ADVISORY SERVICES

IMTF offers:

• Bespoke advisory services to internationally-oriented individual donors, public and private entities
• Access to a global network of renowned music and arts experts and projects

 Approach

IMTF identifies and creates rewarding opportunities and programs so that giving to music can make a meaningful and distinctive difference. The IMTF service offering is especially appropriate to active, entrepreneurial philanthropists. IMTF works with philanthropists to establish structured music  philanthropy strategies, which may involve defining philanthropic goals, selecting projects and monitoring and reporting. Through its international network of music advisors, IMTF offers a professional framework that helps donors to:

• realise personal visions and aspirations
• make informed and high impact donations

• create lasting value and beauty to benefit future generations

Donor Needs Analysis:                                     Understand donor objectives

                                                                   Define music / arts engagement strategy

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Music / Arts Program Development:                     Map the issues

                                                                    Define giving options / develop programs:

                                                                         - Research reports

                                                                         - Portfolio of beneficiaries

                                                                         - Project design

                                                                         - Program, strategy and business plans

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Program Implementation:                                  Faciliate partnerships, assist with coordination

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Program Monitoring / Reporting:                         Monitor, evaluate, report on outcomes / impact

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IMTF MUSIC ADVISORY BROCHURE

 

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IMTF PHILANTHROPY SERIES

The IMTF Philanthropy Series explores timely and critical issues relevant to music philanthropy.

 Vol. I (June 2009): "Supporting Music: Voices from the Field"

Directors of Music Organisations from South Africa, Australia, Japan, Denmark, Peru, the Philippines, Ghana and Malaysia share insights on some of the critical issues the field of music is facing today, and what can be done to address them. Read online. 

 Photo taken from the article "Empowerment through Music in South Africa".

"The Active Listening Programme", South Africa. Pre-schoolers in a squatter camp use dramatization and instrumental play to learn about music in a fun-filled way.

                                                  

 Read by chapters:

Section on "Providing Access to Music"

1. Empowerment through Music in South Africa, by Caroline van Niekerk

2. Creating Lasting Change - Australia's "Music. Play for Life" Programme, by Richard Letts

3. Fostering Excellence, Opening Minds: Reaching Out to the Next Generation in Japan, by Joji Hattori

4. Music - A Human Right, by Ole Reitov

Section on "Preserving Musical Diversity"

5. Music, Diversity and Local Development in the Andean Region, by Raul Romero

6. Saving the Memory of our Musical Patrimony in the Philippines, by Ramon Santos

7. The Lost Ancient Communities of the Volta Basin - Rebirth of its Musical Traditions, by Komla Amoaku

 Vol. II: "Providing Access to Music: Case Studies of High-Impact Philanthropy" will appear in June 2010.