For Cultural Organizations

Sidra Collaborative offers tailored services for organizations seeking to sustain their work in arts and culture through external funding. Our clients include community-based organizations, academic institutions, artists, scholars, and students.

We partner with organizations to help you tell powerful, funder-oriented stories about your work and your impact.

We also offer professional development opportunities to help you and your organization build your capacity to plan for and fund impactful work.

Working with us

To get started, we recommend:

Step 1: Read over our services (Packages and Workshops) below.

Step 2: Reach out to us for an initial consultation via email to hello@sidracollaborative.com.

Step 3: We will work with you to schedule a 30-minute video or phone call to discuss how Sidra’s offerings can meet your needs.

Step 4: We will work with you to tailor packages and workshops to your needs.

As part of our commitment to transparency, we provide both base offerings and fees on our website. We will work with you to tailor our packages to your organization’s needs. If you have a specific need that isn’t represented here, please contact us: hello@sidracollaborative.com.

Packages for Cultural Organizations

Below are two examples of our offerings. Our goal is to be able to serve a variety of organizations. Contact us to learn how we might tailor these packages or offer sliding-scale rates to meet your needs.

Field Assessment
Package

$200/hour, recommended 20-50 hours

For cultural organizations seeking to understand the funding landscape. Services include funder prospecting, assessing previous funder history and the current funding landscape, and strategically connecting with community partners.

Deliverables could include a written report and recommendations.

Impactful Visioning & Storytelling
Package

$200/hour, recommended 35-80 hours

For cultural organizations seeking to clearly and powerfully communicate the impact of their work to potential funders. Services include quantitative and qualitative assessment and analysis to demonstrate organizational impact.

Deliverables could include an impact communication package and staff capacity-building in data and impact storytelling.

Professional Development Workshops

We offer workshops and trainings that are tailored to the needs of your organization. Listed below are some of our workshop topics. Scroll down for pricing information.

State of Arts, Culture, and the Humanities: Survival and Better Futures

A three-part professional development workshop series for academics.

Part 1: State of AC&H Funding

Get up to speed on what exactly is going on in public and private funding for the humanities, how these changes might impact you, and some steps you might take to respond.

Part 2: What Now? Survival Tactics

An interactive workshop constructed to help you think about budgets and project narratives in an altered funding landscape, and how to start identifying and finding funding to ensure your work can thrive.

Part 3: Better Futures for the Arts, Culture, and the Humanities

Learn how to communicate the value of your work to funders, how to use your work to build stronger humanities communities, and practical steps towards making an action plan for the future of your work.

Funding Cultural Organizations (Grants 101 for cultural orgs)

To come in spring 2026. Sign up for our mailing list to learn more.

Workshop Pricing

Workshop Type	Duration	Pricing	Format
1-hour workshop	1 hour	$1000	Virtual
Virtual workshop sequence	3 workshops, approx. 3 hours	$4,500	Virtual
In-Person Workshop Sequence	3 workshops, 1-2 days, approx. 14 hours	$6,000 plus travel expenses	In-person

Note: special rates may be available for Washington D.C., Knoxville, TN, Miami FL, New York City, and surrounding areas. Small-group or one-on-one sessions are available for an additional fee.