There are a lot of factors involved and we will work with you directly to come up with a specific goal for your organization inside the program. However, we are seeing first time Vision Dinners typically raise around $100K. We have experience in growing organizations year-over-year with any size budget. We will help you reach your organization's goals.

✓ Does your organization need a fresh infusion of monthly partners?

✓ Do you feel "stuck" doing the same fundraising events every year with little growth?

✓ Are you a new Director and feel overwhelmed with the task of fundraising?

✓ Are you tasked with the job of doing a banquet, gala, or fundraising dinner?

✓ Have you been doing a banquet, gala or dinner each year, but seeing little growth?

✓ Are you a new nonprofit that is trying to raise the funds to get started?

✓ Are you an older nonprofit that is trying to breakthrough to the next level of growth?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, then this course is for you.

20 Live Coaching Calls

Each week your team will be a part of our live coaching calls. We will be discussing your specific organization and how to apply the principles you learn during the course into your organization’s vision dinner.

20 Week of In-Depth Video Content

Each week we will release a small set of videos (typically 10-15 mins long ) that you will need to watch at your own convenience during the week. This video content is where you will learn all the important concepts of the Perfect Vision Dinner.

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Printed Course Workbook

You will get a professionally designed and printed workbook to complement what you're learning and help you keep all your notes in one convenient location.

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One Breakout Call

You will get access to one semi-private coaching call with Jim Dempsey where Jim will set your venue capacity goal, your internal goal, your faith goal, your attendance goal, your matching gift goal, your Table Host goal and your name-storming goal. This call happens within the first 2-4 weeks of the program.

Vision Dinner Software

Fundraising Masterminds has partnered with FundEasy to give your guests a seamless vision dinner experience leading up to and during your big event! Enrollment in the Perfect Vision Dinner Mentorship Program includes an exclusive 100% off discount to FundEasy’s vision dinner software for new FundEasy customers (existing FundEasy customers will receive a $375 credit in their account).

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Private Community Group

You will be invited to join a private community group of peers who are learning with you. Inside this community, you can share tips with each other and learn together!

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Access to Special Upgrades

We’ll provide you with special offers to work personally with Jim Dempsey. These offers are only available to Perfect Vision Dinner members.

We don't have any scholarships available at this time, however, we do have a 'hardship application' you can fill out. This application is for struggling organizations or new organizations who have very little funding, yet genuinely want to take the Perfect Vision Dinner program. Once you fill out the application, there is a screening process and if you pass the initial screening, an interview will be scheduled. If your organization is approved, you would be required to pay a $997 deposit upfront and will be invoiced for $6,997 after your dinner.

If this course does not pay for itself, we will issue you a full refund. *

* The person who qualifies for the Money Back Guarantee is the person who genuinely follows the course instructions, attends our weekly calls, seeks to apply everything he or she is learning. If, in the rare case, that everything in done according to the Perfect Vision Dinner formula and the Vision Dinner does not result in enough gross funds to pay for this course, than we will issue you a refund for the full price of this course.

It depends.

When you enroll, you have access to the course material, the weekly calls, and the private community for an entire year. Some people like to go through the material twice so that they are very prepared for their dinner. Signing up a year in advance would give you the option to go through the material in a more casual way, so that you can wrap your head around everything. This way, by the time the next class starts, you'll be up to speed on our model and you'll be able to hit the ground running with your team.

The Perfect Vision Dinner course is offered twice a year. Once in the Spring, to prepare organizations for a fall dinner and once in the Fall, to prepare organizations for a spring dinner.

The course varies from week to week. There are five main "sections" of the course:

1. Learning and Preparing

2. Getting Started

3. Planning the Program

4. The Week Of

5. Post Dinner

FIRST HALF OF COURSE - GETTING ALL SYSTEMS ROLLING:

Learning and Preparing:

During the first week of the course, you will be learning a lot of concepts. Because of this, there is more up-front video content, surveys and questions. This is normally done with the Executive Director and maybe one other person, who might be helping.

Work Load: 2-3 hours a week

Getting Started:

During this phase, we will be building a dinner team around the Executive Director. The dinner team consists of a Overall Dinner Coordinator, a Table Host Coordinator, a Registration Coordinator and a Volunteer Coordinator. There is a lot of up-front things we need to get started, for example, finding a venue, having a name-storming meeting with your board , printed materials, etc. We start all this pretty early in the process because we need a lot of this done before we can plan the dinner.

Work Load: 5-10 hours a week, split across 5 people.

SECOND HALF OF COURSE - PROGRAM PLANNING

Planning the Program:

Once the systems are moving, we can relax a bit more. The first half of the second half is focused on writing your program. This is where we work with your Director to create the 3 accelerators, program narrative, appeal scripts and other parts of the program.

Work Load: 1-3 hours a week

The Week Of:

The last two weeks leading up to your dinner are the most intense as there is a lot of little details that need to come together, just like in planning a wedding.

Work Load: 15-25 hours a week

Post Dinner:

After the dinner is over, we will be sending our thank you letters an making phone calls, but there will be a lot more time to rest. :)

Work Load: 3-8 hours a week

One of the reasons why this program is 20 weeks is because we like to pace ourselves. There is even a week off planned for the week of Christian (fall) and the week of July 1 (spring).

The budget of a Perfect Vision Dinner can range greatly based on where you are in the county. Generally speaking, $10-15k is about the middle ground, most of that being the hotel and meal cost. We will help you negotiate with your venue and venders to be invoiced after your dinner for most of these expenses.

https://fundraisingmasterminds.net/pvd-budget-pdf

Our base-line goal for a Perfect Vision Dinner is $100,000. That's a 10x Return on Investment (ROI). Many organization exceed their goal at the dinner.

When you enroll in the Perfect Vision Dinner Mentorship Program, you will receive one complimentary workbook. Additional workbooks can be purchased for a fee.

There are 250 items that need to be done for the Perfect Vision Dinner formula to work. We start the course 20 weeks before your Vision Dinner because we want to pace your team in a manageable way. We don't believe that you will get the results you desire by cramming everything in 2 months before your dinner.

We will spend 1-2 weeks laying a solid foundation of development principles, help you name-storm your Table Hosts, build a dinner team around you, help you put together your dinner marketing plan, and give you the step-by-step instructions each week on what to do for the week

With over 39 years of experience in nonprofit development, Jim Dempsey has been instrumental in advancing the ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru), one of the largest nonprofit organizations globally. As the Chief Development Officer, he has played a crucial role in the organization's expansion since its early days in the 1950s.

Under Jim's strategic leadership, he has successfully directed fundraising initiatives that have cumulatively raised over $1 billion. His current stewardship involves managing a robust effort that contributes to the $750 million revenue — a testament to his expertise in financial oversight and resource allocation.

Jim's role at Cru extends beyond fiscal management; he is at the helm of development operations across 75 national organizations in North America, South America, and Oceania. His comprehensive approach to fundraising encompasses all facets, from conceptualizing and leading over 2,500 vision dinners over 39 years to forging enduring donor relationships. He oversees all internal development training and counseling.

His dedication to Cru's mission has been a constant throughout his tenure, making him a key figure in the realm of global Christian ministry.

In addition to mentoring nonprofit leaders, you can find Jim weekly on the Fundraising Masterminds Podcast.

Jason Galicinski is a key figure in the Christian nonprofit sector, with a wealth of experience spanning over 20 years. After graduating from Moody Bible Institute, he spent a decade in ministry within the Chicago area. It was there he identified the need for improved fundraising processes in these ministries. In response, in 2006, he founded Ministry Sync (now known as FundEasy), a software specifically designed to streamline fundraising events for nonprofits. This venture has achieved immense success, being embraced by thousands of ministries and helping to raise over $1 billion worldwide for the Kingdom.

In 2016, Jason responded to a personal call, establishing a ministry aimed at rescuing and educating street children in the slums of Zambia, Africa. He resides just outside of Nashville, TN, with his wife and their 10 children, continuing to make a significant impact through his innovative solutions and deep commitment to his faith.

In addition to mentoring nonprofit leaders, you can find Jason weekly on the Fundraising Masterminds Podcast.