Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 4, 2023

The letter should be personalized with each donor’s name and ask amounts calculated according to their unique giving history Outer window envelope with tease text, logo, and return address Pre-addressed reply envelope with a code to track the mailing. Your local printer can perforate for you, too. from the bottom. Extra ink/toner.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

Is that interaction encouraged to be a free and open dialogue, or are employees' voices knowingly drawn to a hush as leadership walks past? But first, a brief history of “the office” as a concept. Local businesses became national. Let people know they’re free to come in, or they’re free to stay home.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

It was then that I began working at a local art museum as a volunteer. I was assigned to the art school to track art classes and enrollments, and to work on reporting and making sure records were polished and current. And download a free copy of Qgiv’s eBook: Grant Writing Toolkit.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

In this unique, online, interactive (free) event - first in a monthly series - you get to see, hear, and ask questions directly to our panel of experts. 2008 was a benchmark year in online fundraising history as Obama won the presidential election with 87% of funds coming through social networking. Pacific time. Over and over again.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

The Lake Wales History Museum recently hosted an online auction dedicated to vintage furniture. Some things to ask for might include: Book collections Technology, like phones, laptops, tablets Certificates to local businesses Art pieces. Art-themed Auction. Appeal to this audience with an art-themed auction!

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 14, 2017

This is the second installation 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. The MAH fundamentally has two jobs: we bring art and history out into our community, and we invite our community in.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

You can also personalize the emails based on donors’ giving histories. Cookies, candy, or even local food favorites make great additions to your care package. This is particularly good for performing arts nonprofits who put on performances. Personalizing an email can go beyond getting the donor’s name in it.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Or, you can take David Neff ''s local advice: skip the lines at Franklin''s and instead check out the amazing BBQ, bar, and history behind Freedman’s. Sarah Janczak suggests a visit to Landmarks'' public art series at The University of Texas at Austin (UT) - a current highlight is Skyspace from James Turrell. Get cultured.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

Is that interaction encouraged to be a free and open dialogue, or are employees' voices knowingly drawn to a hush as leadership walks past? But first, a brief history of “the office” as a concept. Local businesses became national. Let people know they’re free to come in, or they’re free to stay home.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2012

From the arts to youth, and everything in between – you’re passionate about your cause and the world is a better place because of it. Alice, a development director at a local, mid-sized arts nonprofit, had paid access to NOZA, but she "didn’t have the time" to do any prospect research.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

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. Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. Design them free on Canva. You just need to show proof of membership.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

For instance, you might partner with a local restaurant to auction off a free meal. Art & History Museums Maitland is planning a virtual 3-day online art auction for summer 2021. Check out their Instagram homepage: [This is a screenshot of Art & History Museums-Maitland’s Instagram account.].

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2012

But we've just compiled all our attendance data for the past year at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (our fiscal year ends on June 30), and several people have written to me asking for the numbers behind our turnaround. The busiest day in both 2011 and 2012 is our longtime community program, Free First Friday.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2013

Over the past two years, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History has undergone a significant transformation of program, audience, and resources. Our revolution is predicated on three big ideas: Art and history are something you do, not just something you learn about. You can download all the slides here. Sounds great.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Finding the right funders that match your mission, your specific project, and your geographic locale is quite an art. They usually have local chapters. Your local community directory at the Foundation Center. A shortcut to finding library grants is available on a free website called Library Grants.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 23, 2018

We partnered with foster youth, former foster youth, artists, and community advocates to create an exhibition that used art to spark action on issues facing foster youth. You can download it for free right now. We hope it's a useful set of recipes you can riff off of to co-create your own project on a local issue that matters to you.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

In June 2016 a bipartisan bill passed the House of Representatives to allocate $300 million for state and local SIBs over ten years (Wallace, 2015). Despite this small sample size and lack of evidence for success, the concept has captivated politicians and Wall Street alike.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

After years of staging events, you may feel like there’s nothing you haven’t covered, from art auctions to wine tastings to trivia nights. Here are some to consider: Art: Art auctions serve a valuable purpose because they don’t just raise funds, they also spread awareness and appreciation of the works being auctioned.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

Skill-sharing free schools. Art spaces masquerading as laundromats and letterpresses. Machine Project is a non-profit storefront arts venue that hosts a dizzying array of eclectic classes, workshops, events, and occasional exhibits. Want some waffles with your art? Community science workshops. PieLab (Greensboro, AL).

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Even though there aren’t as many people today reading actual newspapers or watching the 6 o’clock news these days, your local media still reaches a large audience of people in your community who need to know about your nonprofit’s work. It’s part art and part science. Reach out to the media with a local angle on a national story.

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 8, 2012

Tale #4: Most recently we had one alumnus promise us his art collection and then went to post an article online about how he strung us along – he actually posted our email exchanges online through a local newspaper where he was a freelancer…. His return address was a NY prison. I think you get the picture.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 10, 2016

I've been thinking recently about distributed content experiences--ways for people to interact with museum content (art, history, science, etc.) Are you going to use it to scan for public art near you? Projects like Little Free Library and the Peace Pole Project work this way; individuals choose to build them on their own land.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

I was fascinated by the project’s innovative approach to collecting, sharing, and connecting people through locally-produced media. We’re building new cataloging software that we eventually hope to provide free of charge to jumpstart other collections. Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 31, 2013

Thank you for inviting me to come to your museum/conference/art center/home. Please feel free to share any thoughts you have on what does/doesn''t work for you about Museum 2.0. I''m equally amazed when a comment comes in from a MAH member as I am when one comes in from an Australian opera director.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

Community First Program Design At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we've gravitated towards a "community first" program planning model. Emily started by honing in on local teens' assets: creativity, activist energy, desire to make a difference, desire to be heard, free time in the afternoon.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The supervisors toured the exhibition with some of the 100+ local partners who helped create it. Instead of staff running workshops, our staff connect with local printmaking collectives. Now that we've opened Abbott Square , we have a goal to offer free cultural programming almost every day of the week.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Groupon is a website that offers deeply-discounted deals on goods and services, mostly from local businesses. The Art Gallery of Ontario sold 4,285 half-price admissions in one day last month. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History sold 1,318 half-price memberships last week. Groupon delivers huge volume.

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2024

Examining The Past: History and Timeline of Blackbaud Grantmaking Believe it or not, what we know as Blackbaud Grantmaking has been around since the 1990s in one form or another. Not only will it save your applicants tons of time, but your grant staff can also expect to receive higher quality and error-free applications in return.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

This month brings three examples of museums hosting meetups for online communities: On 8.6.08, the Computer History Museum (Silicon Valley, CA) hosted a Yelp! They left with free tshirts branded with the museum's name (and other sponsors), wrote about it on a wiki and shared photos on Flickr. meetup for Elite Yelp!

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2008

So I felt lucky last week to learn not only about an innovative arts exhibition employing geocaching, but to discover that its exhibit developer, Seth! commented that the demographic of people who are involved is much broader than you’d think, including lots of families looking for a fun, educational, free activity. I asked Seth!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. From eating healthy to volunteering at local nonprofits, users earns points that can then be redeemed for rewards or special discounts offered by partner businesses. e-Newsletter. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The new American Jazz Museum brand positions the museum to be a beacon of rich history and vibrancy for the community and neighborhood and attract audiences from around the country to experience music from a range of eras and artists. It also won the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture a Silver Vega Award!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

But most importantly, we love for these sessions to be interactive, so feel free to chat in your questions and comments along the way. We love doing them, bring on great guest, speakers, totally free, totally educational. I will be moving at a nice clip and I will be, at the end of the webinar, sharing some free resources.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 17, 2012

We scrounged for free couches. We invited local artists and community groups to perform. We also had a vision to be a thriving, central gathering place for our community. The only way to reconcile our resources with our goals was to start doing whatever we could to start nudging in the direction of our dreams.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 11, 2009

When I think about what my grandparents ate, and what their parents ate, they ate food that was as fresh as being harvested that day, as local as their backyard garden, and as seasonal as whatever was in season. Harris, often says, "African-American cuisine is simply what black folks ate." They were sharing food and bartering.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The new American Jazz Museum brand positions the museum to be a beacon of rich history and vibrancy for the community and neighborhood and attract audiences from around the country to experience music from a range of eras and artists. It also won the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture a Silver Vega Award!

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