Q&A: El Museo del Barrio Turns The Loss of a Key Supporter Into an Opportunity for Growth

By Abny Santicola

FS: What recent fundraising successes has the museum had?
MB: Our $5.5 million re-envisioning campaign is bringing in many new large gifts. This campaign is not a capital campaign — it’s an effort to dramatically expand our programming. In terms of surprises, we’ve brought on Target Corp. as a new corporate sponsor, which has been a very exciting development. They’ve doubled the size of their gift this year to $50,000. So that’s an important, burgeoning relationship.