“Stable economic revenue plan, which we’re thrilled about and excited about.”
Jill Ver Steeg is President and CEO of Evergreen Commons, a Holland-based wellness center for senior citizens. She explains how the DeVos Institute of Arts Management program benefits lakeshore-based organizations.
“A high-class, high-level team development and finding the right people for the right seats.”
The two-year program is free to arts- and culture-based organizations and coaches participants in strategic planning, fundraising, marketing and board development. Other organizations who took part in the program include the Zeeland Historical Society and Holland Symphony Orchestra.
Nonprofit leaders Dick and Betsy DeVos attended the final session and say this training is one of the best ways they can assist organizations develop within the communities they serve.
“These are the sorts of just operational characteristics that will make the organizations better, perform better for our communities, make them more compelling in the work that they do, and we think make them more sustainable long-term, that they’ll be able to be parts of our community for years to come.”
“We thought this would be a really good and helpful way to help them become better at what they do.”
The DeVos Institute for Arts Management expects to hold more programs in the future.
