Who Should Volunteer?

We welcome volunteers with experience in:

• nonprofit administration

• finance support

• grants and fundraising

• research and strategy

• community engagement

• volunteer management

• legal, tax, or business services

You do not need to be an artist to get involved. If you care about the arts and want to help strengthen the creative ecosystem in our region, we would love to hear from you.

Interested?

If one of these opportunities sounds like a fit, reach out to us to start the conversation. We would love to learn more about your interests, skills, and availability.

Current volunteer opportunities

programming support volunteer

Help Arts Alive support public-facing programs, events, and volunteer coordination.

• Assist with event support and community outreach at Arts Alive’s table during Thing in the Spring (May 15–17)

• Help adapt and implement a volunteer coordination system for Arts Alive using a model shared by a local partner organization

• Support setup of volunteer tools, workflows, and communications to improve recruitment and coordination

• Assist with light ongoing volunteer management and system maintenance throughout the season

• Contribute to longer-term planning for a regional volunteer coordination model serving Arts Alive and other partner organizations

grant support volunteer

Help Arts Alive strengthen and organize our grant pipeline by supporting research, tracking, and deadline management.

• Build and maintain our internal grant tracker with deadlines, funder details, and application notes

• Research grant opportunities for Arts Alive programs, including arts education, public art, and community initiatives

• Identify and organize prospective funders, including foundations, local agencies, and regional grantmakers

• Support deadline management by helping integrate grant timelines into our organizational calendar

• Assist with light ongoing grant prospecting and database updates (approximately 1–2 hours per month after initial setup)

Government Affairs Support Volunteer

Help Arts Alive strengthen relationships with local government leaders across the Monadnock Region.

• Build and maintain a contact list of town clerks, councilors, and other municipal representatives across the 41 towns in the Monadnock Region

• Help develop outreach tools, including a simple value proposition and introductory email template

• Organize and enter contacts into our database for future advocacy and relationship-building

• Research key municipal budgeting and funding dates and add them to the Arts Alive fundraising calendar

• Support the development of a practical outreach plan to build relationships with local officials and civic partners

individual donor cultivation volunteer

Help Arts Alive strengthen individual giving through donor research, strategy, and relationship-building support.

• Assist with donor prospect research by reviewing and organizing information on high-potential individual supporters

• Help identify giving patterns, philanthropic interests, and connection points to inform outreach strategies

• Support the development of thoughtful, tailored cultivation approaches for prospective donors

• Maintain discretion and confidentiality while handling sensitive donor research and relationship information

• Provide light event planning support for donor cultivation gatherings and special fundraising events, including a fall donor party (details to come)