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University of Leeds

Essentials in Arts Fundraising

University of Leeds via FutureLearn

Overview

Learn how to fundraise effectively with arts and culture industry experts

External investment and philanthropy have always been crucial for arts and culture organisations. As the sector recovers from the pandemic, fundraising is more important than ever.

This two-week course, led by experts in arts fundraising, will show you how to fundraise from a variety of sources to build resilience, even in times of crisis.

Write a compelling fundraising application

You’ll learn to identify the criteria and strategies of the organisations that you are approaching. This knowledge will help you understand how to present a strong business case that explains the return on investment of your proposal and a clear budget that quickly shows what you’re trying to achieve.

Explore corporate sponsorship

You’ll be introduced to corporate sponsorship and understand what corporations are looking for when seeking partnerships with arts organisations. You’ll learn the benefits and challenges of working with a corporate partner and how to effectively identify, research, and approach partners that best represent your organisation’s unique values.

Design campaigns that promote individual giving and learn about digital fundraising

You’ll discover different types of individual giving programmes, understand what motivates people to give, and will design strategies to encourage donors to give. You’ll then be introduced to digital fundraising before exploring crowdfunding and how to develop appealing propositions suitable for your audiences.

This course is designed for anyone working in the arts and culture industry who wants to take their first steps in fundraising.

It will be useful to businesses, artists, leaders, managers, trustees, volunteers and learners who are new to fundraising or require a refresher.

Syllabus

  • Effective fundraising, applications, and corporate sponsorship
    • Welcome to the course
    • Introducing approaches to fundraising
    • Writing effective fundraising applications
    • Professional corporate sponsorship programmes
    • Summary
  • Individual giving, digital fundraising and fundraising in a crisis
    • About Week 2
    • Cultivating individual giving from donors
    • Digital fundraising opportunities
    • Fundraising in times of crisis
    • Summary

Taught by

Michelle Wright

Reviews

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4.6 rating at FutureLearn based on 19 ratings

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  • Anonymous
    This course is outstanding and comprehensive in the highest degree, taught by world class presenters. The course provides information and techniques that will assist any and all those wishing to fund raise, regardless of the type of arts groups involved, regardless of the amount of funds to be sought. This is one of the very best and best presented courses offered by FutureLearn. Thanks a thousand times!
  • Anonymous
    Essentials in Arts Fundraising, UofLeeds and Cause4, is an intense, yet rewarding journey.

    This two-week programme on the Free track, is ideal for those who are already working for a nonprofit in the arts, are searching for resources, or just want to work diligently to clarify the key facts of the fundraising cycle, acquiring something of long-term value in order to power forward their ambitions.

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