the art of giving HOW YOU PIVOTED WITH US
We’ve been talking about pivoting so much in these pages over the past year, highlighting efforts by our educators, curators, communications team and more to reinvent their jobs to serve the public. But what about you? How have our patrons and donors joined us in this process of reinvention?
Our Board of Advisors quickly responded as we reached out to express pressing financial needs. Donations from them and from many others helped us keep our entire staff employed, even through months when the museum closed its physical doors to the public. State budgets were cut, meaning a difficult time for the university, including the museum. At the same time, we needed to buy personal protective equipment, create art kits to inspire and entertain children, make new signage for the building, add new features to our website and much, much more. We couldn’t have done any of it without you. In spite of the pandemic seeping into our current fiscal year, we set a very ambitious fundraising goal of $4 million, hard to raise in any time but especially in the middle of a global health emergency. We are pleased to announce that as of May 1 (6 weeks prior to
the end of the fiscal year) our fundraising total surpassed $5.6 million in cash and in-kind gifts of art. That means we exceeded our goal by 40 percent! Give yourselves a well-deserved pat on the back. Finally, as we mentioned in the last issue of Facet, rather than hosting our biennial gala, Elegant Salute, we launched a campaign to create a Fund for the Future Endowment, with an initial goal of $1 million. The interest that endowment generates will provide both stability and immediate support for our daily operations. As of May 1, we are beyond the halfway point of that initial goal and are truly grateful that so many of you answered the call. Your support of this endowment will provide vital funding for postage, telephones, printing and so many of the less “attractive” but no less vital necessities that enable us to continue to offer free inspiration to all.
To contribute to the Fund for the Future, visit https://bit.ly/fundforthefuture.
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