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Business Volunteers for the Arts
We are currently celebrating 30 years of BVA service. Here are just a few of our reasons for becoming a volunteer consultant.
Reason #6
It’s close, convenient and creative.
We match participants with arts organizations that are close to their office, home or heart.
- Reason #17 You won’t be thrown to the wolves.
We carefully match each volunteer with a cultural organization that is excited about learning new skills from a business consultant, and we provide support as needed throughout each project. - Reason #24 Results.
You’ll see almost from your first meeting with an arts organization what an impact you are having, and by the end of a project you’ll know that you made a real difference.
Business Volunteers for the Arts (BVA) strengthens the management of nonprofit arts organizations and provides business professionals with experiential learning by engaging them as volunteer management consultants.
BVA volunteers consult with arts and cultural organizations in areas such as strategic planning, financial management, marketing, public relations, special event planning and human resources.
Our success is longstanding. The Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia has provided this program since 1981 and is among 15 Arts & Business Council affiliates nationwide to offer BVA since the national Arts & Business Council launched the program in 1975.
Each year the Council oversees about 50 new BVA consulting projects, which generally last from 3 to 12 months.
View our Business Volunteers for the Arts brochure.
Benefits of Involvement
- Arts managers receive critical business expertise to strengthen current operations and acquire new skills for the future.
- Business professionals broaden their leadership skills by serving as consultants to nonprofit organizations and gain first-hand knowledge of the region's cultural landscape.
- Dynamic partnerships that bridge the arts and business sectors strengthen the cultural and economic vitality of the Greater Philadelphia Region.
Program Impact
To date, Business Volunteers for the Arts has served hundreds of arts and cultural organizations across the region, thanks to the involvement of more than 600 dedicated business professionals. These consulting services are valued at $8 million—and counting.
Questions?
Contact Eileen Cunniffe, Director of Business Volunteers for the Arts, at 215.790.3621 or ecunniffe@artsandbusinessphila.org.
Business Volunteers for the Arts is sponsored by:
