Many nonprofits know they need more space, a renovation, or a new building to advance their mission, but aren’t sure what’s realistic.
In this free on-demand video, you’ll learn how to evaluate a nonprofit capital project and quickly and confidently assess whether it makes sense for your organization (before investing months in uncertainty or planning).
Using Cap Ex Advisory Group’s free Capital Project Calculator, you’ll learn how projects are typically funded and what your organization may be able to afford. Through a live demo, you’ll uncover how small changes to budget, debt, fundraising mix, and construction costs can quickly clarify what’s possible.
After watching this video, you will:
- Understand where nonprofit project funding typically comes from and how it differs from for-profit projects.
- Know how to use the free Capital Project Calculator to estimate your fundraising needs, debt capacity, and project scale.
- Ask smarter early-stage questions before bringing a capital project to a board or funders.
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Meet Your Presenter
As the managing member of Cap Ex Advisory Group, Russ Robertson guides business and real estate owners through a myriad of financial, environmental, and market risks that confront the acquisition, ownership, construction, and development process. Russ bundles a unique combination of aesthetic training and analytical rigor, a pecuniary advantage to any owner’s decision-making process. Additionally, he is a LEED Accredited Professional, a registered architect, an MBA recipient from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a leader of several efforts to improve the built environment.
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