Running an arts business requires engaging in a broad and comprehensive fundraising plan though many artists are unfamiliar with how to develop long-term, meaningful relationships with individual donors.

In this fundraising workshop, you will learn about Donor Cultivation: sharing your mission and vision, building a culture of philanthropy, identifying donors, passive fundraising, and developing communication tools to share your need for support; Fundraising: hosting successful in-person and virtual events; Stewardship: acknowledging donors and regularly sharing news with your community.

Tom Stone has served as artistic director of the Centrum Chamber Music Festival and has worked closely with educational and arts organizations throughout the country to conceptualize and implement some of the nation’s most innovative educational programs.