Planning Community Fundraising Campaigns: Strategies for Goal-Setting, Segmentation, and Resource Optimization
Author: Dr. Anna Neya Kazanskaia
Publisher: NEYA Global Publishing
Article | NEYA Global Journal of Non-Profit Studies
Year: 2025
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5669-1676
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64357/neya-gjnps-cm-bsd-fr-03
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About the Article
Strategic planning is fundamental to the success of community fundraising campaigns. This article explores three critical dimensions of planning: setting SMART goals, segmenting audiences, and optimizing resources. It demonstrates how clear objectives, grounded in community needs, align fundraising actions with organizational missions. Audience segmentation ensures effective engagement across different groups—youth, elders, businesses—while structured plans provide operational clarity through timelines, budgets, and evaluation frameworks. The article emphasizes how, in low-resource contexts, creativity and partnerships can transform scarcity into opportunity. By linking management theory with grassroots practice, it shows that planning is not bureaucratic but strategic, enabling non-profits to mobilize resources, strengthen community trust, and achieve sustainable outcomes.
Key Topics
- SMART goal-setting in fundraising
- Audience segmentation and analysis
- Strategic fundraising planning
- Resource mobilization in low-income contexts
- Local assets and partnerships
- Linking management theory with grassroots practice
Suggested Citation
Kazanskaia, A. N. (2025). Planning Community Fundraising Campaigns: Strategies for Goal-Setting, Segmentation, and Resource Optimization. NEYA Global Journal of Non-Profit Studies. Neya Global Publishing. https://doi.org/10.64357/neya-gjnps-cm-bsd-fr-03
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