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| What is an Employee Campaign? |
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It’s a key to connecting you to the community
and your family to great arts and entertainment.
Your company’s ArtsFund Employee Campaign is a week-long,
custom-tailored campaign that will…
- Make sure you are “in the know” about Metro Richmond’s
lively arts scene; and
- Bring some fun, entertainment and inspiration into your workplace
through the campaign’s hands-on ArtsBreaks;
- Present you and your co-workers with an easy way to support
not just one, but 20, 30 or more arts and cultural organizations
in the community.
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| Why does Richmond need an ArtsFund campaign? |
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| In Richmond – and across the U.S. – arts
and cultural organizations are only able to generate about half
the funds they need to operate through ticket sales, memberships
or other earned sources.
ArtsFund’s employee campaigns help these hardworking
groups make ends meet and keep ticket prices affordable, while
they continue to meet the educational and entertainment needs
of adults children and families in the area. |
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| Do Employee Campaigns really work? |
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| YES. Employee campaigns that raise awareness and
funding for the arts have a history of success in cities across
the country. In 2003, united arts funds in
34 cities raised $21.8 million through employee giving. And the
movement is growing – employee
giving totals nearly doubled between the years of 1995 and 2003. |
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| I can’t afford to give much, so why bother? |
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| The average annual workplace gift across the nation
is $117 a year – just $2.25 per week. Employee giving proves
that many small gifts have a huge impact! |
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| Why should I care about ArtsFund if I don’t participate
in Metro Richmond’s arts scene? |
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Surprising as it may sound, Metro Richmond’s
arts scene plays a major role in everyone’s life. The activities
and services of Richmond’s arts and cultural organizations…
- provide important learning opportunities to our schools and
children
- attract visitors, national conventions and meetings, and
new employers to our community
- serve residents of the entire Metro Richmond region, from
the city itself to the far edges of the surrounding suburbs
- bring more than $50 million into the local economy every
year, generating $75 million in revenue and providing more
than 2,500 jobs.
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| What if I’m already a donor to some arts groups
in town? Can’t I direct those gifts through ArtsFund? |
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| ArtsFund partners with arts organizations that deeply
value your support of the specific services they provide. Our
philosophy is to encourage you to maintain direct relationships
with the organizations you know best, and to make a second
gift through ArtsFund. That second gift is a civic gift
to invest yourself and your family in the wonderful breadth
and diversity that Richmond’s art scene has to offer.
It’s for the greater good, and it’s quick and easy! |
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