Small Arts Organization Development

More Minnesotans, especially those in the Southwest Minnesota Region, will be able to participate in the arts.Objectives: 1. Finish Building Annual Fund-raising Plan (solicitation periods and Events) -- Includes developing on-going update process. 2. Build Fund-raising calendar. 3. Identify target donors at all levels. 4. Build evaluation data collection model and record keeping system including Customer Relations Management system details. (Input to Business Management System being developed separately but concurrently). We will have achieved the balance of income sources in our Business Model AND met the income goals by December 2014. These will be measured by our financial reporting and by donor acquisition and retention measures built into the Business Management System which will be being developed simultaneously through an ArtsLab grant. These results will be communicated to the Board, appropriate funders such as the City and the Founders’ Club and our Partner Organizations. The second measurement is retention/sustainability. Can we hold these incomes and sources in 2015 and beyond? Again, the measurement tools will be built in to our financial reporting and the Business Management System. Time frame will be monthly review and assessment with final report December 2015. Part of our work with Lori will be to build Evaluation tools to monitor our progress and success. This will include development of dashboard communication tools but as of this application, those tools have not been designed pending completion of the plan. Materials review June 2014. Also included in these measurements will be community awareness and participation statistics. These will be in place by the end of June 2014 and reviewed in December 2014 and bi-annually after that.