Data-driven research, analysis, recommendations, and collaborative guidance and support towards an organization-wide private fundraising strategy in service to an ambitious growth plan.

Deliverables included an internal fundraising audit; feasibility study and external scan; targeted prospecting and pipeline development (major donors, foundations, corporate sponsors); analytics frameworks and analysis for strategic monitoring; development of cultivation and stewardship systems and practices; recommendations for campaign positioning and focus; design of a strategic, sustainable private fundraising program, capacity-building and practices to support substantial growth and long-term capital projects.

221A is a non-profit cultural organization based on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territory, that provides housing, studio spaces, funding, and resources that support artist research, creation, and presentation within contemporary art and culture. 221A focuses on improving the conditions of low-income Black, Indigenous and racialized artists and communities, creating new tools for a more sustainable and accessible cultural sector, and contributing to public knowledge and dialogue on the historical and intellectual conditions of art and design.

221A is the founder of a networked cultural land trust model, currently underway in Vancouver. The project facilitates community acquisition and management of land through which long-term, below-market leases and pathways to ownership can be provided to artists and charitable organizations, with a focus on BIPOC tenants.