2010 PCMI Guidelines Rollout Meeting

November, 2009

Today’s Agenda:

1. Pew Center for Arts & Heritage2. PCMI Overview3. PCMI Goals4. PCMI Grants

1. Professional Development2. Planning Grants3. Catalyst Grants

5. Organizational Assessments6. Next Steps/Process7. Questions

PCAH Purpose

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage is committed

to an arts and heritage ecology that engages

broad and diverse communities and is

distinguished by excellence, imagination, and

courage. The Center seeks to catalyze vision.

PCMI Overview

• Initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts, and part of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

• Has awarded $6.8 million to 81 organizations over 8 years.

• Promotes managerial strength in support of programmatic excellence and effective audience engagement.

• Collaborates closely with PCAH Artistic Initiatives. • Works through panel-adjudicated grants,

professional development grants, organizational assessments, and public programming.

PCMI Goals

PURPOSE: Support organizational development that propels excellence and continuous improvement in program and audience engagement.

PCMI assists organizations to:– Better understand their business models.– Strengthen strategic behavior that strengthens

the business and program drivers of the organization.

– Implement effective marketing and audience engagement strategies.

– Improve financial stability.

PCMI Priorities

• Connecting management and capitalization strategies to artistic goals, continuous program improvement, and effective audience engagement.

• Integration with PCAH Artistic Initiatives.• “Catalytic” and innovative strategies.• Bridging management and program “silos.”

• How will the management project enhance your programmatic excellence and audience engagement?

Professional Development Grants

GOAL: To build management skills that will strengthen program

quality and audience engagement.

• Eligibility: All arts and heritage 501c3’s in the region.• Grants: Up to $10,000 in one calendar year.• Criteria:

– Clarity of need (“Why this, why now?”)– Appropriateness of project to achieve goal – Likelihood of impact on organization and programs – Quality of consultant or training program

• Rolling deadline, quick turnaround (2-3 weeks).

Planning Grants

GOAL: To support planning that builds management’s capacity to strengthen program quality and audience engagement.

• Eligibility: Organizations that have received at least 1 grant from an Artistic Initiative in the last 3 years, or are current PCLP grantees.

• Grants: Up to $30,000 over one year.• Criteria:

– Quality of proposal– Ability to carry out project– Impact

• Panel-adjudicated. LOI by December 11, 2009.

Catalyst Grants

GOAL: To support management initiatives that strengthen quality of programs and audience engagement, and have potential to transform organizational capacity.

• Eligibility: Organizations that have received at least 2 grants from the Artistic Initiatives in the last 5 years, or are current PCLP grantees.

• Grants: Up to $150,000 over 2 years.• Criteria:

– Quality of proposal– Ability to carry out project– Impact

• Panel-adjudicated. LOI by December 11, 2009.

Please Note

Staff positions:• Staff costs will be permitted where they will be catalytic. • For new or upgraded positions, applicant must define term

of position, qualifications, and how position will be sustained after PCMI grant.

• Discuss requests for staff support with PCMI prior to application.

Ineligible costs:• Permanent equipment• Capital improvements• Debt reduction• Endowments

Organizational Assessment

GOAL: To support self-assessments of artistic quality and management capacity.

• Eligibility: All arts and heritage 501c3 organizations in the region.

• No longer a requirement for PCMI eligibility.

• Organizations may use PCMI’s assessment tool or another tool that examines both artistry and management.

• PCMI will work with each organization to design the

appropriate assessment process.

Next Steps

• Read the Guidelines and review Application forms.

• Let the new opportunities and project examples inspire you!

• Discuss opportunities internally, involving both program and management staff.

• If you want to submit an LOI for a Planning or Catalyst grant, contact PCMI to set up a meeting.

Questions

www.pcah.us/managementpcmi@pcah.us

Holly SidfordMike BarsantiShaneka Dawsonia

tel. 267 350 4910