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Since 2014, Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy has worked in partnership with Arts Professional to contribute a series of regular editorial articles on the theme of 'Fundraising for the Future'.

On this webpage you can start reading the latest article; click on the title to read the full article. There is also a list of other recent articles; click on each title to read the full article.

Visit the Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy page on the Arts Professional website to read all articles since 2014

 

Latest article

Finding fundraising focus amid the turbulence (January 2024)

At the start of 2024, Michelle Wright offers her expert advice about where to focus your fundraising energies in a climate of uncertainty.

Arts and culture organisations are facing multiple challenges in relation to income. There are several underlying issues, such as changes in audience behaviours post-Covid and the cost-of-living crisis, leading to reduced or uncertain box office, and inflationary pressures. Similarly, stand-still statutory funding, an uncertain picture for philanthropy and a real time decline in corporate giving, is leading to very high competition for available private sector funds...

Read the full article on the Arts Professional website

Recent articles

Spending down: Opportunity or risk? (November 2023)

In spending down their assets, trusts and foundations are making a strategic change of direction which could pose a threat to the charity sector, says Ben Wilson...

Charity governance in need of urgent overhaul (October 2023)

In recent years, the model of charitable governance has become increasingly challenging, as Michelle Wright explains...

AI and the future of arts fundraising (June 2023)

Amid recent concerns about the safety of artificial intelligence, Ben Wilson looks at its potential as a resource for fundraising, and the ethical questions it throws up.

Charitable legacies: the time to act is now (April 2023)

In the next 30 years, a record £5.5 trillion is set to be transferred between generations, as either inheritance or gifts. Michelle Wright thinks legacy giving is a neglected area of fundraising...

Art to help out? (January 2023)

Since 2020 the sector has faced a series of crises, first Covid and now an even more uncertain future related to the cost of living. Michelle Wright considers how art can help...

Visit the Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy page on the Arts Professional website to read all articles