From: Susan McLeod <From: Susan McLeod <SMcLeod@cvmuseum.info> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:12:18 -0500 Subject: Funding-Chippewa Valley Museum Message-ID: <8A4A3746C20B654583739F7385939C2901B7BCD1E6@SBS-SRV.cvm.local>
Hi, Everyone,
The Chippewa Valley Museum operating budget for 2008 broke out as follows:
15% local governments (city, county), 21% membership, 33% earned (admission
s, store, food sales, publications, work on contract, rentals), 24% special
gifts and grants, 5% investment return, 3% fundraisers.
The American Association of Museums does a comprehensive survey every other
year or every three years that gives a lot of financial information based
on several hundred history museums. (It includes all types of museums, but
history museums are segregated.) They break out by size and so forth. That'
s often useful for trying to see if you're in the ballpark.
Best of Luck,
Susan McLeod
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From: localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu [mailto:localhistory-request@
listserve.uwec.edu] On Behalf Of Seymour, Janet I
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 12:30 PM
To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
Subject: FW: Funding & a Display case
From: Monette Bebow-Reinhard [mailto:grimm1@bayland.net]
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 12:22 PM
To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
Subject: RE: Funding, Grants & a Display case
The Archaic Copper Museum is funded both city and state - the DNR owns the
site, but they do not contribute to the operation of the museum, so the cit
y and the Oconto County Historical Society do. I'm looking for other sourc
es, grants, etc., and we do have a membership.
I put out a newsletter and one member, for instance, has offered to pay for
the museum display case we need. Does anyone know where to get a good qua
lity used lockable display case - I've been looking to no available, and am
open to about anything under $500 right now. We are starting to take in a
collection of copper spear points I want to put on display.
Monette
From: localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu [mailto:localhistory-request@
listserve.uwec.edu] On Behalf Of Kathleen Hart
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 11:21 AM
To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
Subject: Re: Funding
Kathy, next time put Historical Society in the subject. I almost deleted y
ou because I
was not familiar with your name. Kathleen -Greendale Historical Society
Some societies get subsidized by the community they live in. If you can wo
rk it out
that is ideal. We do not get subsidized. We have membership dues and sell
notecards
and mugs and other items. We are putting together a calendar to sell for 2
010 but we
have events here where we can sell them; a farmer's market, Village Days, H
ay Days,
Dickens Christmas. We have a tour of homes in September which brings in a
few
hundred $. We are writing grants for a special project to readapt our orig
inal police
and fire station buildings. Our operating expenses are minimal. We have a
room that
we work out of in the basement of the library with no rent. We use their p
hone line.
So other than paper, printing, mailings etc., we have no expenses. I would
try to convince
the local government that it would be worthwhile to allot a few hundred per
month to your
efforts. Good luck. Kathleen
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From: Kathy Laakso <kathyl@douglashistory.org>
To: ListServe <localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 11:10:37 AM
Subject: Funding
We're interested in knowing how other historical societies are funded, whet
her private, county or city or mixture of them. Can you help us out?
Thanks.
Kathy Laakso
Douglas County Historical Society
Superior, WI