We use opportunity stages pretty similar to what Rebecca listed, but also have "Negotiation" and "On Hold," the latter of which might be useful for your purposes, Bill.
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We keep it simple and follow the opportunity stages of: Discovery, Qualification, Cultivation, Solicitation, Closed Won/Closed Lost.
In the opportunity details we outline the estimated ask details and the actual details. It is the fundraisers responsibility to meet the recommended criteria before moving them from cultivation to solicitation and then from solicitation to won or lost. You could have a status field on the opportunity for where in the stage you are. For example, if they are in solicitation stage, the status could be ask made, or solicitation in review, or negotiations pending, etc. And with a status date you could track how long it has been in that status, without needing to mess with your stages altogether.
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HA! Thank you for that!--Bill