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Board Member Roles and Responsibilities During a Capital Campaign

In a capital campaign board members should make the organization a priority through:

Reviewing their philanthropic priorities and committing to make a “stretch” gift to the campaign. Board membersshould all support the Annual Fund campaign each year in addition to supporting the capital campaign. All boardmembers should participate financially in the campaign – to the best of their ability. The board should be the firstto give. It is essential that other donors see 100 percent participation of the board. It shows them that the boardhas the utmost faith, confidence and enthusiasm for theorganization.

Considering what role they could and would like to play in thecampaign. Every board member should be responsible for somepart of the campaign and should be engaged in identifying andenlisting campaign committee members.

Reviewing their list of contacts – friends, neighbors, businessassociates – and consider carefully which of them should be giventhe opportunity to learn more about the organization and toparticipate in the campaign. This is not about “trespassing” onpersonal relationships.

Reviewing and approving the capital campaign plan as recommended by the capital campaign planningcommittee.

Ensuring that contributions are used well and according to donor intent.

Advocating for the organization, to the best of his/her ability, in the local and the wider communities.

Evaluate the success of the campaign to determine strengths, areas of improvement and effectiveness of boardpolicies and decisions.

As you begin to embark on your capital campaign, what other roles do you think the board should play?