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6 people are interested
VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT
ORGANIZATION: El Museo del Barrio
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6 people are interested
The Development Assistant will support all facets of El Museo’s Development Department, and take a proactive approach to supporting all fundraising activities, as well as the other duties supporting the Development staff, as needed.
- Support the Manager of Strategic Events with tracking of Gala income, including new table and ticket purchases, creating and sending invoices, collecting information for attendees, and sending acknowledgements.
- Work with the Development team to implement efforts to recruit new El Museo members, including in-person table solicitations, mail acquisition, telephone communications, off-site acquisition promotions, event support, etc.
- Assist in the organization of and attend cultivation events and other activities.
- Compile comprehensive, accurate lists of funders as needed.
- Correspond and prepare communications with constituents, as needed.
- Assist the Development team with all aspects of Raiser’s Edge, donor database.
- Assist the Development team in adding records on an ongoing basis, updating existing records, and updating lists when needed, together with the Development Associate.
- Maintain, monitor and report on gift acknowledgements, ensuring that all donors are thanked quickly by either drafting acknowledgement letters and shepherding them through the completion process, or reminding relevant colleagues of timeliness.
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About El Museo del Barrio
Location:
1230 Fifth Avenue, (Between East 104 and 105 Street), 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10029, US
Mission Statement
El Museo del Barrio is New York's premier Latino cultural institution. The Mission of El Museo del Barrio is to present and preserve the art and culture of Puerto Ricans and all Latin Americans in the United States. Through its extensive collections, varied exhibitions and publications, bilingual public programs, educational activities, festivals and special events, El Museo del Barrio educates the public about the diversity of art and culture in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Description
During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, many Puerto Rican parents, educators, artists and activists in East Harlem felt that their cultural experience was not represented in New York's major museums. In response to these concerns, Raphael Montanez Ortiz founded El Museo del Barrio in 1969. During this time, major art institutions were encouraged to decentralize their collections and to represent a variety of non-European cultures.
Initially, El Museo del Barrio operated in a public school classroom and later relocated to brownstones in "El Barrio," the Spanish-speaking neighborhood that extends from 96th Street to the Harlem River and from Fifth Avenue to the East River on Manhattan's Upper East Side. In 1977, El Museo del Barrio became a member of the Cultural Institutions Group of the City of New York and found a permanent home in the spacious, neo-classical Heckscher Building at 1230 Fifth Avenue.
In 1978, El Museo del Barrio became a founding member of the Museum Mile Association, which consists of nine of the city's most distinguished cultural institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Jewish Museum, and The Museum of the City of New York.
El Museo del Barrio has broadened its mission, collections, and programs in response to substantial growth in the Mexican, Central and South American, and Caribbean communities, both in New York and nationally. El Museo del Barrio's permanent collection remains a treasured resource for developing exhibitions and education programs. In recent years the public programs have addressed the educational needs of diverse populations--seniors, adults, adolescents, public school students, and very young visitors. By reaching out to younger generations, the musem is seeking to build the next generation of museum-goers.
To celebrate our 40 th anniversary, El Museo will re-open to the public on Saturday, October 17 th 2009 with renovated facilities and the opening of the landmark exhibition, "Nexus New York: Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis." The opening will also showcase the new Carmen Ana Unanue Galleries which will feature highlights of our permanent collection.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1230 Fifth Avenue and 104th StreetNew York, NY 10029
DATE POSTED
May 31, 2016
SKILLS
- Multi-Tasking
- Fundraising
- Donor Management
- Customer Acquisition
- Arts Administration
- Data Entry
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- 20 hours a week