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Jazz Arts Group

In 2023, following the announcement of Press Southworth’s retirement after serving as CEO since 2012, Jazz Arts Group engaged Benefactor Group to conduct a national search for the organization’s next leader.
December 10, 2013

Horry County Museum Foundation

The Horry County Museum collects and preserves materials—some as old as 5,000 years—related to the county's prehistory, natural history, history, and culture. Housed for nearly 30 years in Conway's original post office, the Museum had only enough room to display 10% of its holdings! Benefactor Group was invited to prepare leaders and volunteers for an
December 10, 2013

Greater Columbus Arts Council

The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) set out to demonstrate the importance of endowment funding for the arts and to encourage donors to create and/or strengthen endowments held by arts organizations and community foundations. GCAC retained Benefactor Group to conduct benchmarking research—comparing Columbus with six other cities—and to develop a compelling case for building stronger
December 10, 2013

Marathon Center for the Performing Arts

With the closing of a school in the heart of downtown Findlay, Ohio, the community’s largest performance space was facing demolition. The leadership of the local community foundation and arts organizations engaged Benefactor Group to examine the feasibility of raising funds necessary to renovate the school auditorium and create a community performing arts center, what
December 10, 2013

Newport Aquarium

The Newport Aquarium retained Benefactor Group to help develop a robust supporting organization, the WAVE Foundation. Counsel evaluated every aspect of the aquarium's fundraising operations, education programs, and conservation efforts to identify opportunities to match the WAVE Foundation’s mission with the vision of potential donors.
December 10, 2013

Species 360

For 30 years, Species 360 has gathered data from the world’s zoos, organized it into various data banks, and made it available globally. As a nonprofit organization with a modest budget, however, Species 360 strained to keep pace with rapid changes in technology and growing demand for access to information. Benefactor Group was retained to
December 10, 2013

The Ohio State University College of Engineering

The Ohio State University College of Engineering has supported studies in chemical engineering for more than a century. Today the department is suffering from severe space deficiencies due to accelerating changes in chemical engineering research and instruction and increasing enrollments spurred by long-respected faculty and graduates. Benefactor Group was invited to conduct a feasibility study
December 10, 2013
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