We’re All in It Together: Strategies and Tactics for Gaining Increased Funding Engaging Museum-Wide Staff

Tuesday, May 21

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Location: Room 244

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Fundraising is essential to enabling museums to fulfill their missions, so how do we engage staff across an institution to support these efforts? Furthermore, how do we maintain the integrity of a museum’s mission while using it to raise money? In this session, participants will hear about successful strategies for enlisting museum-wide staff in philanthropy. Speakers will share real life stories about successes and challenges related to fundraising, from grants to corporate sponsorships and more. Participants will leave the session with a model for developing cross-functional teams that will work together to get funding for initiatives that support their missions.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participant will be able to describe the benefits of enabling organization-wide staff to assist with museum fundraising.
Upon completion, participant will be able to analyze the brand strategy of a potential funder.
Upon completion, participant will be able to evaluate their organization’s work through the lens of a potential funder.

Presenter(s)

Barbara Engelskirchen

Chief Development Officer
National Museum of Mexican Art
NV

Nancy Villafranca

Director of Education
Chicago History Museum