1. Blooming Art Debrief Meeting Tuesday, December 6, 2005

3. Blooming Art Results $867,834 raised 21out of 25 recipient organization 59% of existing donations increased from annual giving 20% of all donations new 155 Individual donors

4. Anecdotal Success Launched new model of philanthropy Made new donor relationships Existing donors increased annual giving

5. Anecdotal Success “You clearly are upping the donor ante and raising significant amounts of new funding. But I think that even more important is the social network you are creating among donors, between organizations and donors, and within the youth arts community itself.” - Blooming Art Donor

6. Goals of Match Increase philanthropic giving New donors Increase gifts from existing donors Long-term support

7. Context for Match Distribution Far exceeded our expectations! $500,000 pool of matching funds Engage new future donors Collaborative decision Confidence in donors

8. Communicating the Decision Wildly over-successful! Contributed to a $1.3 million event Collaborative decision-making Almost 60% of donations matched 1:1 “Raising the tide that lifts all boats”

9. Group Discussion: Future Match Events What would you do differently? Would you want a match again? How would you want to communicate it? Other models?

10. Plus and Delta for Blooming Art PlusDelta

11. Upcoming Coalition Activities Strengthening organizations Marketing Special events Coalition retreat in February

12. Meeting Evaluation PlusDelta

13. Thank you!