification — who to ask, in what order, for how much.

Board + volunteer training — ask coaching, meeting prep, role clarity.

Ongoing campaign management — we don't hand you a plan and disappear.

Pricing

Ten percent of campaign goal. Scoped honestly.

Industry standard allocates ten percent of a campaign goal to fundraising and related costs. Our consulting fee is scoped within that — based on your campaign size, phase, and what you need from us.

After the discovery call, we scope the engagement and give you a written estimate. You'll know the cost, the timeline, and what you're getting before anything starts. Campaign consulting engagements typically span 6–18 months.