WID MEMBERS MASTER CLASS
February 20, 2026 | 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Strategies to Strengthen Major Giving
Members are invited to hear Courtenay Casey, Strategic Director, Business Development at the Advisory Board for the Arts, present strategies to strengthen major giving.
Fundraising is the number one strategy for closing funding shortfalls, with 64% of arts leaders indicating they will double down on private fundraising efforts, according to the Q2 and Q3 ABA Arts Confidence Survey. Led by Courtenay Casey, who has twenty years of experience fundraising and programming in the performing arts, this discussion will focus on tactics that organizations can implement to expand and deepen major donor relationships, including optimizing team structures, engaging board members, using data for prospecting, and demonstrating impact.
Whether you're a current frontline fundraiser looking for proven strategies you can implement at your organization or an aspiring gift officer eager to strengthen your skills to find success, this class is for you!
To ensure participants have an opportunity to learn and ask questions SPACE WILL BE LIMITED.
This is a WID Members only event!
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Courtenay Casey
Strategic Director, Business Development, Advisory Board for the Arts
Courtenay Casey is a strategic arts leader with more than 20 years of experience guiding performing arts organizations through growth, change, and renewal. Her work spans fundraising, artistic programming, and executive leadership, with a focus on aligning bold creative vision with sustainable revenue models and healthy organizational cultures. She has held senior leadership roles at Advisory Board for the Arts, American Modern Opera Company, Young People’s Chorus of New York City, and was a founding director of National Sawdust. Courtenay currently serves as Board Chair of RiverArts, and believes the arts thrive through trust, collaboration, and shared purpose.
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