power2give has been live for over six weeks now, and several of our participating non-profits have had great success with their projects! Over 380 individual donations have been made Over $67,000 has been raised through a combination of individual donations and the generous matching grants provided by the Dayton Power & Light Foundation and the Montgomery County Arts & Cultural … Read More
Culture Works is a Finalist for the 2014 BBB Eclipse Integrity Award
Culture Works is proud to announce that we are one of three finalists for the Better Business Bureau’s Eclipse Integrity Award in the Nonprofit Category, for the second year in a row! We are honored to be considered for this award again, and are in excellent company with the Humane Society of Greater Dayton and Habitat for Humanity of … Read More
Workplace Giving Campaigns Off and Running
April is the start of a busy Workplace Campaign season and several organizations have already kicked off their campaigns. Fidelity Healthcare, the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, Kroger Stores, KeyBank, and Sinclair Community College are all in the midst of their giving campaigns. We appreciate our hardworking Workplace Coordinators and their teams: Fidelity Healthcare – Jackie Isaacs Boonshoft Museum of Discovery … Read More
power2give update!
power2give.org for the Dayton Region has been LIVE for 2 weeks! We launched power2give.org for the Dayton Region 2 weeks ago on Thursday March 6th with 35 projects. So far, we have had 5 great projects get fully funded and we have 4 projects already over the 50% funded mark! Congratulations to the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance, Gem City Ballet, … Read More
POWER2GIVE LAUNCH!
Culture Works celebrated the launch of power2give/Dayton Region with a prelaunch party at the Dayton Art Institute on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. It was a great turnout of representatives from non-profit organizations, business leaders, donors, and elected officials. Our site was “live” at 6pm that evening, and guests could donate to the project of their choice using iPad tablets (loaned courtesy … Read More
‘Tis the (Workplace Giving) Season!
March is a busy month for Workplace Giving Campaigns for the Arts. This first week, we had three long-time workplace sites kick off their campaigns – Fifth Third Bank, Sibcy Cline Realtors, and Messer Construction. At Fifth Third, employee donations have already been significant! Fifth Third is offering an “Angel Day off” for donation pledges at a specific level, which … Read More
Culture that Connects
Culture Works kicked off its 40th anniversary on Nov. 14 with the release of the economic impact study results as the first phase of Culture Connects 20/20, a cultural planning process for the Dayton region. Representatives from arts organizations, educational institutions and the media joined Culture Works’ donors, community leaders and elected officials at the Loft Theatre to learn more … Read More
Culture Works To Roll Out Crowdfunding Model
When over 120 nonprofit professionals show up for an 8:30am meeting on a frigid morning, you know there’s something major about to happen. That was the scenario on January 23rd when Culture Works introduced an online giving model, power2give, designed to connect donors with projects they are passionate about, at a breakfast meeting at the CareSource Headquarters in Downtown Dayton. … Read More
Culture Works Congratulates Governor’s Award Recipients
Culture Works congratulates Sheri “Sparkle” Williams and Neil Gittleman, both recipients of the Governor’s Awards for the Arts that will be presented in Columbus on May 21, 2014. Acclaimed Dayton Contemporary Dance Company dancer Sheri “Sparkle” Williams will receive the individual artist award and Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Artistic Director and Conductor Neal Gittleman will receive the award for community development … Read More
Culture Works Presents Results of the Economic Impact Study
On Thursday, November 14, Culture Works kicked off our Campaign for the Arts and 40th Anniversary with a presentation of the results of the Economic Impact Study undertaken earlier this year by a collaboration between the University of Dayton and Wright State University. Marc Goldring, of WolfBrown in Boston, spoke to the interested crowd about the results of the study … Read More
Springfield Symphony Orchestra Is Newest Passport Participant!
We’re so pleased to announce the addition of a new Arts Organization to our list of Passport Participants! The Springfield Symphony Orchestra will be offering Buy-One-Get-One ticketing opportunities for their performances at the Clark State Performing Arts Center starting with NightLights II on January 4th. Click here for the complete list of their Passport shows. Welcome to the SSO and thank … Read More
Economic Impact Research To Be Presented at Culture Works Campaign Launch
Culture Works will launch its 40th Anniversary Year with a special community gathering, November 14th at 3 pm in the Loft Theatre, at 126 North Main Street. The event will feature the release of an economic impact study undertaken as the first phase of a regional cultural planning process, and a discussion of the next steps in the process. “This is a wonderful way … Read More