Melissa Sandor Inc.
offers strategy, implementation, and writing services across the fundraising spectrum for arts and social justice organizations.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Interim director of development services
Strategic and feasibility planning
Board development
Proposal/grant development
Prospect research
Major donor strategy and implementation
Capital campaign counsel
Communications tools
Workshops
Drawing on twenty years of experience, Melissa Sandor teaches grantwriting workshops for arts organizations and artists. To discuss options for an in-person or online workshop for your group, contact Melissa.
Sample Projects
Below are examples of how Melissa has applied her expertise to help organizations achieve significant, measurable results.
For a more complete client list, click here.
image: Albert Vecerka
FUNDRAISING
Provided key strategy, planning and implementation of the Museum’s institutional fundraising progress. Focus on 6- and 7-figure transformational gifts from New York City and national institutional, individual, and public arts funders toward a $175 million capital campaign, the Museum archive program, and an $8M operating budget.
image: Lesser Architecture
interim leadership & Program development
Oversaw the fundraising program for an arts and media organization with an $18 million budget and 100+ employees, providing strategic guidance to the organization’s president and Board of Trustees, developing a dynamic and diversified fundraising program including institutional, individual, corporate, and public funding, and managing a staff of seven.
image: La Maison Dora Maar
fundRAISing & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
As a Strategic Consultant, oversees the fundraising program for an international artist residency program housed in a historic residence in Provence, providing fundraising and governance guidance as well as strategic implementation.
