Case Study
Iowa State Bar Association Campaign
FUNDRAISING | MARKETING AD VERTISING | VIDE O | DIGIT AL | PUBLIC RELA TIONS THE CHALLENGE How could the Iowa State Bar Association (ISBA) educate and convince its statewide members that it was necessary to have a building to call their own? By educating its members of the need, which in turn raised more than $3 million for the purchase and renovation of a historic building located within a few blocks of both the Iowa State Judicial Building and Iowa State Capitol. THE SOLUTION In 2006, ISBA hired Amperage Fundraising Advisers as campaign consultant and formed a steering committee made up of past presidents of the association and other leading members. They hoped to convert a 102-year-old freight warehouse into their new headquarters in the East Village neighborhood of Des Moines