Fundraising and Strategic Planning (eBook)

Juilee Decker is an associate professor of Museum Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) where she teaches courses focusing on museums and technology so as to bring theory and praxis together in the classroom environment. Decker earned her Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University. Her research interests and curation include the construction of public and private collections as well as the subjects of public art, commemoration, and memory. Decker’s recent curatorial activity includes “A Passionate Pursuit: The Milward Collection,” an exhibition addressing the formation of a private collection of more than 1000 works of art (2012); “Reflections on a Louisville Landmark,” a juried show and an exhibition of historic maps, photographs, and texts for the Louisville Visual Art Association; and “Virginia Woolf and the Natural World,” an international exhibition to coincide with the 20th annual Wolf conference (2010). She has worked as a public art consultant and advisor for more than 15 years and has managed several public and private collections of public art. Since 2008, she has served as editor of Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, a peer-reviewed journal published by Rowman and Littlefield.

Introduction by Juilee DeckerChapter 1: BOOM! Crowdfunding the First Exhibit of the Museum of Food & DrinkPeter J. Kim, Museum of Food and DrinkChapter 2: Public Art and Public SupportKaren Gillenwater, Carnegie Center for Art and HistoryChapter 3: Crowdfunding the Museum: Engaging Program Constituents in Resource DevelopmentMelissa A. Russo, Chabot Space & Science CenterChapter 4: Analysis and Interpretation: How Camp ArtyFact Solved a Programming ProblemMike Deetsch and Greg Hardison, Kentucky Historical SocietyChapter 5: "Member Plus” to “Ocean Advocate”: Leveraging Market Research to Build a Membership Program that Supports the Annual FundNancy Enterline, Monterey Bay AquariumChapter 6: Check It Out! A Case Study of The New Children’s Museum’s Program of Circulating Membership Cards in Public LibrariesKaren Coutts, The New Children’s MuseumChapter 7: Leveraging the Public-Private Partnership to Transform an Abandoned, Elevated Railway into New York City’s Most Exciting Public AmenityVicky U. Lee, Friends of the High LineChapter 8: Building for the Future: Converting Capital Campaign Success into Sustainable Major GiftsCarl G. Hamm, Saint Louis Art MuseumChapter 9: Successful Fund-Raising Strategies for the Academic MuseumJill Hartz, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of ArtChapter 10: Relevance & Twenty-First Century Fundraising FundamentalsJames G. Leventhal and Irina Zeylikovich, The Contemporary Jewish Museum & Bay Area Discovery MuseumChapter 11: Institutionalizing Innovation at the Toledo Museum of ArtAmy Gilman, Toledo Museum of ArtIndexAbout the ContributorsAbout the Editor