Terri Schehr Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 2 minutes ago, fifer said: Let's not forget, the Sackler family didn't get hit too bad in the settlement, so they got lots of opiod money left to donate to needy corps. Yeah but they’ve been harassed out of New York City. There’s a stain on that family that’s not ever coming out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVG_DC Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 1 hour ago, ContraFart said: One word to fix all revenue problems: SWIFTIES!!!!! It's working for the NFL 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slingerland Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 15 hours ago, fifer said: Pumping money to organizations that discriminate is not a political view, it's a moral disgrace. Let us introduce you to the concept called "the Texas tour"...😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 9 hours ago, Slingerland said: Let us introduce you to the concept called "the Texas tour"...😎 Well…Indiana, too. Another rabbit hole I don’t think it’s wise to go down but that’s just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Why can’t we all just get along? $0.02 to Rodney King. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 21 minutes ago, IllianaLancerContra said: Why can’t we all just get along? $0.02 to Rodney King. Doubtful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Holland Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 On 10/21/2023 at 11:09 AM, scheherazadesghost said: I'll have to respectfully disagree with you there. I was in nonprofit development for a stint. My whole job was securing corporate sponsors. It's not a pipe dream. NPs rely on corporate sponsors just as much as they do grants. Just checked the aforementioned previous employer and their top tier of donors, who give $10k or more give them no less than $180k each year. According to the latest available SCV numbers, that's half the tour food budget right there. But this is why I've been harping in other threads on demonstrating value (or ROI in nonprofit speak,) 'cause in that way, you're correct. But it doesn't come down to people knowing and understanding drum corps entirely. If you can prove that your website and your live events pull in enough eyeballs, you can secure small corporate donors. It'd be a silly strategy for anyone to go for the billion dollar companies. LOL VMAPA was criticized (after attempts, AFAIK) for going to the Googles, Metas, and other giants in Silicon Valley and being rejected. That's just silly. You go for the smaller companies first, just like grants. You have to prove to them your worth, consistently over time, and then the big hitters will begin to trust you. But again, NPs rely on corporate sponsors all day every day. It's not a pipe dream. There just doesn't seem to be many in the drum corps world who know what they're doing in this regard. It's not rocket science though. Yup. Houston Ballet was able to get Annheiser Bush sponsoring while it performed in a building that had a service agreement to sell only Miller Coors products. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scheherazadesghost Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 15 minutes ago, C.Holland said: Yup. Houston Ballet was able to get Annheiser Bush sponsoring while it performed in a building that had a service agreement to sell only Miller Coors products. Looks like a way bigger budget there, but the point stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Holland Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 56 minutes ago, scheherazadesghost said: Looks like a way bigger budget there, but the point stands. Our budget was large. But we also have a venue to run, dancers to care for (and pay), apprentices to train, studios to operate, classes that were taught, community engagement that happened regularly, free concerts in the park, studio company to send on tours, technical and design staff to pay, stage and production mangers to pay, warehouses to operate for scenic storage and rental … it’s a large org, engrained in the local community. My point was more about if you have a great development team, you can make things happen that technically shouldn’t. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scheherazadesghost Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, C.Holland said: Our budget was large. But we also have a venue to run, dancers to care for (and pay), apprentices to train, studios to operate, classes that were taught, community engagement that happened regularly, free concerts in the park, studio company to send on tours, technical and design staff to pay, stage and production mangers to pay, warehouses to operate for scenic storage and rental … it’s a large org, engrained in the local community. My point was more about if you have a great development team, you can make things happen that technically shouldn’t. 100%. Your budget is/was bigger than any of the arts nps I've worked for. But that said, mine were comparable in budget size to drum corps and we still had development teams (2 people at most - development and grants) who maintained serious revenue streams. The biggest key in your statement above to me is the "engrained in the local community." The largest org I worked for was starting to slip on that and rather than it affecting the revenue directly, it did so indirectly as housing costs rose and partnerships with service providers declined. Their work was inherently international with a yearly local festival. DCI is similar in that its work is across regions with a shorter yearly "festival." So I can see the inherent challenge in building and maintaining local support. Not sure what the answer is, or if other similar nps handle this challenge better. Surely they do... Edited October 26, 2023 by scheherazadesghost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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