Fundraising for small museums : in good times and bad / Salvatore G. Cilella.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cilella, Salvatore G.

Series:

American Association for State and Local History book series.

American Association for State and Local History book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museum finance--United States.

Fund raising--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Altamira Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This brief manual is designed specifically for people running the thousands of small museums and historic sites across the U.S. and Canada. These smaller institutions tend to lack funding and professional staff, so this book is meant to help the busy administrators perform their job of fundraising better and more efficiently.

Contents:

Fundraising for Small Museums; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE: PHILANTHROPY AND THE NONPROFIT WORLD; CHAPTER TWO: THE UNIVERSE OF FUNDRAISING; CHAPTER THREE: STEWARDSHIP; CHAPTER FOUR: METHODS OF SOLICITATION; CHAPTER FIVE: MEMBERSHIP, ANNUAL APPEAL, AND SPECIAL EVENTS; CHAPTER SIX: MANAGING A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN; CHAPTER SEVEN: GRANTSMANSHIP; CHAPTER EIGHT: MAJOR GIFTS, TRANSFORMATIONAL GIFTS, AND PLANNED GIVING; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-23825-6

1-283-04631-8

9786613046314

0-7591-1970-8

OCLC:

712782340