Cincinnati Fine Arts Fund campaign falling short - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Scott Provancher, vice president and campaignn director at the FineArts Fund, said the campaigb has raised about 65 percengt of its goal to date, or roughly $7.6 million. That’es 8 percent less than the campaign had hope d to raise by this time to meetits $12 millio n goal. If that trend holds the campaign willfall $960,000 shoryt of the $12 million raised last To close the gap, local arts organizations are talking up the campaign ever y chance they get from now through its conclusion Apri 30, Provancher said. The Fine Arts Fund also is promoting a challenged grant fromthe .
The foundatiohn will match any new gifts to the Fine Arts Fund upto “We’re hoping it gives us a littld bit of push for the next couple of weeks to make sure we’rr not leaving any opportunity on the he said. “In terms of where we realisticallyu are going toend up, it’s really hard for us to tell at this Provancher said the good news is that the campaig hasn’t seen many past donors drop out Rather, many loyal donors are giving less this “Though we’re tracking behind in terms of revenud where we want to be, the supportr has been unbelievable,” he said.
“There’s a real sensd that the heritage of arts and culture here in town runs pretty and we’re clearly seeing some of the correction that a lot of othere industries are seeing.” Provanchee said he hopes that concentrating on new, small giftss will help close the gap and broadebn the base of donors to the Fine Arts Fund for futurw years. And the Fine Arts Fund is tappingt into every channel possible todo it, including Facebook, Twitted and direct e-mails, he said. The Fine Arts Fund was founded in 1927 as the Cincinnatik Institute ofFine Arts.
It supportz local arts institutions through fundraising and support The annual campaign was established in 1949 as the first unites arts fund in the country and has raisedr morethan $200 million for its member