Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church and School in Newport Beach, California, has long relied on strategic planning to address parish needs and prepare for the future. A decade ago, the parish expanded its school. In 2012, it opened a new church. But the growing parish, which has more than 4,500 families and a school enrollment of over 400, had work left in its master plan. Priorities included construction of an 11,000-square-foot athletics and activities center. Because the parish lacked such a center, many prospective families chose other schools for their children. Other priorities were a community room and courtyard, and the addition of a children’s nursery. The parish also wanted to add its first pipe organ to the church and provide money to parishes in need. With support from the Diocese of Orange, the parish partnered with the Steier Group on a major fundraising effort. Communication is key with any fundraising effort, and the Steier Group’s strategy included a donor newsletter emailed to all parish and school families, and capital campaign videos to encourage support and highlight campaign goals. The campaign raised $7.9 million toward the parish’s important goals.
“The Steier Group is a sophisticated operation that gets right down to work. And they leave the parish with a positive experience of interaction and communication with their consultants. The overall well being and Catholic identity of the parish is enhanced by the end of the campaign and not drained of its energy and resources.”
Fr. Kerry Beaulieu, Pastor
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The Steier Group’s unique, hands-on campaign management model, combined with our expert grant writers, award-winning designers and creative fundraising strategies, allowed us to exceed goal.
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A Customized Approach
We founded our firm on the belief that the best capital campaign is one that is customized and executed by one team, under one roof. When you hire the Steier Group, you eliminate the need to contract with additional vendors for services like copywriting, graphic design, grant writing, video production, website development or wealth screening. We reject the one-size-fits-all approach to fundraising and embrace every opportunity to design a capital campaign plan that will maximize our client’s fundraising potential.
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You have a vision for the growth and success of your church, school or organization. Now it’s time to gather the generous, wholehearted support you need to make it happen. Contact Steier Group today to discuss the benefits of a customized capital campaign.
