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Major Gifts Boot Camp

for Leaders

4 days in the trenches: It’s intense, it’s effective. This course will translate into decades of benefits for your organization and your career.

Add Professional Development to Your Resolutions

New and Improved. Live Sessions Online. Recordings available for 1 year.

Did you know that most of the funding for your nonprofit will come from major gifts? In fact, a recent study shows that 88% of all donations come from just 12% of donors. These major donors are the lifeblood of your organization, making it essential to focus on cultivating and securing their support.

To succeed, you need a clear, systematic approach—one that helps you consistently identify, engage, and inspire major donors to give. That’s exactly what the Major Gifts Boot Camp is here to provide. In this comprehensive program, you’ll gain the skills, strategies, and confidence to build and sustain a thriving major gifts program at your nonprofit.

  • CFRE: 6 Credits
  • Sessions on Zoom
  • Recordings available for 1 year
  • Downloads and Pocket Guides
  • Discount to Planned Giving Boot Camp 
  • The Major Donor Cold Outreach Guide (by Joe Garecht)

2026 Summer Schedule

Wednesdays, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST

Session 1Session 2Session 3Session 4
May 6May 13May 20May 27

What's Next

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Planned Giving Boot Camp ​

The other half of your major gifts strategy

Session 1

The Major Gifts Landscape

  • What do we mean by “major gifts?”
  • Why major gifts matter
  • How to think about major donor fundraising
  • Understanding the major donor mindset

By the numbers: facts, figures & stats. Why it’s such an important area for nonprofits over the next decade.

Session 2

Finding and Engaging Major Donors

  • Where can you find new major donors?
  • How to approach major donors for the first time
  • Cultivating and building relationships with major givers
  • Creating a strong moves management system for your nonprofit

This is not a 100 Mile-High Overview . You will be in the trenches.

Session 3

Successfully Soliciting Major Gifts

  • How to “get the meeting”
  • Advanced Asking: how to ask major donors for major gifts
  • Understanding the role of planned giving and blended gifts
  • How to steward your major donors to build lifelong relationships
  • RFM scores. Recency, Frequency, and Money

Do you have trouble talking to donors? Do you clam up? Learn to find the clues, begin the dialogue, and close the deal.

Session4 / Q&A

Bonus Session: Ask Away

  • Get all of your major gifts fundraising questions answered
  • Hear what your peers are asking
  • Discover peer pain points
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  • Bring your messaging, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship questions!

Free forum. Prepare your questions in advance or just listen to what others are asking.

Planned giving and major gifts go hand-in-hand.

Some planned gifts can also be major gifts, and some major gifts will inspire planned gifts. Planned giving research is also a great way to identify potential major donors.

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Credits

This course qualifies for 6 CFRE credits.

Certificate

Certificate of completion awarded to each attendee.

Take Home

Pocket Guide for MGOs, Gift Comparison Chart, several downloads. Access to recordings for one year.

You’ll need 88% to pass!
Every planned gift is a major gift. Get educated today.