A stewardship-first fundraiser your congregation will actually share.
For pastors, deacons, finance committees, and lay leaders. Run a 31-day giving calendar that lets every family participate without the awkward annual pledge ask.
Why we built this training.
Pledge season asks every family to commit a number up front. A calendar lets them claim a day, in their range, alongside their neighbors.
In 60 minutes we will walk the math, the recruit motion, and the 4-week cadence that turns that gap into a plan. Then we will take your questions live.
A 31-day fundraiser you can actually run.
The stewardship framing: claim a day, fund the mission, see the calendar fill.
Recruiting 20-30 lay fundraisers from existing ministries and small groups.
A respectful 4-week communication cadence (bulletin, pulpit, email, text).
Live tour of MonthFund: fee-cover, named days, and public progress without exposing donor amounts.
Open Q&A: bring your mission budget, your committee questions, your timing.
The model is repeatable. The work is the recruit.
Calendar fundraising is one of the few formats where a clear goal and a real plan can predict the outcome. We will spend the first 30 minutes on this math; you bring the inputs, we'll work the outputs.
15 lay fundraisers × $32/day × 31 days ≈ $15K — without a stewardship Sunday hard ask.
The 31-Day Fundraiser Recruitment & Launch Playbook
A 4-week countdown of org-admin moves, fundraiser recruit scripts, and a fill-rate scorecard. Delivered as a PDF, an editable Google Doc, and a Canva template you can rebrand for your org.
- · A 4-week pre-launch checklist
- · Recruit scripts for board, staff, volunteers, and members
- · A fill-rate scorecard you can run weekly
- · The exact day-by-day push schedule for the 31 days
Agenda
The calendar-math model
Set the goal. Back into the fundraiser count. Pick the launch date. Live worked example.
The 4-week launch cadence
Pre-launch, soft-launch, mid-month push, final sprint. With the copy-paste recruit scripts.
Live Q&A office hours
Bring your numbers, your timing, your hesitations. We will work them in front of the room.
Mohamed M., Founder, MonthFund
Mohamed has helped schools, faith communities, mutual aid groups, and grassroots campaigns plan calendar fundraisers for the last two years. He built MonthFund after watching organizers spend more time chasing pledges than running their cause.
Common questions
Yes. Calendar fundraisers map naturally onto the rhythm of stewardship: a finite season, distributed participation, transparent progress. We will share how communities frame the ask without it feeling transactional.
Yes. Everyone who registers gets the recording, the slides, and the 31-Day Playbook even if you cannot attend live. The Q&A portion is the most valuable part, though, so we strongly recommend showing up.
Not at all. About half of attendees are organizers who have never run a calendar fundraiser. The playbook works whether you use MonthFund, a spreadsheet, or pen and paper.
Save your seat for Wednesday.
Free, 60 minutes, recorded. Even if you cannot attend live, register and we will send you the playbook and the recording the next morning.