The Studio provides remote and on-the-ground development support through custom retainer packages or single-service offerings.
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Assess your current grants program and foundation relationships, with strategic recommendations for growth and alignment
Research opportunities that fit your mission and vision, for both specific programs and general operating support
Write and submit competitive applications with compelling narratives, project budgets, and packaged organizational financials
Build and maintain a grants calendar mapping targeted asks, funding amounts, and deadlines
Manage and grow your grants portfolio: applications, deadlines, reports, funder communications, and award paperwork
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Review your giving history to assess the current state of individual support
Develop and implement donor cultivation and retention strategies
Share tactics for sustained and increased giving
Design and launch donor campaigns, including year-end appeals, fundraisers, and cultivation dinners
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Review your giving history to assess the current state of corporate support
Research corporate opportunities that fit your mission and vision
Create corporate decks for targeted asks tied to programs and events
Submit corporate sponsorship and grant requests
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Build a custom development plan for long-term financial growth and sustainability
Diversify revenue across individual giving, corporate giving, board giving, grants, and fundraising campaigns
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Craft donor and VIP communications, including acknowledgements, personalized invitations, and annual reports
Prepare board reporting (quarterly and annual)
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Advise senior staff, Executive Directors, and Artistic Directors
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Clean up, automate, and manage your CRM database
Train and educate board and staff