Having experienced impressive results from major gifts, groups at the 401 level see that sustainable funding is within their reach. Yet how can they best shape and "package" the next phase of their implementation—which is often an endowment? Using an informal discussion format and actual case examples from participants, each group leaves 401 with a customized measurable strategy for attaining sustainable funding, having planned and practiced all the next steps.

Your team will learn to:

• Design your step-by-step strategy for delivering on sustainable funding, with an emphasis on major gifts, endowment, and planned giving.
• "Package" your endowment so that it is attractive to donors and consistent with your mission.
• Complete cultivation plans and major gifts ask practice for your next ten to twenty major donors.
• Quantify and measure results at every step of the process.
• Get serious about endowment—what to ask for, what to endow, how to establish minimum gift size, gift acceptance policies, and how to make endowment a reality in your organization.
• Design a "refreshing" plan to ensure a sustainable team of staff, board and volunteers in their respective roles in implementing the model.

Benevon 401 includes:

• Two rigorous, fast-paced days of classroom sessions
• Five individual team coaching calls
• Optional two-day hands-on lab session held approximately six months after the workshop (highly recommended)

Prerequisites:
This workshop is designed specifically for organizations that have:

• Enrolled in the Five-Year Sustainable Funding Program.
• Attended the Benevon 101, Benevon 201 and Benevon 301 Workshops.
• Met our specific benchmarks for financial results achieved prior to attending 401.

Team Composition:

• The 401 workshop is for teams of six to eight people from the board, staff and volunteers of a single organization that has already been using the model successfully.
• Your team should consist of two to three staff members; two to three board members; and two to three additional volunteers.
• One staff member must be your CEO or Executive Director; this person can't be your Team Leader.
• One development staff should also be on the team.
• At least three team members must have attended either the full two-day 101, 201, OR 301 workshop, if not all three workshops.
• At least two team members (in addition to the first three mentioned above) must have attended the 301 workshop.
• Once you have met the two requirements above, you are eligible to have new team members attend the workshop, but they must have attended at least the New Team Member Intensive, if not a full two-day workshop.

Team Benchmarks:
Before attending 401, a team must:

• Have thirty-five to forty-nine Multiple-Year Giving Society Donors.
• Have a Leadership or Challenge Gift that is equal to 25% of their total Ask Event results OR equal to their five-year pledge at the highest giving level (whichever is greater).

If your team does not meet these requirements, please talk to your Regional Representative.

See a complete listing of curriculum benchmarks by workshop level. Viewing requires the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Benevon New Team Member Intensive:
To bring new staff, board, and volunteers up to speed prior to joining your team for the 401 Workshop, we offer the Benevon New Team Member Intensive.

This rigorous session is offered in a one-day live in-person format as well as in a three-hour live online format. Both formats provide the essential nuts and bolts of the Benevon Model for new individual team members so they can join their team and participate in their organization's current Benevon plan.

To Register:
Visit our Calendar of Available Workshops to find out about upcoming Benevon Workshops.

For more information about the Benevon 401 Workshop, please contact us at 206-709-9400 or info@benevon.com.