With little to show but enthusiasm, the development staff at the National Constitution Center managed to fund a dream.

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

“We never want people to feel, ‘Oh, the Constitution Center … been there, done that,’” she adds.

NCC does two special appeals a year, around its anniversary and Thanksgiving (as opposed to the winter holidays so as to avoid religious issues and make it easier for donors to enjoy end-of-year tax benefits). The renewal program comprises five contacts.