Fundamentals for Nonprofits

Critical Steps Toward Capital Health in the Cultural Sector

This practical guide offers cultural organizations and their supporters a set of action-oriented tips for strengthening capitalization in ways essential to artistic and organizational resiliency. These principles were developed by Nonprofit Finance Fund over more than three decades of partnership with both organizations and grantmakers.

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Critical Steps Toward Capital Health in the Cultural Sector

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