By Abby Rolland Last spring, we saw a trend within the Capital Support grantmaking area – multiple music organizations of varying sizes and foci were applying for funds to tailor or design a Customer Relationship Management system (CRM). In its basic definition, a CRM helps businesses manage their interactions with customers and potential customers. For…
By Abby Rolland The days when The Presser Foundation hosts its Next Movement Idea Forum are some of my favorites. Getting to meet, plan, and curate an event with others – whether they be music organizations that the Foundation supports, companies that can provide services or assistance to nonprofits, or regional, membership organizations that conduct…
The Presser Foundation’s final Next Movement of 2023 partnered with Candid, a nonprofit organization that collects data and information about the nonprofit sector, conducts research, and shares resources and analysis about nonprofits and funders. The session featured information about Candid’s platforms, its Seals of Transparency program, and how providing an organization’s data and information to…
By Teresa Rodgers and Abby Rolland As staff at The Presser Foundation, some of our favorite events are the Next Movement Idea Forums. Any time that we have the opportunity to connect with and learn from the Foundation’s grantee partners is wonderful, and Next Movement provides a space to grow through what we think of…
By Teresa Rodgers and Abby Rolland It’s easy to be inspired when you work in philanthropy. At The Presser Foundation, we work with hundreds of music organizations dedicated to music performance, music presentation, and music education. Every one of these organizations sees music as a way to connect, to inspire, to serve, and to bridge…
By Abby Rolland Recently, The Presser Foundation hosted the fourth iteration of its virtual Next Movement event series, this time focusing on (Nonprofit) Boards & DEI. The Foundation plans to host three Next Movement events every year, and at least one of those each year will focus on topics around DEI (August 2021 spotlighted four partner…
By Abby Rolland Questions around budgets, formatting budgets, and presenting budgets and financials motivated The Presser Foundation staff to put together a Next Movement virtual event on that topic. While we know at the Foundation that not all funders request financial information in the same format or have them presented in the same way, we…
Being vulnerable and open about one’s organization, one’s board, one’s feelings is never easy, even when around close family and friends. To do so in a (virtual) room with other nonprofits and a funder is even harder. To their immense credit, Monica Buffington (Kennett Symphony), Arreon Harley-Emerson & Brittney Lynn Stanton (Choir School of Delaware),…
The COVID-19 pandemic forced music educating, music performing, and music presenting organizations to a temporary standstill, impacting an unprecedented number of people. The Presser Foundation and American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter co-hosted five Idea Forums and invited colleagues to share thoughts about resilience, creativity, and programming during pandemic. LINKS TO RECORDED SESSIONS ARE BELOW. August 12, 2020 session featured…