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Annual Giving Campaign Checklist: 10 Questions to Answer Before Launch

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Annual Giving Campaign Checklist for Nonprofits | SimpliPhi
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What should you check before launching an annual giving campaign?

Review donor relationships, audience criteria, channel coordination, overlaps, exclusions, and how campaign assignments will be recorded in your CRM.

This free annual giving campaign checklist brings those decisions into one practical review for fundraising, communications, and data teams. Use it before finalizing appeal codes, mailing files, or scheduled emails.

Preview three questions from the checklist

  1. Are we unintentionally excluding active donors because they gave earlier in the year? Check whether broad suppression rules are removing donors who may still welcome this appeal.
  2. Does the campaign tell one connected story across direct mail, email, and digital channels? Review the planned message, timing, and ask together.
  3. Have we checked every segment for overlaps, unexpected exclusions, and unusual changes in audience size? Investigate results before releasing the final audiences.

What you receive

A nine-page PDF with 10 review questions, explanations of why each matters, practical validation prompts, Yes / Needs Review checks, space for notes, and a final campaign readiness review.

The checklist covers:

  • Donor relationships, first-gift motivations, and acquisition sources
  • Segment purpose and unintended exclusions
  • Consistent messaging and channel choices
  • Current audience criteria and understandable selection logic
  • Audience counts, overlaps, and CRM campaign assignments

 

Download the free annual giving checklist

Complete the form to open the PDF. Review the questions with your fundraising, communications, and data colleagues, mark items that need review, and record follow-up actions before launch.

10 Questions to Ask Before Your Next Annual Giving Campaign
 

Need help resolving a campaign readiness gap?

Bring one campaign and an audience issue your team needs to resolve. Book an AmpliPhi discovery call to review how your priorities, exclusions, and CRM assignments could work in a shared segmentation workspace.

For the broader planning framework, read our annual giving segmentation guide.
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