Fundraising

Mira Kaushik records the changes that her dance company has made in response to sudden cuts in government funding.

Dance

Income

Arts funding

Education

Expert advice on fundraising challenges

13 Oct 2014

As arts fundraisers continue to put heart and soul into securing their organisations' financial future, we share four fundraising experts' advice on the key challenges they are facing, from communications and digital fundraising to data analysis and entrepreneurship.

Investing in change

Photo of people singing in London Coliseum

21 Jul 2014

A funding system that protects the status quo is preventing arts organisations from developing innovative new business models that are less dependent on the public purse, argues Michelle Wright.

Arts funding

Collaboration

Job Ladder

25 Jun 2014

As he takes the helm at the House of Illustration, Colin McKenzie reflects on his career, which started with him becoming the first ever male secretary at the Barbican Centre.

Visual arts

Competing for talent

28 May 2014

With fundraising in the UK currently suffering from an image problem, how can we find the next generation of top arts fundraisers? Michelle Wright makes some suggestions.

Digital

Leadership

My Gurus

28 May 2014

Emily Stubbs of The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment tells us who has inspired her throughout her career in arts fundraising.

Job Ladder

07 May 2014

Fern Potter takes us through her career, from setting up her own New York dance company to raising millions of pounds for dance in the UK.

Dance

Research

Earned income disparity compounds regional funding imbalance

09 Apr 2014

News

The combined value of earned and contributed income generated by NPOs in London has grown by £71m since 2010, but the North East has seen growth of just £1m over the same period.

The good trustee

24 Feb 2014

Trustees of arts boards should be playing a significant part in supporting fundraising activities, according to Sir Thomas Hughes-Hallett.

Governance

Management

Live streaming explored

10 Feb 2014

Case study

Live streaming offers exciting opportunities for both small and large arts organisations in many different ways, believes Andre Portasio.

Research will reveal fundraising progress

09 Jan 2014

News

A new survey examining revenue models in the contemporary performance sector aims to provide information to help organisations make more from philanthropy and commercial enterprise.

More breadth on boards

04 Nov 2013

A Charity Commission report recently revealed that the average trustee is white, male and aged 57. To coincide with Trustees’ Week, Neal Green urges everyone to find out more about sitting on an arts board.

Governance

Management

Job Ladder

25 Sep 2013

Trystan Hawkins reveals his career path from Charity Officer and Administrator to Art Director.

Health and wellbeing

Inspired to continue

09 Sep 2013

Case study

To replace events previously run by Lincoln City Council, former member of the arts team Sara Bullimore founded the Lincoln Inspired festival. She tells the story so far.

Collaboration

Volunteers

The personal touch

Image of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Lyric Hammersmith

02 Sep 2013

When we commissioned Jessica Hepburn to write about fundraising, she wondered if she really had anything new to say. She certainly has…

Finance

Research reveals fundraising challenges

26 Apr 2013

News

Europe

Fundraising made easy

07 Mar 2013

David Dixon is convinced that fundraising in the arts sector is relatively easy, provided arts organisations make good use of all their resources.

Life after funding

Photo of a script development session at Charter School in Dulwich

06 Feb 2013

When Box Clever learned that it would be losing its small but significant funding from Arts Council England, Michael Wicherek feared that this might be the end of the road for the company.

Theatre

Arts funding