The Alliance has compiled this set of development resources from throughout the nonprofit and museum sector.
The Texas Commission on the Arts shares a fundraising and development toolkit that may be useful to small museums. It has information on building a fundraising plan; an overview of the different types of funding and their unique constraints; rules of thumb on boards and fundraising; guidelines on how to organize and develop fundraising materials; a research checklist; a special events timeline; and samples such as a fundraising plan, donor profiling and pledge forms, benefits for underwriters, a proposal, and a follow-up letter.