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Arts, Civic and Cultural ProjectsCurrent and recent projectsCCS Celebrates 50 Years of Ailey Alvin Ailey® American Dance Theater, New York, NY
CCS celebrates our partnership with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on this endowment campaign and its first campaign that raised $75 million to fund the construction of a new facility and seed the endowment. A Masterpiece In The MakingCrocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
American Library in Paris American Library in Paris, Paris, France
Bringing Science & Technology Innovation HomeMobius Science Center, Spokane WA
The Ark, A Cultural Centre for ChildrenThe Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children, Dublin, Ireland
A Time For GreatnessNashville Symphony, Nashville, TN
Education * Remembrance * ConscienceUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D.C.
Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern AmericaNew-York Historical Society, New York, NY
Building Our BusinessSaint Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis, MO
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Case Study The Campaign for Richmond CenterStageVirginia Performing Arts Foundation, Richmond, VA
Classic and Historical projectsA Soaring Spirit: The Campaign For AileyAlvin Ailey® American Dance Theater, New York, NYSince its first performance in 1958, the Alvin Ailey® American Dance Theater has earned a reputation as one of America’s most acclaimed international, cultural ambassadors. Under the artistic direction of Judith Jamison, the Ailey company features some of the world’s top modern dancers and performs for audiences throughout the United States and the world. CCS worked with Alvin Ailey® to plan a major campaign that funded the construction of a new facility in Manhattan and an endowment. Empowering An American Community CampaignNational Council of LaRaza, Washington, D.C.The National Council of LaRaza is the nation's largest and premier civil rights and advocacy organization serving Latinos in the United States. With a membership of more than 30,000 grassroots activists, friends and supporters, and a Corporate Board of Advisors representing many of the nation's top companies, NCLR seeks to improve the lives and opportunities of Latinos through economic development, education and employment initiatives, and programs that improve access to healthcare, ensure civil rights and portray a positive image of Latinos. NCLR launched the Empowering An American Community Campaign in 2001 to raise a minimum of $20 million in support of mission-related programming, a new permanent headquarters facility and Center of Latino Leadership in the Nation's Capital, and to provide an initial corpus of an endowment fund for NCLR. Led by President and CEO, and legendary civil rights pioneer, Raul Yzaguirre, and Board Chair, Jose Villareal, Esq., the campaign raised more than $34 million. Breaking New GroundDance Theater Workshop, New York, NYDance Theater Workshop is a diamond in New York and the United State's cultural lives. Now in its 36th year, DTW provides a big stage for new voices, helping many major artists, including Whoopie Goldberg, launch their careers. The key "incubator" for new talent and expression for New York, the world's dance capital, DTW is working with CCS to raise funds for an enlarged and remodeled facility and DTW’s first endowment. In October 2002, DTW opened the Doris Duke Center housing the state-of-the-art Bessie Schöenberg Theater. The Breaking New Ground campaign has raised over $11,000,000 on an initial goal of $4,500,000. The Endowment Campaign For The Joyce TheaterThe Joyce Theater, New York, NYSince opening its doors in 1982, The Joyce Theater has been home to hundreds of local, national, and international artists and companies, bringing the art of dance to millions of audience members. Along the way, The Joyce established itself as a leader in the community, not only nurturing the visions of dancers and choreographers, but also leading in the rebirth of an entire neighborhood. Now celebrating its Twentieth Anniversary, The Joyce continues as the premier venue for dance in New York City. To ensure that The Joyce can continue to serve the dance community for the next twenty years with the same distinction, The Joyce launched an endowment campaign to continue expanded subsidy and commissioning programs that have helped to launch and nurture hundreds of dance companies; ensure the future of dance education programs for children, teachers, and audiences; and build new and diverse audiences for dance while keeping ticket prices affordable. New Century Fund Campaign: The Crowning AchievementMichigan Opera Theatre, Detroit, MIMichigan Opera Theatre, founded and directed by Dr. David DiChiera, is one of the nation’s most successful opera companies. Serving as a statewide cultural resource, it is committed to producing the very best professional productions from the grand opera, operetta, musical theater and ballet repertory. CCS recently assisted Michigan Opera Theatre in raising more than $21 million to complete The New Century Fund Campaign: The Crowning Achievement to finish the magnificent Detroit Opera House by creating the Ford Center for Arts and Learning, retiring construction debt, and adding to its endowment. Previously, CCS partnered with Michigan Opera Theatre in a successful $18 million campaign. |
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, America’s cultural ambassador to the world, marks 50 years of bringing African-American cultural expression and the American modern dance tradition to the world’s stages with a campaign to build its endowment to a minimum of $50 million. The effort continues to exceed expectations, with $55 million raised to date. Growing the endowment honors the genius of Alvin Ailey, the remarkable vision of Judith Jamison, and the extraordinary artistry of the Company’s dancers.
Founded in 1885, the Crocker Art Museum is the longest continuously operating museum in the west and serves as the premier art institution in the Sacramento Valley. The Crocker Art Museum is committed to promoting awareness of and enthusiasm for human experience through art. CCS is proud to be assisting the Museum with its campaign, A Masterpiece in the Making, which has raised $93.7 million. This unprecedented expansion project represents the most significant cultural campaign ever attempted in Sacramento, California. Scheduled to open in 2010, the expansion will triple the size of the Museum with the construction of a 125,000 square foot building, which will stand as a defining symbol and architectural icon for the Sacramento region and the State of California.
Established in the aftermath of World War I, the American Library in Paris has grown to become the largest English-language lending library on the European continent. The Library is a thriving nexus of more than 2,000 members — a third of them American — from 
The mission of Mobius Spokane is “to be a Northwest institution that is a center of hands-on science, arts and cultural education for kids in every stage of life.” The organization is currently engaged in a $29.5 million capital campaign to build a world-class science center that will change the face of the region. The Center will transform attitudes about science and science education by encouraging children, school groups, and families from all backgrounds to explore, question, and discover together the wonders of science and its relevance to everyday life. With $11.3 million raised to date, CCS celebrates our partnership with Mobius Science Center on this unprecedented campaign effort in Spokane Washington.
The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children, promotes and hosts high-quality cultural work which is by children, for children and about children. Established as Europe’s first custom built children’s cultural centre, today it remains one of a kind in Ireland and amongst the top five of these venues worldwide. The Ark has enriched the lives of some 350,000 children throughout Ireland and beyond since 1995. 
With the opening of Schermerhorn Symphony Center, the Nashville Symphony took its place among the rising stars in the classical music field. As the “cornerstone of the performing arts” in the Middle Tennessee region, the Symphony presents more than 200 concerts for audiences of more than 300,000, and brings music education programming to over 70,000 school children from 20 counties. CCS is proud to have assisted the Nashville Symphony in raising more than $123.5 million to support the orchestra's rise to national prominence, expand its music education programs and open Nashville's newest landmark, Schermerhorn Symphony Center. The Symphony's A Time for Greatness campaign set a new benchmark for philanthropy in the region, attracting unprecedented support from more than 4,000 Middle Tennessee residents.
CCS managed and restructured the museum’s development operations and evaluated the potential for a major endowment campaign. The Museum is America's national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history, and serves as this country's memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust. The primary mission is to advance and disseminate knowledge about this unprecedented tragedy; to preserve the memory of those who suffered; and to encourage its visitors to reflect upon the moral and spiritual questions raised by the events of the Holocaust, as well as their own responsibilities as citizens of a democracy. CCS assisted in more than doubling the amount raised for both the Annual Fund and Endowment - bringing in over $86 million during its three years working with the Museum. 
The New-York Historical Society, founded in 1804, was for many decades New York City's only museum and today is the repository for hundreds of extraordinary documents, paintings, and artifacts of American life. Under the leadership of Dr. Louise Mirrer, the Historical Society has renewed its status as one of the primary centers for the study of American history at all levels: professional, secondary, and elementary. CCS is proud to have helped the Historical Society direct and invigorate fund-raising efforts and, alongside extraordinarily dedicated trustees, generate over $5,000,000 to present the groundbreaking exhibition, Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America.
Founded in 1880, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) is the nation’s second-oldest symphony orchestra. Ranking among the top symphony orchestras in the country, the Symphony recently began its fourth season with internationally-acclaimed music director David Robertson. For eight months, CCS provided on-site leadership as the Interim Vice President for Development. During that time, CCS helped the SLSO reverse a four-year downward trend in Annual Fund donations, exceeding its annual goal and increasing revenue by six percent over the previous year. In addition, CCS conducted a wide-ranging assessment of peer organizations, delivering a development assessment on how to efficiently structure the SLSO development office. The sustainable, growth-oriented model that CCS helped the SLSO develop will play an integral role in the organization’s future development efforts. 
Richmond CenterStage will be many things to downtown Richmond: a permanent home for the Richmond Symphony and the Richmond Ballet; performance space for Richmond's diverse, community arts groups; an arts education center for schoolchildren; and an attraction that will bring life and activity to Richmond's revitalized urban center. CCS is proud to have assisted the Virginia Performing Arts Foundation (VAPAF) in raising over $20 million within a six-month period to ensure that Richmond CenterStage becomes a reality. The Campaign for Richmond CenterStage inspired Central Virginia's philanthropists, corporations, and foundations to make gifts at unprecedented levels. Thanks to extraordinary volunteer leaders of VAPAF and a diverse group of donors, residents and visitors of Richmond can look forward to a variety of arts offerings, from ballet to Hip Hop; from jazz to independent theater; and from symphony programs to young people's productions.