Today’s museums and arts organizations face challenges with funding, relevance, and governance. Your fundraising, audience development, and board leadership are interconnected: they must operate as a robust ecosystem to grapple with external threats to our sector. After 26+ years in nonprofits, mostly art museums, I’ve developed a unique ability to see an institution holistically, making connections between its funding needs, boards, and audiences. Whether you need interim leadership, fund development services, strategic planning, or board development, I’m here to help you dig deep and chart a bright future.
Fundraising Strategy and Advising
Are you a museum or nonprofit leader that is ready to do the real work of fund development? I’m a relationships-based fundraiser who uses an intuitive approach to cultivating and stewarding funders. I act as a non-soliciting, fractional development executive if you’re in-between development directors. If you’re not sure where to start with your grant proposals or need an accomplished grant writer, I can help with that, too. I also develop fundraising plans for nonprofits that help build authentic donor relationships and empower you to dream big for your organization–without a gala in sight, I promise.
Strategic Planning
I’ll help you build your strategic plan with a holistic perspective, helping you to integrate the needs of audiences, staff, board, and funders. Plans that I’ve spearheaded have led to increased contributed revenue, expanded board giving, and enhanced public perception.
Board & Professional Development
With over 18 years of experience in informal education spaces, I’m a natural educator with the ability to break down complex subjects for audiences of all types. Maybe you have a board that needs some fundraising 101, a group of docents who needs a workshop on pedagogy, or a lifelong learning group who wants an art history lecture. But I’m no sage on a stage: my presentations are interactive, energetic, and provocative.
Interim Leadership
If you need a seasoned museum executive to temporarily lead your organization, I can help. I’ve done deep work with boards, staff development, and systems change. I decisively and precisely identify the areas holding organizations back, always leaving an institution better than I found it–setting your next leader up for success.
If you are part of an institution that’s ready to build a bold new vision, I’m ready to empower you. Schedule a complimentary consultation, or email me at ami (at) amidavisconsulting.com.
If you are looking for an intuitive, pragmatic, and flexible approach to fundraising, look no further than Ami Davis. Ami fearlessly met us where we were – in a busy period of growth, learning, and setting up systems for maximum longevity and impact.
–Anastasia Baboulevitch, The 418 Project