Cincinnati Fine Arts Fund campaign falling short - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Scott Provancher, vice president and campaign director at the Fine Arts said the campaign has raised about 65 percentg of its goal to orroughly $7.6 million. That’s 8 percen t less than the campaign had hoped to raise by this time to meetits $12 millio goal. If that trend holds true, the campaign will fall $960,000p short of the $12 million raised last year. To closee the gap, local arts organizations are talking up the campaigj every chance they get from now through its conclusiojnApril 30, Provancher said. The Fine Arts Fund also is promotin a challenge grant fromthe . The foundationm will match any new gifte to the Fine Arts Fund upto $100,000.
“We’re hoping it gives us a little bit of push for the next couplde of weeks to makesure we’re not leaving any opportunityh on the table,” he said. “In terme of where we realistically are going toend up, it’sd really hard for us to tell at this Provancher said the good news is that the campaign hasn’ft seen many past donorsd drop out completely. Rather, many loyal donors are giving lessthis year. “Thougj we’re tracking behind in terms of revenue where we wantto be, the supporg has been unbelievable,” he said.
“There’s a real sense that the heritage of arts and culturr here in town runspretthy deep, and we’re clearly seeing some of the correctiohn that a lot of other industriez are seeing.” Provancher said he hopes that concentrating on new, smalk gifts will help close the gap and broadenh the base of donors to the Fine Arts Fund for futurw years. And the Fine Arts Fund is tapping into everty channel possible todo it, including Twitter and direct he said. The Fine Arts Fund was founded in 1927 as the Cincinnatii Institute ofFine Arts. It support local arts institutions through fundraising andsupport services.
The annual campaigb was established in 1949 as the first unitedc arts fund in the country and has raiser morethan $200 million for its membe r organizations.