Roundtables: Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Guild, Stella Boyle Smith Young Artists Competition (PDF) Eugene Symphony Guild, Spring Serenade “Once Upon a Time…”, A Vintage Fashion Show and Afternoon Tea (PDF) Friends of the Minnesota Orchestra, Rebranding (PDF) Houston Symphony League, Bordeaux on the Bayou (PDF) Illinois Symphony Orchestra Guild of Bloomington-Normal, Concert Chats (PDF) Illinois Symphony Orchestra Guild of Bloomington-Normal, Donate to …
Board Members Materials: Capitalization and Community (PDF) Presentation by Susan Meier (PDF) Development, Groups 1-2 Materials: Belief and Confidence (PDF) Success: What Works Now (PDF) Presentation by Ron Schiller, Aspen Leadership Group (PDF) Major Campaigns: Then and Now at the Seattle Symphony (PDF), Swedish Medical Center and the University of Washington A study of comprehensive …
You have the vision. You have the plan. Can you afford it? The answer is right there on your balance sheet – and SMART (Strategy and Money Alignment Readiness Tool) will help you see it clearly.
Board participation in fundraising is a perennial challenge for many, if not most, nonprofit organizations. This webinar approaches the issue by asking – what is keeping the staff from being more successful in engaging the board in fundraising?
apital campaigns are an important part of the fundraising cycle for any orchestra, large or small. While many of the tried and true principles of effective campaign fundraising remain the same, changing demographics and global and industry trends have required that orchestras innovate and strategies evolve.
In 1970, the League of American Orchestras began to track member orchestras’ programming through its Orchestra Repertoire Report (ORR), in order to answer queries from grantmakers, journalists, musicologists, historians, and member orchestras.
In the continuing effort to provide help to League member orchestras, we would like to offer you this free Financial Health self-assessment tool developed by the Nonprofit Finance Fund. It is a simple worksheet that addresses core areas of nonprofit finance and helps to identify areas of financial strength and weakness.
Moves Management® isn’t just about portfolios, coding and moves. It is a comprehensive approach for your development operation that will bring major gift prospects closer to your orchestra through a series of strategic steps. Adopting a Moves Management® system that incorporates creative cultivation opportunities and strategies to generate a high-level of activity is the key to establishing a healthy major donor pipeline.
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has just announced a new Request for Proposals (RFP) with a very quickly-approaching deadline of August 16th. Proposals should highlight the relationship between any combination of two or more of the following nations: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or Uzbekistan.
As vital participants in the U.S. nonprofit community, orchestras contribute to the substantial public value produced by the nation’s charitable sector, and are likewise impacted by the policies and environment for nonprofits nationwide. The League and 75 member orchestras are participants in the Nonprofit Listening Post Project, an initiative of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies.