Sessions & Seminars
Fall 2026 Sessions & Seminars
Registrations opens in early August.
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End-of-Year Campaign planning Seminar
October 5th, 2026
To help you set up a chaos-free end-of-year campaign. You will walk out with an immediately usable planning and execution set-up, tailored to your organization under the guidance of our consultant.
Individual fundraising does not happen only during the end-of-year campaign. But the campaign is both the culmination of your year-round efforts and the foundation for next year’s efforts.
This three-hour intensive helps you cover both bases with our templates and planning approach. You will develop a strategy for managing your donor lists and prospecting, complete a campaign publications calendar, and draft the launch language.
Boilerplate Writing Sessions
September 28, October 6, October 20, 2026
Piecing together scattered copy fragments for every new grant application? Let’s fix it.
Within three group sessions and two individual consultations, you will build a system to keep your language organized, updated, and readily useful.
Having a boilerplate is essential for streamlining not only the grant writing and grant reporting process, but also marketing writing and donor communications.
This workshop is a series of hands-on sessions throughout which you will build and refine your boilerplate in discussion with other participants and our consultants.
FAQ
Who Sessions & Seminars are for?
It is for you if…
- You’re running an arts-based or arts-adjacent organization with a budget of under $750,000, OR you’re an independent artist who doesn’t have the time to upgrade or create from scratch a boilerplate or an end-of-year campaign.
- You feel overwhelmed with the necessity to plan your fundraising and operational activities well in advance, while meeting daily commitments, and would love some professional and community support to figure that out.
- You want to improve your organization’s existing fundraising planning and grant writing.
- The sessions’ or a seminar’s description just sounds like what you need for any other reason 🙂
What is included in each Sessions & Seminars program?
Each Sessions series includes:
- Registration for 2 team members.
- Three working sessions, 1.5 hours each.
- Two 30-minute one-on-one meetings with the BA consultant (one meeting between the 2nd and the 3rd session, and one meeting within a month after the last session).
- All necessary templates.
- Access to the Sessions recordings and slides for 12 months.
Each Seminar includes:
- Registration for 2 team members.
- All necessary templates.
- Email Q&A with the BA consultant within a week after the seminar.
- Access to the Seminar recordings and slides for 12 months.
Can I register for more than one Seminar or Sessions series?
Yes! We encourage participants to consider registering for more than one program if that is sustainable for you and your workload. While each seminar and session series is a separate, self-sufficient program, they are complementary and are parts of a bigger picture.
Can I bring more than one person from my organization to the workshops?
Yes! Each program includes registration for 2 team members. We strongly recommend participating together with your teammate, a staff member or a board member. It will help you to maximize the outcomes.
Will I have access to the Sessions & Seminars materials after the end of the program?
Absolutely! You are encouraged to download and keep the templates we will work with. You will also have access to the meeting recordings and slides for 12 months after the program ends. For sessions, we will also provide a meeting recording and transcription within 2 days after each meeting, so you can refresh what you’ve learned as soon as possible before the next meeting and be on top of your process.
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The number of spots in each workshop is limited.
Testimonials
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 at Arts & Business Alliance of Eugene
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 at The Artist Co-op
The Benvenuti Arts Fundraising Workshop was incredibly helpful. My producing partner and I run a fledgling arts organization. Sarah walked us through the basics of multiple fundraising approaches, with context from her experience in the field. This helped us understand not just how to fundraise, but the trends and contexts to help us refine our approach. Sarah’s personalized support, including a personal consultation, helped us refocus our strategy towards fundraising and gave us clear first steps, as well as long-term goals and plans. I cannot recommend her workshop enough.
Conrad Kluck
Co-Founder, Co-Producer & Curator at FEAST: A Performance Series
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