Stop Running Your Nonprofit In Survival Mode. Start Building Real Financial Capacity Today.
Learn the fundraising system that has helped nonprofits raise over $1 billion in transformational major gifts.
Aug 5-6, 2026 | Charlotte, NC
Breakthrough's Happen When You Get Out Of The Office
Sometimes the biggest breakthroughs happen when you step outside your daily environment.
Away from:
- Endless emails
- Board pressure
- Staff emergencies
- Financial stress
- Nonstop demands of nonprofit leadership
For 2 days, you will be immersed in:
- World-class fundraising strategy
- High-level networking
- Powerful conversations
- Hosted happy hours
- Ideas capable of reshaping your organization forever
While in Charlotte, enjoy:
- The energy, innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit of one of the South's fastest-growing cities
- Vibrant dining, entertainment, and cultural attractions throughout Uptown Charlotte
- The unique blend of Southern hospitality and modern business leadership
- Informal networking with nonprofit leaders from across the country
- Conversations that continue long after the sessions end
- New relationships, fresh perspectives, and breakthrough fundraising ideas
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Why 19,000+ Nonprofit Leaders Have Attended
“This isn’t another nonprofit conference. This is a complete rethinking of how charities raise money.”
WATCH THE 60-SECOND OVERVIEW
Your Mission Deserves The Funding To Reach Its Full Potential
Too many nonprofit leaders spend every year:
- Scrambling for funding
- Chasing grants
- Worrying about payroll
- Fighting financial uncertainty
- Watching your worthy mission fail
Not because your mission lacks value...Not because donors don’t care.
But because most nonprofit leaders were never shown how to identify, connect with, and build relationships with donors capable of transforming their mission.
You don’t have to operate this way…
It’s Not Your Fault! Everything You’ve Been Taught About Fundraising Is Wrong!
For decades, nonprofits have been taught:
- To work harder
- To host more events
- To chase more grants
- To ask your board to fundraise
- That major gifts are only for large organizations
Major Gifts Ramp-Up events challenge conventional fundraising wisdom head-on.
Over 2 Days You’ll Discover Why:
- Feasibility studies fail to produce transformational results
- Donor motivation matters more than donor wealth
- Major gifts are the fastest path to financial capacity
- Why there is far more philanthropic funding available than most organizations realize
This isn’t another nonprofit conference.
This is a complete rethinking of how charities raise money.
You will learn how to stop fundraising from desperation…and start building genuine donor relationships capable of funding your mission at scale.
What You’ll Discover During This 2-Day Experience
- How to identify millionaire donors in your community
- Why most nonprofits stay financially stuck
- The psychology behind transformational giving
- How to secure 5-, 6-, and 7-figure gifts
- Why traditional fundraising advice keeps nonprofits small
- The Three-Part Ask strategy
- How organizations build long-term financial stability
These aren’t theories.
These are real-world fundraising strategies that have helped, and continue to help organizations around the world raise millions for their missions.
Meet The Fundraising Veterans Who Have Raised Billions
No fluff... No recycled nonprofit theory... No endless academic lectures.
Just practical fundraising strategies, real-world experience, and honest conversations about what actually works.
Because you don’t need more theory. You need funding.
STEFANIE STARK
PRESIDENT, DSI
LOUIS FAWCETT
PRESIDENT, NANOE
HALL POWELL
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT, DSI
JIMMY LAROSE
FOUNDER & ARCHITECT, MGRU
Imagine Your Organization:
Fully Funding
Programs
Building Operating Reserves
Attracting Transformational Donors
Expanding Your Mission With Confidence
Operating From Vision instead of Survival
This is exactly what Major Gifts Ramp-Up was built to help nonprofits accomplish.
Real Organizations. Real Results.
Your Mission Will Not Reach Its Full Potential Without Financial Capacity
The funding exists... The donors exist... The opportunity exists.
The only question is...
Will your organization learn how to access it?
Seating for this Las Vegas experience is limited.
