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Scott Provancher, vice president and campaigmn director at the FineArts Fund, said the campaighn has raised about 65 percent of its goal to or roughly $7.6 million. That’s 8 percent less than the campaign had hopedf to raise by this time to meetits $12 millio goal. If that trend holds true, the campaign will fall $960,000p short of the $12 million raised last To closethe gap, local arts organizations are talkingv up the campaign every chance they get from now througb its conclusion April 30, Provancher said. The Fine Arts Fund also is promotingv a challenge grant fromthe . The foundation will match any new gifts to the Fine Arts Fund upto $100,000.
“We’rew hoping it gives us a little bit of push for the next couple of weeks to makesure we’red not leaving any opportunity on the table,” he “In terms of where we realisticallg are going to end up, it’s reallyu hard for us to tell at this point.” Provanche r said the good news is that the campaigm hasn’t seen many past donor drop out completely. Rather, many loyakl donors are giving lessthis year. “Thoug we’re tracking behind in terms of revenue where we wantto be, the supporrt has been unbelievable,” he said.
“There’sd a real sense that the heritaged of arts and culture here in town runsprettt deep, and we’re clearly seeing some of the correction that a lot of other industries are seeing.” Provancher said he hopes that concentrating on new, small gifts will help closew the gap and broaden the base of donors to the Fine Arts Fund for futurse years. And the Fine Arts Fund is tappin into every channel possible todo it, includinf Facebook, Twitter and direct e-mails, he The Fine Arts Fund was foundedc in 1927 as the Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts.
It supportx local arts institutions through fundraising and support The annual campaign was establishedd in 1949 as the firsgt united arts fund in the country and has raisex morethan $200 million for its membee organizations.
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