Culture Funders Affinity Group: 10 Years of Financial Trends in NJ Arts

As a part of the longstanding partnership between Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, NFF is presenting a financial analysis of the New Jersey arts sector over the past 10 years. Using historical data from 100 New Jersey arts organizations, NFF explores how arts organizations of various disciplines, sizes, and geographies have weathered the past ten years from a financial health lens. We explore this data from the perspective of what a healthy arts sector looks like — when organizations have the resources to survive and thrive in the short and long run — and the support it takes to get there. Come learn what these financial trends mean for the sector now, in today's new normal, and where we need to focus our investment moving forward.

Cost: Free for CNJG Members; $95 for Non Member Grantmakers
This program is only open to staff and trustees from grantmaking organizations.

Meadow Didier brings clarity to the complexities of financial management, translating the language of finance and data into accessible insights that help nonprofit organizations achieve their highest potential for impact. Through customized workshops, individualized coaching, and comprehensive financial analysis, she equips nonprofit leaders and funders with the tools to think strategically about a wide range of financial decisions. Meadow plays a leadership role in key client initiatives, leads the development of the department’s most sophisticated financial models and tools, and contributes to the ongoing training and professional development of team members. Prior to her tenure at NFF, Meadow served as a strategy and finance consultant for social enterprises, co-founded an educational nonprofit organization in Peru, and held the role of program director at a grantmaking foundation in Colorado. She holds a Master of Business Administration in monprofit management from Brandeis University and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from the University of Denver.

Preethi Kumaran is a Manager in the Consulting Practice at the Nonprofit Finance Fund, based out of the Philadelphia office, and serves in project management, financial analysis, and client support capacities. While she supports client work nationwide, much of her work has centered around Colorado and New Jersey markets. Prior to NFF, she worked at the Satell Institute, the W.D. Palmer Foundation, and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Preethi completed a master’s degree in nonprofit leadership and bachelor’s degree in biology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Alice Antonelli is the founder and principal of Antonelli Consulting LLC and provides strategic financial advice and consulting services to nonprofit executive directors and board members, including financial coaching, thought partnership, board development, and practical financial advice. Alice previously served as a Director of Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF). For most of her NFF career she led consulting initiatives, service delivery and product development, she cultivated and managed client relationships, and taught workshops, clinics, webinars and seminars. Alice initially joined NFF as part of the lending team and was responsible for business development and underwriting loans. Prior to joining NFF in 2002, she worked for 10 years at JPMorgan Chase as Vice President for the Community Development Corporation. She currently serves on the Advisory Committee of the National Fund for Sacred Places, as Treasurer for Hesed Academy (Nigeria), and previously served as a member of the Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), and Chair of the Audit Committee of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia. In addition, she served as a grant panelist for both Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and New Jersey State Council on the Arts, faculty of the NeighborWorks America Training Institute (affordable homes), and a certified instructor for the Pennsylvania Quality Assurance System (early childhood education). Alice earned a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science from St. Lawrence University.