Chiara Robinson

About Chiara Robinson

Support for the arts is essential to our quality of life and enhanced well-being, and for preserving heritage, identity, and the complex and beautiful range of human expression. As a long-serving fundraising professional at the Denver Art Museum, I work to cultivate new and renewed support for museum initiatives. In my role as Director of Institutional Giving, I:o Advocate for arts and culture for all. o Manage a highly professional team responsible for grants and sponsorships, securing five- to seven- figure awards annually. o Ensure high-touch, highly-communicative relationships that prioritize donor intentions and achieve the organization\'s mission-driven goals.o Seek, secure, and steward foundation and government support for museum projects and maintain excellent grant management and timely, comprehensive reporting. o Sustain and enhance acquisition and stewardship of marketing- and purpose-driven corporate philanthropy. o Develop corporate benefits and creative activations that add value for partners and sponsors.o Manage endowment funds and open grants totaling more than $13 million.

Experience

1. Director of Institutional Giving

   Denver Art Museum

   Oct 2017 — Present · Denver, CO, US

Education

• University of Denver (DU)

  Master of Arts, Museum Studies

  2007

Skills

• Proposal Writing
• Annual Giving
• Raiser's Edge
• Fundraisers
• Fundraising
• Art History
• Volunteer Management
• Stewardship
• Arts Administration
• Community Outreach
• Grants
• Program Development
• Grant Writing
• Museums
• Non-Profits
• Philanthropy
• Museum Education
• Board Development
• Nonprofits
• Prospect Research