We here at The Collins Group are big fans of Christopher Davenport’s Movie Monday series – but not this week. In this week’s video, Spokane-based consultant Jeanne Ager explains her style of “mini-feasibility studies.” You can view the video here. Ager’s approach to a “mini-feasibility study” would indeed be less costly and less time-consuming than [...]
In recognition of an amazing $25 million grant from the Tateuchi Foundation, Performing Arts Center Eastside (PACE) has been renamed the Tateuchi Center. The center is named in honor of the late Atsuhiko Tateuchi, a Japanese-American humanitarian, entrepreneur, business leader, and co-founder of the Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation. The Collins Group is honored [...]
TCG client Rig Riggins, CEO of the YMCA in Spokane, is the star of today’s Movie Monday from 501 Videos. Rig’s team was able to turn an otherwise uninterested corporate CEO into an excited major donor. How did it do it? Click here to watch the video and hear his story. Share and Enjoy:
The Methow Valley is the place to be this Memorial Day weekend. On Saturday, in true Methow-style, the Conservancy has gathered donors and community members together to say thank you and to celebrate the conclusion of their $20 million campaign to protect the best land in the valley. The event held at “The Barn” in [...]
Certainly not the Arts Council of Snohomish County! This year, the Arts Council is completing their “Live, Learn, Create” capital campaign. In partnership with Artspace, the Council is creating a visual arts education center combined with 42 live/work spaces dedicated for artists. The Council is on the home stretch of their $6 million private fundraising [...]
We love it when our clients receive such wonderful recognition of their projects. Check out this Seattle Times article on the Northwest Maritime Center’s new headquarters. Who’s up for a trip to Port Townsend this weekend? It’s supposed to be sunny! http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2011108575_nwwmaritimecenter18.html Share and Enjoy:
Did you know that only 27% of King County residents have dental insurance? Did you know that most adults receive their dental care only in emergency rooms (only children’s dental needs are covered by publicly-funded programs)? Here is your chance to help change that – without donating money – and help out a TCG client at the same [...]
With the onslaught of holiday parties comes the annual “small talk” tour. How’s the year been for you? Fair to middling, thanks. What are you reading right now? “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson. What’s new and exciting? Our dog Penny. Have I told you about our lovely dog? Last Saturday was [...]
When I moved to Seattle 20 years ago, I gave up access to the New York edition of The New York Times. My Saturday and Sunday mornings are punctuated by the delivery of the national edition but…it’s just not the same. I read the online edition regularly, especially for stories that didn’t make the national [...]
A current TCG campaign client, the Methow Conservancy, put a big challenge out to its community this summer. It wasn’t the typical fundraising challenge, where raising a certain dollar amount would unlock a challenge award. This was the Every Donor Counts Challenge. The Methow Conservancy’s Imagine the Methow Campaign received a $100,000 challenge from a [...]
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