 |
Open Dialogue IXSan Jose, California
|
Forming a Collective Voice for Funders
Convener: Maria Dadgar, Atlatl-Native Arts Network
Participants: Maria Dadgar
Goal:
The overall goal of this workshop was to identify key categories that arts organizations need financial support to establish and/or maintain.
This list of categories was derived from a previous limited survey conducted by Atlatl, Inc., in 1998:
- Technical assistance and training for staff
- Technical assistance and training for constituents
- General Operating (unrestricted) funds
- Capacity building (membership development, marketing assistance, direct mail campaign assistance, board development)
- Technology development (Web site, video/digital documentation procedures, eCommerce)
- Programs and mission expansion
Objective:
Conduct a national needs assessment survey to obtain specifics of funding needs. The survey would be designed and executed by an organization of color. The results would be formatted into a final report that would be distributed to funders and survey participants.
Results:
Develop clearly defined funding categories so that funders could design funding strategies and initiatives to address specific areas of need