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
As a collaborative consultancy, we work closely with clients to develop partnerships that have been designed to meet your organization’s unique needs. After meeting with you and learning about your work, we will propose a scope of work that has been carefully tailored to your organization and budget.
Below are examples of the kinds of packages that we typically offer for cultural organizations. Consulting projects are priced at $250 per hour. We can occasionally take on projects with a rushed timeline at a cost of $350 an hour, and can offer sliding scale pricing under specific circumstances.
In addition to consulting services, we offer professional development workshops for cultural organizations. Scroll down for more information about our workshops.
Packages for Cultural Organizations
Field Assessment
Package
Typically 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
Typically 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.
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.