As we at Old Donation are finishing up the visitation phase of our capital campaign I wanted to share how much we appreciated the outstanding support given us by James D. Klote & Associates. With the able assistance, guidance and indefatigable effort of our Campaign Director, we were able to raise more than $3 million, which is about 4.5 times our average annual pledge (and we are not done yet). I firmly believe the success of our campaign is due primarily to having our campaign Director working full time on site where his wise counsel was critical. In addition to sharing his wealth of knowledge of fundraising in a church environment, he served as mentor, motivator, and when necessary offered firm direction to keep us moving forward. I cannot imagine any church trying to conduct a major fund drive without the guidance of an onsite consultant. Having one as capable as ours was just ‘icing on the cake.’
Thank you for helping us on our journey of turning our future dreams into reality. With this successful Capital Campaign, we are well on our way to accomplish our stated goal of “Faithfully Preserving our Heritage & Building our Future.”
Old Donation Episcopal Church
Virginia Beach, Virginia
703-399-0518
info@jdklote.com 



Carmel Lutheran Church kicked off its ‘Hearts Compelled To Share’ capital campaign in record style. As of January 25th just 73 families of the more than 900 in the church had already committed $3.75 million dollars. That total represents not only the best kickoff to a campaign at CLC, it also represents the best campaign in total even though only 8% of the congregation has pledged so far.
The previous best campaign was just four years ago when CLC collected a total of about $3 million in pledges from over 425 donors.
"Jim Klote, president of James D. Klote and Associates, a capital stewardship consulting firm based in Fall Church, VA, appears on the big screen during his "All Things New" presentation at this year's Annual Conference session. Klote and Associates will conduct free stewardship education workshops for churches in all 18 districts of the conference this fall.
Participants listen attentively during the church stewardship workshop at Wright's Chapel UMC.The Virginia Conference sponsored series of stewardship workshops in each district is winding down, with two more district gatherings remaining in November.
