Successful Fundraising for Arts and Cultural Organizations

As federal support for the arts continues to decline, arts and cultural organizations must find new ways to raise the funds they need to survive. Now they can turn to this resource for expert advice. In the first new edition of this popular guide to be published in seven years, fundraising experts Karen Brooks Hopkins of the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Carolyn Stolper Friedman of the Contemporary Museum of Art in Chicago offer important new insights into today's best fundraising strategies for arts and cultural organizations. Through a series of practical steps, they detail the mechanics of a successful fundraising campaign, including the roles of senior staff, volunteers, and board members in securing funding through businesses, foundations, individuals, and government agencies. New to this edition is an in-depth examination of corporate sponsorships, which are increasing in importance. Also new is a detailed chapter on endowment campaigns. All statistics, appendixes, and examples have been updated, and many helpful examples, including pledge forms, campaign statements, and sponsorship contracts, are also included. Arts and cultural organizations of any size, as well as students and instructors of arts management programs and the libraries that serve them, will want to keep this valuable, up-to-date resource within reach.