At The Bovée Company we realize that fundraising is more than just sending out invitations and making sure all the napkins are in place. Generic fundraising efforts produce generic results; no different than if you had done the job entirely on your own.

At The Bovée Company we have over 20 years of political fundraising experience. We know what works, we know what doesn’t. We have done  lavish events for over 900 people, worked with Hollywood celebrities like Charlton Heston, Craig T. Nelson and William Shatner; national political figures such as U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch, U. S. Senator John Ashcroft, and Governor Pete Wilson; and sports celebrities such as Joe Montana. We have done successful prospect direct mail and worked the phones for dollars.

At The Bovée Company, we have the experience you need.

Strategy - Implementation

Political fundraising can be broken down into two basic elements:

                 * Strategy           * Implementation

                        Strategy

At The Bovée Company we work with you to craft a customized strategy based upon your personality and abilities that allows you to raise the maximum amount possible for your effort.

In addition to crafting a personalized strategy for your fundraising operation, we are also there, on-site, to provide coaching assistance to maximize your fundraising calls and visits.

Most people, individuals, make serious tactical errors in their fundraising. They make errors such as, disqualifying of prospects, failing to ask for the proper amount, inappropriate use of humor, and literally dozens of other mistakes that can doom fundraising effort to mediocrity.

Campaign Fundraising Spin

Political spin is probably the most overlooked aspect of fundraising in the modern campaign. Political spin is critical to the fundraising effort. PAC and district donors alike have to be "sold" on you. Prospective donors often have silent, un-asked questions such as: why do you need the money? How are you going to utilize it? Are you going to win? All of these must be answered in your sales pitch. In addition, you must also counter what the opposition is saying about you.

Implementation

Good strategists often fall down when it comes to implementation of the plan. Such activities as maintaining accurate donor records, sending out timely thank you notes, and providing effective donor follow-up bedevil many an otherwise good campaign.

At The Bovée Company, we have spent literally hundreds of hours refining and perfecting our implementation strategies and techniques.

Donor Records

Twenty percent of a database becomes outdated each year, including PAC and district databases. Databases become outdated as people move, change jobs, get divorced or married, and sometimes even die. At the Bovée Company we personally maintain databases for your campaign.

As an ongoing process, we continue to add potential donors to your database. After every event, we update the database based on return mail and our phone calling efforts.

Finally, our PAC databases are customized for each client based upon a tiered system of who is most likely to contribute to your campaign.

Effective Follow-Up

Millions of dollars are lost annually because of ineffective, unprofessional follow-up.

In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, people often forget their fundraising commitments. Ineffective or unprofessional follow-up can result in uncollected pledges and thereby money lost to your campaign.

At The Bovée Company we catch potential donations that might otherwise fall through the cracks by implementing a system of personalized letters, phone calls and even personalized visits to give potential donors every opportunity to contribute.

After 25 years in the world of politics, our best advice to incumbent officeholders is this… put up a brick wall between your government operations and your political operations.

In the realm of political fundraising where contributions can carry the potential appearance of impropriety, charges of trading votes for money or of using government staffers to raise funds can all be avoided by utilizing a professional fundraising firm. At the Bovée Company we can serve as your brick wall. We have the staff to effectively handle all your events, your direct mail, your thank you notes and your contribution follow-up.

At The Bovée Company we continuously analyze the effectiveness of the fundraising efforts underway and make alterations or corrections as needed. Just like a campaign, fundraising appeals need to be refined, modified or changed as the situation dictates. Cookie cutter fundraising campaigns tend to produce cookie cutter results. At The Bovée Company we pride ourselves on designing a sophisticated and personalized fundraising campaign.

Putting it all Together 

Countless political studies have demonstrated that most often the primary differentiation between winning and losing is money. Those who have, win. Those who don’t, lose. Primarily that is what it boils down to.

After all is said and done, what really matters when choosing a fundraising firm is their level of commitment to you. At The Bovée Company we pride ourselves on working hard for our clients and in seeing that hard work pay off in fundraising results that far surpass expectations.

Lots of professional fundraisers talk a good game, but at The Bovée Company our track record speaks for itself. We are the only fundraising firm that provides superior strategy with top-flight implementation of the strategic plan.

Over the years, this combination has allowed us, on average, to double what each of our clients was raising.

So if you want to reach your top fundraising potential, call The Bovée Company today.