Author: American Council for the Arts

Publication Year: 1978

Media Type: Report

Summary:

Conference sponsored by the American Council for the Arts, New York City, June 24-26, 1979. Recognizing these phenomena, ACA sponsored a conference on fundraising in June, 1979. However, this one was to be different from the others. The majority of the presenters of the sessions were the top instructors of the United Way of America's National Academy of Voluntarism. These experts in fundraising were asked to give basic, fundamental and practical tools for raising money. The expectation was that the delegates would take these principles and methods and apply them to the unique dyamics of fundraising for the arts. The pages that follow are a summary of the conference presentations.

Abstract:

Conference sponsored by the American Council for the Arts, New York City, June 24-26, 1979. Recognizing these phenomena, ACA sponsored a conference on fundraising in June, 1979. However, this one was to be different from the others. The majority of the presenters of the sessions were the top instructors of the United Way of America's National Academy of Voluntarism. These experts in fundraising were asked to give basic, fundamental and practical tools for raising money. The expectation was that the delegates would take these principles and methods and apply them to the unique dyamics of fundraising for the arts. The pages that follow are a summary of the conference presentations.

CONTENTS
Emerging Impact of the Arts on Community Life in America by Louis Harris.
Overview of Basic Principles and Organization of Fundraising by Robert Young.
Arts Funding: The Challenge of the Future by Livingston L. Biddle, Jr.
Developing a Case for Giving to the Arts by William H. Schwanekamp.
Recruiting and Training Volunteer Fundraisers by Sandy Kravitz.
An Effective Use of Fundraising Principles by Robert Young.
How to Approach Corporations for Funds by Leo Cornelius and J. Joseph Kruse.
Winston-Salem: 6 Million and Climbing by Milton Rhodes.
Where Do the Arts Fit in to Community Fundraising? by Robert X. Chandler, Alan S. Cooper and Robert E. Kingsley.
The Magic Ingredient of Fundraising by Hazel Bryant, Elizabeth S. Chapin and Frankie Hewitt.

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Categories: Fundraising