Authentic Fundraising Strategies
Fundraising… there are many ways to do it, and you’re probably trying to accomplish it off the side of your desk! But which strategies will offer the most return on investment for your smaller budget or youth orchestra, with limited time and resources?
On Wednesday, November 17th, 2021, Orchestras Canada hosted a webinar titled Authentic Fundraising Strategies as part of its Festival of Learning – Resilient Ontario Orchestras*. This presentation from Dane Bland (Certified Fundraising Executive), featuring a case study with representatives of Whispering River Music, will help you identify the fundraising opportunities for your orchestra to focus on that will help build durable, consistent solutions to develop relationships with donors, avoid common fundraising traps & pitfalls, and gain confidence to “make the ask.”
Resources:
Dane Bland’s “Key Takeaways – Authentic Fundraising” resource is available here.
*The Resilient Ontario Orchestras project is designed to help Ontario’s smaller budget orchestras and youth orchestras (groups with annual, pre-pandemic revenues under $500,000) access customized consulting help and resources to help them plan for a sustainable return to public performances as soon as it’s viable.
This project is made possible with generous support from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) is an agency of the Government of Ontario, and one of Canada’s leading granting foundations. OTF awarded $108 million to 629 projects last year to build healthy and vibrant communities in Ontario.
