John Martinson wrote:
>
> I was wondering how many museums out there have there own program development
> or fund raising staff person.   I recently attended a meeting, where it was
> said that MANY
> musuems have such, i.e., a staff member who just writes grants, raises money,
> etc.   For smaller museums, this will even make it more competitive to obtain
> funding, when there is not enough funds to pay such a person...and all the
> larger museums are activity getting the funding.
> John Martinson

There are development consultants in most major cities who will write
grants on a contractual, grant-to-grant basis, which is often affordable
(when making the commitment to a permanent full-time development person
is not).  One of the grants could be to fund a development staff member!

Julia Moore
Indianapolis Art Center

=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:

The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).

If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to
[log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff
Museum-L" (without the quotes).