The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

From arts to business, science to civil services, Latinos have been underlying forces driving America’s progress. Artistic Appreciation: Display the art, music, and literature of Latino artists. These pages can host videos and images and narrate the artists’ stories.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Parker, a Seneca Indian who worked as the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, N.Y. National Native American Heritage Month was created with the intention to provide a platform for American Indians to share and honor their culture, traditions, music, art, dance, beliefs, and ways of life.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 16, 2022

Imagine if you didn’t need an expensive camera, artistic mastery, or a ton of time to create what was in your mind’s eye. Generate Imagery for Fundraising Materials. If you’re working on fundraising materials, AI image generators can be a huge help. A picture is worth a thousand words. Public image: [link]. Public image: [link].

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Online virtual fundraising is one of the most popular ways for nonprofits to raise money. With the majority of daily activities taking place over the web, it’s no surprise that we’ve also observed a rise in virtual fundraising. Maybe your nonprofit hasn’t yet developed an online fundraising plan. Peer-to-Peer Fundraising.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 25, 2023

It’s been a rough couple years for arts-based nonprofits. As pandemic aid has run out without patrons returning in pre-2020 numbers, many arts nonprofit across the country have had to shrink programming, cut staff, or close altogether. This includes summer art camps, museums, theaters, art galleries, and more.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 30, 2014

This week, I''m celebrating three years on the job as the executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. This spring marked a big conceptual shift for me and the museum. Our Director of Development will be a close partner to me and a strategic weaver of inclusion, participation, and fundraising.

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DipJar

AUGUST 9, 2022

They’re so much more than book museums. The library’s physical art gallery was converted to a digital one that continued to present the work of area artists. The group started in 2015 and is focused on fundraising, advocacy, and getting younger people back into the library. At DipJar, we love our customers.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2013

Two weeks ago, Roberto Bedoya asked several arts bloggers, including me, to write a post reflecting on Whiteness and its implications for the arts. I am in no way an expert in issues related to racial and ethnic representation in the arts. I write this piece in good faith about the organizations I know best: museums.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 1, 2012

That contemporary art museum is on the front of the LA Times again," she said. I can't believe that an art museum can be front page news in LA for days." LA MOCA has indeed been front page news, especially in the art world. The discussion then shifted to the overall direction of the museum.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2015

We each created our own crowd fundraising pages online and enthusiastically asked our friends and family, from all over the country, to donate to the cause to support us in our efforts. That’s the beauty of crowd fundraising. But crowd fundraising isn’t just for runs, walks, or polar plunges anymore. But here I am, still alive.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Fundraising Category. Feed Your Inner Starving Artist -- Raffle for a glass making class in the museum glass studio and dinner -- by the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum – Why I liked it? Everyone has an artist inside them waiting to paint, sculpt, craft, etc. Arts and Culture Category. Program Category.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Now that we’re well into 2021 and approaching a post-COVID reality in many parts of the world, nonprofit professionals have pondered what fundraising events will look like with both in-person and virtual engagements. You already know that virtual auction fundraisers are possible and fruitful, but the possibilities are almost endless.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Events are many people’s favorite thing about charity fundraising. While many of these fundraising event staples are great, such as fancy galas and golf tournaments, circumstances aren’t always ideal for in-person gatherings. A Gala is a well-known charity fundraising event. 7) Shopping.

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2015

Museum of Contemporary Art. The theme of MCON 2015 is “The Power of Influence: Art, Media, Business and Place” and an incredible lineup of speakers from the corporate, nonprofit and public sectors will share stories of the successes and failures they’ve encountered while changing the world. The Art Assignment.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 10, 2011

It's my second week as the Executive Director at The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz, CA, and boy is my everything tired. There's just too much involved in the first few months of taking over a struggling museum to realistically imagine that I can also make enough fun stuff happen to keep me satisfied. I know, I know.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2012

Last week, I was in Minneapolis for the American Association of Museums annual meeting. Kathleen McLean led a terrific session called "Dangerous Ridiculous" about risk-taking in museums. Interestingly, at my museum, our team is naturally better at ridiculous than we are at dangerous. I found this idea really powerful.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. For example, if you join a modern art museum, there is a good chance you won’t have to pay admission to other modern art museums. A creative fundraiser can make any of these items sound attractive to the donor. It was super cool.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 28, 2015

Lighthouse, which provides after-school programming for teenagers, has sponsored a public art project for the past several months in Lincoln, Neb., Lighthouse’s use of lightbulbs and public art didn’t just act as a way to toot their horn, but it also provided awareness about their needs and served as a fundraiser.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 28, 2015

Lighthouse, which provides after-school programming for teenagers, has sponsored a public art project for the past several months in Lincoln, Neb., Lighthouse’s use of lightbulbs and public art didn’t just act as a way to toot their horn, but it also provided awareness about their needs and served as a fundraiser.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2012

When talking about active audience engagement with friends in the museum field, I often hear one frustrated question: how can we get adults to participate? In children's museums and science centers, this relationship is at its most extreme. And yet in the museum world, we still see interactives as being mostly for kids.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 12, 2010

Or produce an art exhibit with elementary school students. When I first started exploring the site, I assumed it was mostly a place for charismatic hipsters and a few star artists with enough social media savvy and clever video production capabilities to produce enticing pitches. Or sail around the world. How would you fund it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum , and an expert in using social media in a museum setting. He welcomed me to the Bay Area and asked if I would be interested in doing some trainings for the local arts community. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 17, 2015

People from across the country will gather at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago to experience MCON in person and over 20,000 people will stream the event online. He’ll be leading a discussion on nonprofit technology and peer fundraising. The Art Assignment takes viewers and participants around the U.S.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 31, 2017

This is the eleventh in a series of posts on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History ( MAH )'s development of Abbott Square , a new creative community plaza in downtown Santa Cruz. For years, I’ve been a cheerleader, fundraiser, and spokesperson for this project. Excited to open. but not quite yet. We lined up press.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 29, 2015

Year after year, MCON proves to be an unforgettable experience for artists, media, social entrepreneurs, corporate, nonprofit and public leaders, and passionate people from across the country. MCON 2015 is happening June 24-25 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.

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Everyaction

JULY 12, 2018

Anyone briefly strolling through this park will likely hear the sound of a brass band and see local artists scattered along the sidewalk. Voodoo Museum. At this intimate Frenchmen Street bar, catch one of two live music sets (at 6pm and 10pm) seven days a week, and don't forget to stop by the outdoor art market next door.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

If you lead a nonprofit, you know how important your fundraising events are. A fundraising event is the best way to engage with donors, garner support for your mission, and meet your revenue targets. But one question you might find yourself frequently asking is “What kind of fundraising event should we host next?”.

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M+R

AUGUST 11, 2021

They’re assets, like Pokémon cards and also like actually awesome digital art, that can be owned and traded—only they’re all digital. NFTs: The new fundraising frontier? . As fundraisers, it’s worth thinking about what assets your organization might be able to auction off, but there are still lots of questions.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 23, 2013

If you asked me a month ago what the biggest barrier was to American arts organizations adopting practices that support active engagement in the arts by diverse participants, I would have said two: money and legitimacy. I asked how their new Exploring Engagement Fund (of which my museum was an early grant recipient) was going.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2018

For instance, the San Francisco Museum of Art has 34,678 items in its collection. To share its entire collection with art lovers, the museum created the “Send Me” bot allows anyone to send a simple text message and receive a picture of a piece of art matching the idea, words, or phrase texted.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 17, 2015

posted by Maureen O'Brien Development Director Musical Instrument Museum. I was able to participate thanks in part to professional development grants from Arizona Commission on the Arts and Sigma Alpha Iota. led by Anne-Christine Robine from international fundraising and communications agency Faircom International.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 7, 2015

posted by Maureen O''Brien Development Director Musical Instrument Museum I recently had the opportunity to travel to Paris, France to attend the 5ème conférence de fundraising pour le secteur culturel (5th conference on fundraising for the cultural sector) put on by the Association Française des Fundraisers (French Association of Fundraisers).

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Silent auctions are a great way to fundraise and encourage donors to get involved with nonprofits. With the right resources, you can elevate your fundraiser from the average auction experience to a streamlined event that will leave a lasting impression on your auction guests. Creative individuals are often up for a challenge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Crowds create original works of knowledge or art. The Royal Opera used Twitter to crowdsource a new opera. The opera staff collected the suggestions and summarized them on their blog. Opera is not the only art form, there’s been crowdsourced choreography – Dance Theatre Workshop. 2) Crowd Creation. A Crowd-Curated Exhibition.”

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

For several years now, January 1st not only means the beginning of the New Year, but also an opportunity to look at trends in year-end fundraising emails from nonprofit organizations. Here is the 2015 edition of my annual review of year-end nonprofit fundraising email subject lines. (Be Emails by Hour. That’s a new record.

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