
Endowment Essentials for Museums
Rebekah Beaulieu(Author)
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published on 25. July 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-5381-2810-7 (ISBN)
Description
A stable and well-managed endowment can be the key to a museum's financial strength. But how do you establish and maintain an endowment that is right for your organization and its future? With easily accessible language and case studies of real museums to illuminate major points, Endowment Essentials for Museums provides guidance on the establishment and oversight of endowments, including how to:
Plan for and build an endowment fundCreate opportunities to grow the endowment through fundraising and investment managementIncorporate endowment management into institutional planningFoster transparency and shared knowledge about endowments between staff, trustees, and community membersEvaluate and modify endowments accurately and according to best practices.Attending to endowment management at all stages, incorporating references from across the nonprofit spectrum, and designed to resonate with readers from a variety of backgrounds, Endowment Essentials for Museums invites forward-thinking museum professionals, trustees, and volunteers to enhance their knowledge about the endowments and the integral role it plays in the health of your museum.
Plan for and build an endowment fundCreate opportunities to grow the endowment through fundraising and investment managementIncorporate endowment management into institutional planningFoster transparency and shared knowledge about endowments between staff, trustees, and community membersEvaluate and modify endowments accurately and according to best practices.Attending to endowment management at all stages, incorporating references from across the nonprofit spectrum, and designed to resonate with readers from a variety of backgrounds, Endowment Essentials for Museums invites forward-thinking museum professionals, trustees, and volunteers to enhance their knowledge about the endowments and the integral role it plays in the health of your museum.
Reviews / Votes
An accessible and useful tool to understanding a vast and complicated topic, Beaulieu's book creates opportunities for professionals, trustees, donors, and the public to navigate the intricacies of endowments on common ground. Replete with a technical glossary and case-based examples, it's a must-read for today's leaders. -- Tom Loughman, co-chair of the United States National Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM-US)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
23 b/w photos
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
217 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5381-2810-7 (9781538128107)
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Rebekah Beaulieu
Endowment Essentials for Museums
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06/2022
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Rebekah Beaulieu is the author of Financial Fundamentals for Historic House Museums (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017) and has been a museum professional for almost twenty years, with experience in civic museums, academic museums, and historic sites. Rebekah currently serves as the Director of the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut, and previously worked as the Associate Director at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, Maine and as the inaugural Executive Director of the Winchester Historical Society and the Sanborn House Historical and Cultural Center in Winchester, Massachusetts. Rebekah has extensive experience in nonprofit financial management, fundraising, and board relations and has presented workshops on grant writing and fiscal sustainability in historic sites.
In addition to her professional experience, Rebekah holds a B.A. in American Studies and Art History from The George Washington University, an M.A. in Art History and Museum Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, an M.A. in Arts Administration from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in American and New England Studies from Boston University.
Rebekah is a board member of the New England Museum Association, a trustee of Connecticut Humanities, and active in the American Alliance of Museums as a certified Accreditation/MAP Reviewer and as a board member of the Historic Houses and Sites Network. She serves as a grant reviewer for the Institute of Museum and Library Services as well as the National Endowment for the Humanities, and sits on the faculty of the History Leadership Seminar of the American Association of State and Local History.
In addition to her professional experience, Rebekah holds a B.A. in American Studies and Art History from The George Washington University, an M.A. in Art History and Museum Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, an M.A. in Arts Administration from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in American and New England Studies from Boston University.
Rebekah is a board member of the New England Museum Association, a trustee of Connecticut Humanities, and active in the American Alliance of Museums as a certified Accreditation/MAP Reviewer and as a board member of the Historic Houses and Sites Network. She serves as a grant reviewer for the Institute of Museum and Library Services as well as the National Endowment for the Humanities, and sits on the faculty of the History Leadership Seminar of the American Association of State and Local History.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: Start on the Right Foot: Understanding the Basics of the Endowment
Chapter Two: A Head for Business: The Endowment and Operations
Chapter Three: A Strong Backbone: Institutional Planning and Endowments
Chapter Four: The Outstretched Hand: The Role of Endowments in Fundraising
Chapter Five: The Public Face: The Endowment and Financial Transparency
Chapter Six: Final Thoughts
Glossary
Index
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: Start on the Right Foot: Understanding the Basics of the Endowment
Chapter Two: A Head for Business: The Endowment and Operations
Chapter Three: A Strong Backbone: Institutional Planning and Endowments
Chapter Four: The Outstretched Hand: The Role of Endowments in Fundraising
Chapter Five: The Public Face: The Endowment and Financial Transparency
Chapter Six: Final Thoughts
Glossary
Index
About the Author