Current Offerings
Leaders Day Camp – June 27th, 2025 – NYC
REGISTRATION OPEN UNTIL JUNE 20th
The world keeps on changing, which can make it difficult to plan ahead. This summer, Benvenuti Arts wants to help you prepare for whatever comes next with our Leaders Day Camp. In partnership with IndieSpace, Benvenuti Arts is inviting small or midsize arts organizations to join us for one day, during which participating organizations will:
- Create a practical three-year organizational plan with quarterly metrics for year one;
- Create the bones of a boilerplate document, and learn how to use it to make grant writing easier; and
- Create a spreadsheet of potential grants that are right for your organization through learning how to research and prioritize grants’ applications.
Our consultants will be present to provide feedback 1:1, and we also will coordinate peer-to-peer feedback to enhance support and collaboration within the community. During the month following Day Camp, participants will receive our feedback on the individual boilerplates.
There is space for only 10 organizations, with up to 2 people welcome from each organization. This is most appropriate for nonprofit or fiscally sponsored arts organizations with budgets of $100,000 to $1M. Registration is $500 per organization. Until June 6th, we are offering early bird pricing.
Time & Venue: 9am – 5pm EST. West Village Rehearsal Co-Op, 68 Gansevoort Street, NYC.
Please keep scrolling for accessibility details below.
Read our testimonials below. Registrations close on June 20th. Email rebecca@benvenutiarts.com for more information.
Wanted to express our gratitude for this opportunity. Your guidance has given us so much positive insight and direction. We appreciate all you do to keep your organization thriving to help support fellow artists, and theater companies as ours. Thank you.
Sarah knows how to breakdown the ins and outs of the grant systems. She gives you endless amounts of resources and tools to ensure you know which grants you are eligible for and how to make a good application! I highly recommend her workshops and working with her!
Venue Accessibility Information
Address: West Village Rehearsal Co-Op, 68 Gansevoort Street, NYC.
- A, C, E, and L trains are 0.3 miles away using the 14 St / 8 Av stop.
- 1, 2, and 3 trains are 0.4 miles away using the 14 St stop.
- M11 and M12 buses are 0.2 miles away using the Hudson St/Horatio St stop.
- PATH is 0.5 miles away using the Christopher St. station.
- The rehearsal space is located on the lower level of a commercial building and is accessible by an elevator.
- There is WiFi in the space. There is no reliable cell phone service.
- The space is approximately 34 feet by 27 feet with one column. The ceiling height is 9.5 feet. There are no windows in the space.
- There is an HVAC system for air conditioning and heat with a MERV filter.
- Masks are not required to be worn in the space. We are encouraging and supportive of any individuals who choose to wear a mask.
- There is an all-gender ADA-compliant bathroom within the rehearsal room and a second one in the hallway outside the rehearsal space.
- The chairs in the rehearsal space are armless.
- The space has basic track lighting.
- There are no windows in the space.
Virtual Summer Sessions 2025:
REGISTRATION OPEN UNTIL JUNE 20th
Is grant writing a constant frustration during every application? Do you need to figure out how you’re going to plan out the upcoming projects and the organization’s operational activities? Then Benvenuti Arts’ Summer Sessions courses are for you!
Our Summer Sessions are not just workshops: they are working sessions where you, along with other arts organizations, create the documents you need together with the oversight and support of Benvenuti Arts (BA) Consultants. Each Session includes three (3) group meetings and two (2) 1:1 meetings with a BA Consultant.
When created by our team, BA values the making of these crucial documents at $3,500-$5,000.
With our Sessions, you can get the expertise, process, guidance, one-on-one time and participate just for $500 per Session!
Plus, all the potential from connecting with the growing network of fellow participants!
Sessions this Summer include:
- Boilerplate Writing: June 25th, July 2nd, July 9th – 10:00 to 12:00 pm ET
- Plus two 30-minute 1:1’s between meetings.
- Capped at 10 participant organizations.
- You will be walked through the creation of a robust boilerplate of language that can then be used in grant writing, along with actionable and specific Consultant and peer feedback to help you clarify your language.
- Operations Planning: June 26, July 10th, July 24th – 11:00 to 1:00 pm ET
- Plus two 30-minute 1:1’s between meetings.
- Capped at 10 participant organizations.
- You will finish this session with a simple three-year operating plan with annual goals, quarterly metrics for year one, and a three–year budget based on the plan. Note: This is not a full strategic planning process, which is typically longer with stakeholder interviews and Board support. Instead we will help you determine what their ambitious and achievable goals are in this process.
Practical Details:
Cost: $500 for Boilerplate Writing Session. This includes registration for two (2) individuals per organization.
Cost: $500 for Operations Planning Session. This includes registration for two (2) individuals per organization.
Fill out the form linked below, and conclude your booking process by June 6th for early bird access at $450.
Each organization registration includes registration for up to two (2) team members from your organization.
Email rebecca@benvenutiarts.com for any information.
Things to Know:
You will be asked to fill out a form before the workshops so that our team can prepare. Expect to provide information such as past fundraising activities, past and current organizational budgets, programming plans, staff size, etc. You will be asked to share your work with other groups in participating and give feedback on their work. Peer learning is an important part of the Sessions! While these are meant to be live sessions, so that participants are creating documents in real time with our feedback, participants can access recordings if personal matters cause them to miss a meeting.
Get in touch for any questions, we cannot wait to see you at our Summer Sessions!
Sessions Testimonials
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This fundraising workshop was incredibly valuable. It offered insightful one-on-one and group sessions that helped clarify my goals and equipped me with effective tools to plan out the year for my organization. With boundless gratitude!
– Kelly Johnson
Executive Director, Arts & Business Alliance of Eugene
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Wanted to express our gratitude for this opportunity. Your guidance has given us so much positive insight and direction. We appreciate all you do to keep your organization thriving to help support fellow artists, and theater companies as ours. Thank you.
– Alba Albanese
Actor & Producer, Actors Theater
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Sarah knows how to breakdown the ins and outs of the grant systems. She gives you endless amounts of resources and tools to ensure you know which grants you are eligible for and how to make a good application! I highly recommend her workshops and working with her!
– Rachel Berger
Executive Director, The Artist Co-op
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I don’t even know where to start when it comes to Benvenuti Arts. They have been our steadfast partner from the very beginning. As one of their earliest clients, we’ve grown our organizations together. We went from a $50,000 org to now consistently operating with a $1M plus budget, providing services to hundreds of indie companies and venues and thousands of individual artists. They helped me go from volunteering to run our org to a team of four full time staff members who have benefits! None of the work we do would be possible without the support of Benvenuti Arts. I will be forever grateful to Sarah and Julie and Ariel and Suda and all of the incredible team members that have come and gone and have made our growth possible. The impact of their work is felt deeply, not just within IndieSpace, but throughout the entire indie theater ecosystem.
– Randi Berry
Executive Director, IndieSpace
Video Series
We recently launched our educational materials to make our work more accessible to groups operating at every budget level. Building off the popular BA Sessions, we created short video courses available at a lower price point. These include:
Boilerplate Writing: a living document and grant writing tool to make your language stronger, and simplify the grant writing process.
Fundraising Event Planning: a guide to create a thorough action plan for a fundraising event reflecting your organization and values.
All videos have options for “bundles,” which provide 1:1 time for a higher fee.
Free Lunch & Learn Series
Benvenuti Arts invites you to join our Lunch & Learn open webinar series.
Hosted by our CEO Sarah Benvenuti, this is an ongoing chats series that is free to anyone. On May 27th, we will discuss how to prepare for economically unstable times and brainstorm ideas for particular challenges together. Please RSVP by filling out the form linked below, and share with us any questions you would like to discuss altogether.
Benvenuti Arts provides fundraising and administrative consulting and services for small arts organizations and independent artists around the country. Our focus has always been on the “small and mighty”, with a specific focus on those composed of or those who serve the Global Majority (BIPOC), LGBTQIA+, disabled, and immigrant voices.
Please let us know if you have any questions. I hope to see you there!
Fill out this form. Email rebecca@benvenutiarts.com for more information.
SCHEDULE:
- May 27th, 12pm ET – 1:30 pm ET: Planning for Uncertain Economic Times.
WHO ARE OUR CLIENTS?
Braata Productions
Elevating Caribbean artistry, showcasing remarkable talents, and fostering appreciation for diverse art forms. Through entertainment and education, we celebrate the richness of Caribbean culture, giving voice to dynamic experiences, performers, writers, and directors with creative authenticity.
IndieSpace
IndieSpace celebrates and centers independent theater-making in New York City. We provide radically transparent, responsive and equity-focused funding, real estate programs, professional development, and advocacy to individual artists, theater companies, and indie venues.
SOZO
SOZO is an international contemporary arts agency and incubator at the intersection of social impact, innovation, and culture. Our portfolio of trailblazing artistic productions, experiences, and educational initiatives implements holistic approaches that cultivate equitable and liberatory creative ecosystems.
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