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Our Services
Benvenuti Arts works with arts-based nonprofits to bolster their operations, grow their fundraising efforts, and lay the groundwork for a bright and sustainable future. A few of our services are listed below. If you don’t see something you need, contact us and we’ll see if we can help!
Grants Writing and Management
We help you decide what grants to apply for, put together a calendar, and then manage the entire grantwriting process, from start to finish.
Leadership Advising and Training
Monthly calls to talk through what the leadership needs are: planning,
budgeting, fundraising, events, board,
strategy, any intermingled challenges that face leaders of small organizations.
Interim Management Services
Turnover is normal, but we know how stressful it can be. We can provide short-term support during these periods, maintaining your programs while you focus on a long-term solution.
Long- and Short-Term Planning
Do the words “Strategic Planning” make you itch? We get it! We work closely with partners to create practical, workable plans around fundraising or administration that they can actually use.
Fundraising and Administrative Support
Sometimes, the best plan can remain unused simply because we do not have the time to implement it! That’s why we provide scalable support services to help you implement our plans.
Financial Reporting and Advising
Numbers can be scary and confusing. We support leadership and board members to make decisions. Whether you need support in creating and understanding how financial reports can influence decisions, we are there with you.
Our Mission
We believe in the small and mighty, the community connectors and innovators, the dreamers and the doers. We believe that “big” is not the same as “good,” and that, often, the most important truths come in small packages. We believe that doing something better doesn’t always have to mean doing more, but that, with the right partners, it can simply mean being more fully supported.
With all of this in mind, Benvenuti Arts provides expertise for groups, meeting them where they are. We and our clients are whole people, so we recognize that inflexible processes and ten-point plans don’t work for every human. We provide support around all areas of arts administration – fundraising, management, finance, producing, marketing, human resources, planning, and more – through processes customized to the client.
We seek to partner and teach, not make you dependent on us forever. If you have a need, chances are, we have a solution.
Our Blog
Reflections and Advice on Government Arts Funding
It’s been a wild few weeks, hasn’t it? Between sweeping, but ambiguous, Executive Orders, and issuing then rescinding of the OMB pause on federal funds, we’ve all been on our toes trying to figure out every bit of new, nonsensical news. Below we share some reflections...
How to Make Grant Writing Easier
In this article we share two major game changers that will make your grant writing process a lot easier. When we ask potential clients what grants they have applied for and received in the past, we often get answers like this: Well, we got our city’s grant one year,...
Practical Tips for Approaching NEA
Read on for step-by-step guidance and practical tips approaching NEA. While federal funding is not the primary source of money for cultural organizations in the United States, there is no doubt that receiving a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is...
Planning with budgets has never been easier!
“Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value.” - President Joe Biden (amongst many others!) Knowing your numbers, and planning with budgets for arts organizations has never been easier. Anyone who has worked with me for any...
Celebrating 10 years of Benvenuti Arts
While celebrating 10 years of Benvenuti Arts today, back in October of 2014, I had already given my notice at my last full-time employment job, with a plan to launch Benvenuti Arts that November, when I received an email. The exact words are no longer with me but,...
Industry Round-Up: Making Sense of Changing Times
Shifting arts funding trends highlight the need for adaptability, community focus, and artist-centered strategies to thrive in uncertain and changing times. Here's our take on the industry round-up. I sent an email during last May to our clients about the state of the...
Fundraising during an Election
Fundraising during an election and the impact on individual giving can be wild. And it has been a wild four years. Scratch that: a wild eight years. I was reminded this summer - as grant deadlines seemed to change and condense amongst many funders, with programs...
Welcome back to the BA Blog!
It’s been some time since we have been communicating regularly. Like so many others in our field, we have been working hard to navigate the changes in philanthropy, while also taking much-needed time to codify our values and direction after four years of rapid...
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