Providing professional fundraising support to arts organization
ArtSupport NL has been active since March 2018. This program provides arts organizations with access to training, coaching and mentoring which allows them to improve their fundraising practices and diversify their revenue.
The first iteration of this program, ArtSupport NL Phase 1, was offered to 10 organizations from March 2018 until March 2020. As a result of this work, these organizations increased their collective fundraising revenue by 55%.
The next chapter of this program, ArtSupport NL Phase 2, has been expanded to two streams of participants.

Stream 1
This is the continuation of the pre-existing ArtSupport NL program, which has seen a cohort of 10 arts organizations attend a bootcamp, write Fund Development Plans, Cases for Support, and work with dedicated coaches on a weekly or bi-weekly basis since March 2018.
Participants in this stream work with the team at RBR Development Associates.
For more information, please read here.
Stream 2
This is a new stream of this program, designed for organizations who want to improve their fundraising practices but don’t have the organizational capacity for intensive bi-weekly coaching. This program helps participants make focused strategic changes to various areas of their organizations’ fundraising work in order to amplify and streamline the fundraising work already being done.
Participants in this stream are working with the team at The Good Partnership.
For more information, please read here.
Read the following Spotlights to learn more about Phase 1 participants experiences with ArtSupport NL
Spotlight on Resource Centre for the Arts & ArtSupport NL
Spotlight on the NSO & ArtSupport NL
Spotlight on Opera on the Avalon & ArtSupport NL
Spotlight on the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival & ArtSupport NL
Spotlight on Perchance Theatre & ArtSupport NL
Spotlight on Neighbourhood Dance Works & ArtSupport NL
Spotlight on the Craft Council & ArtSupport NL
This project has been made possible [in part] by the Government of Canada and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation. Ce projet est financé [en partie] par les gouvernements du Canada et Terreneuve et Labrador.
ArtSupport NL is modelled after programs in Manitoba and Australia focused on building professional fundraising skills in the arts sector.