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Financial Sustainability
Explore dozens of articles, member resources, and On-Demand Programs on financial sustainability in museums.
Beyond Financial Sustainability: Nourishing a Healthy Financial Ecosystem
This is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. Financial sustainability has long and rightfully been among the primary strategic goals of museums and their …
What Works for Building Audiences? Let’s Review the Data.
One of the biggest issues museums face right now is diminished attendance. Years after most pandemic-induced closures have lifted, the majority of institutions have still seen only a …
Striking a Balance at the Oakland Museum of California
The Oakland Museum of California has changed its financial decision-making to prioritize social cohesion. This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s May/June 2024 issue, a …
Museum Philanthropy & Fundraising Tipsheet
This tipsheet summarizes the transcript of a webinar presented by Charles Katzenmeyer, Eowyn Bates, Amy Burt, Shannon Joern, and Ginevra Ranney. It was developed with the help of ChatGPT. …
Planning for Sustainable Success: Building a Development Plan for Museums
A strategic annual development plan is the document every nonprofit organization should have to identify how much money it needs to raise and how it will successfully secure those …
Why Museums Need Internal Audit
How do you feel when you hear the words “internal audit”? For many people, the answer is a sense of anxiety and perhaps even a muttered “uh oh.” As a group of museum internal auditors, …
60 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Museum Philanthropy & Membership Post Pandemic
Building museum resilience begins with diversifying revenue sources and creating long-term philanthropic partnerships. Philanthropy—and its symbolic and lucrative community-centered …
What makes a successful museum cafe?
The Museums Association (UK) blog posted this article interviewing George Ryle, head chef at the award-winning Garden Museum cafe about what makes a museum cafe …
Governmental Accounting Standards Board
Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) establishes standards of financial accounting and reporting for state and local governmenta…
Get Smart About Art Donations
The majority of non-cash giving in the U.S. comes in the form of donated household goods, like gently used clothing, books, and blankets. But according to the Internal Revenue Service …
Financial Accounting Standards Board
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is the designated organization in the private sector for establishing standards of financial accounting and reporting. Its standards govern …
Publication 956: How To Depreciate Property
The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Publication 946: How To Depreciate Property (PDF) explains the general rules for depreciation and how to figure it. This resource was collected …
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