Portfolio
Armory Art Center
Avatar conducted a comprehensive internal/external assessment of the center’s funding programs, designed, implement and provided staff/board training in fundraising program administration. Avatar was also retained to conduct a comprehensive strategic planning process. – West Palm Beach, FL
Friends of Mead Garden
Avatar conducted a capital campaign feasibility study, secured funding from a community foundation used to enhance the organizations campaign readiness and sustainability, and produced a strategic plan supported by funding programs for each goal. The City of Winter Park owned botanical garden is governed by a private sector boat of directors and funded by public/private funds including grants.
ISKON Foundation
Avatar provided a feasibility and campaign readiness services for a $150 million international project including strategic planning for a project in Mayapur, India. Avatar also designed a multi year campaign plan, develop support materials, provided training. Additonally, Avatar provided strategic planning and campaign services for a $7.5 million ISKCON Foundation project in San Diego, CA.
Rollins Museum
Avatar produced millions of dollars in Federal, State of Florida and Private sector grants and required private sector matching funds. Rollins College was able to advance a successful capital campaign for a new facility and advanced the museums endowment.
Naples Art Association/Von Liebig Art Center
Avatar provided strategic planning and campaign management services to support a $12 million dollar initiative on city property as part of a downtown revitalization program. At the conclusion of the successful campaign, Avatar conducted several strategic planning retreats designed to financially sustain the organization in its new facility governed by a private sector board of directors. Avatar went on to produce a highly successful capital campaigns for a downtown theatre and adjacent botanical garden.
PBS & NPR
Avatar developed and administered multi-million dollar fundraising programs that included membership, annual giving, sponsorship, several major special events, grants and deferred giving for both Public Broadcast Stations including budget planning and development. Programs were nationally awarded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Orlando Museum of Art
Avatar produced and administrered a multi million dollar capital campaign to add galleries and public spaces. Additionally, Avatar enhanced and managed the fundraising programs that produced operating income and grants.
Peabody Auditorium
and Yvonne Scarlet Golden & Midtown Education Cultural Centers
All are city owned and operated. Avatars services included feasibility studies, $25 million fundraising programs, community engagement activities, private and public sector fundraising plans. The centers were part of a community revitalization initiative. – Daytona Beach, FL
Key West History Center
Built in 1898, Customs House, On the National Register of Historic Places. The campaign raised $10 Million for the Key West Historical Association.
Boca Raton Museum of Art
Avatar provided strategic planning, capital campaign feasibility study and campaign management services to the museum/art school including a $2 million Kresge Foundation Award with a 1:1 match component and three public sector grants totaling $4.5 million with match. The multi million dollar new facility is located on city property and the old facility was renovated and programed as an art school producing substantial earned income for the new museum facility’s operations. The project was 50% over goal and the excess was used to create a multi million dollar endowment.
Naples Sugden Theatre
Avatar provided planning and campaign management services for a $12 million dollar theater initiative on city property, conducted a mission/program compatibility/campaign planning research study, designed the case-for-support and related print/electronic campaign materials, researched potential grants business and family foundation grant makers and produced $4.5 million in grants with match. The theater is governed by a private sector board of directors.
St. Gregory University & Mabee Gerrer Museum
Avatar was funded by the Reynolds Foundation to provide support for a comprehensive statewide capital campaign feasibility study. Avatar also provided services designed to assess and increase the performance of operating income programs and conducted grant identification and research services.
Valerie Theatre
Avatar identified and secured funding sources for the renovation of the historic 1928 Valerie Theatre into a community performing arts space. The facility is owned and operated by the City of Inverness, Florida.
Michelee Puppets
Avatar’s services, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, were designed to produce a multi year funding program that would support the organization’s strategic plan for advancement and provide operating support including grant research. To date Michlee has performed for 2 million children over the last 25 years and is nationally awarded for its children’s programming on subjects such as empathy, bullyism, divorce, obesity, and other sensitive children’s issues.
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