FACILITY PLANNING WolfBrown consultants provide a full range of facility-related services – feasibility studies, market studies, economic activity projections, program plans and pro forma use schedules, architect selection, staffing and operations plans, capital/operating budgets and follow-up fundraising. Our facility business plans have proven to be on target and on budget and are often utilized in … Facility Planning
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND BUSINESS PLANNING WolfBrown uses innovative tools to help clients gain an understanding of financial realities. Our consultants will assess financial systems and reports, providing recommendations to improve fiscal operations and create more effective reporting formats. We also offer infrastructure recommendations that support sound financial management and comprehensive business plans.
PUBLIC VALUE AUDITS Nonprofit arts organizations, by definition, are public benefit entities but also work towards artistic ends. While everyone agrees that financial measures do not represent the real output of non-profit arts organizations, few arts administrators or board members think in terms of “auditing” organizational performance on non-financial outcomes (i.e., benefits created). WolfBrown created … Public Value Audits
Major University Presenters Consortium As part of a larger two-year study of the values and impact that drive performing arts attendance and donations, WolfBrown designed and conducted a groundbreaking study of the intrinsic impacts of a live performance. The study involved surveying audiences at 19 multi-disciplinary performances across six university campuses, including a pre-performance survey … Major University Presenters Consortium
The Values Study: Connecticut Commission on the Culture and Tourism The Values Study was an organic, participatory learning experience for teams of board and staff members representing 20 Connecticut arts organizations. Each team conducted five individual depth interviews with randomly-recruited program participants, and synthesized what they learned through a stepwise process that culminated in a … Connecticut Commission on the Culture and Tourism
Scottsdale Cultural Council WolfBrown consultants were originally hired by the City of Scottsdale to create a private, nonprofit Scottsdale Cultural Council through the merger of a City agency and several support organizations. They were brought back two decades later to conduct a comprehensive community cultural assessment in advance of a strategic plan. With a new … Scottsdale Cultural Council
National Endowment for the Arts Advancement Program WolfBrown worked closely with a team of evaluators to conduct on-site evaluations of organizations that applied to the Advancement program of the National Endowment for the Arts. The evaluation included telephone consultation with key leaders at each organization in advance of a one day on-site visit. In addition, … National Endowment for the Arts Advancement Program
American Association of Museums The American Association of Museums contracted WolfBrown to design, facilitate, and document a forum exploring leadership development and diversity in the museum field, hosted by the Nathan Cummings Foundation. The work of WolfBrown came at the tail end of the American Association of Museum’s multi-year “Museums and Communities” initiative. As a … American Association of Museums (2)
ARTS EDUCATION AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT WolfBrown consultants have been working in the field of arts education for many decades. Our clients have included national service organizations, local coordinating agencies, and individual arts education providers. Services include comprehensive research (including parent and student surveys), program design and the development of community wide systems for service provision … Arts Education Research & Program Development
CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT RESEARCH Research on cultural participation at the community level has been quite limited. The recent Urban Institute report on Cultural Vitality identifies a need for significantly expanded efforts to measure and characterize a wide range of arts, cultural and creative activities at the local and regional levels. The void of information has left … Cultural Engagement Research
