Arts and Culture Philanthropy

Arts & Culture Clients

Museums

The Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum (Chicago, IL) (Success Story)
Ag Science Center (Modesto, CA)
Alaska SeaLife Center (Seward, AK)
American Textile History Museum (Lowell, MA)
Catalina Island Museum (Avalon, CA)
Challenger Center for Space Science Education (Alexandria, VA)
Chicago Children’s Museum (Chicago, IL)
The Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, IL)
Filson Historical Society (Louisville, KY)
Great Lakes Science Center (Cleveland, OH)
Heard Museum (Phoenix, AZ)
The Health Museum (Cleveland, OH)
Illinois Holocaust Museum (Skokie, IL)
Kohl Children’s Museum (Chicago, IL)
Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society (Lake Forest, IL)
Milwaukee Public Museum (Milwaukee, WI)
Motorcycle Hall of Fame (Pickerington, OH)
Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, IL)
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (Cleveland, OH)
Mystic Seaport (Mystic, CT)
Naperville Heritage Society (Naperville, IL)
National Children’s Museum (Washington, DC)
National Health Museum (Washington, DC)
National Museum of the American Indian (Washington, DC)
National Railroad Hall of Fame (Galesburg, IL)
Oregon Historical Society (Portland, OR)
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (Chicago, IL)
St. Louis Science Center (St. Louis, MO)
Science Museum of Minnesota (St. Paul, MN)
Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC)
The Speed Art Museum (Louisville, KY)
Yellowstone Art Museum (Billings, MT)

Performing Arts

American Players Theatre (Spring Green, WI)
About Face Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Arena Stage (Washington, DC)
Atlanta Ballet (Atlanta, GA)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (Baltimore, MD)
Barter Theater (Abingdon,VA)
Black Ensemble Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Cathedral Choral Society (Washington, DC)
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (Chicago, IL)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Chicago, IL)
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (Cincinnati, OH)
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (Dayton, OH)
Delaware Symphony Orchestra (Wilmington, DE)
Emmanuel Music, Inc. (Boston, MA)
The Goodman Theatre (Chicago, IL) (Success Story)
Goodspeed Musicals (East Haddam, CT)
The Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis,MN)
Hartford Symphony Orchestra (Hartford, CT)
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Indian Hill Music (Littleton, MA)
Kansas City Ballet (Kansas City, MO) (Success Story)
Kansas City Repertory Theatre (Kansas City, MO)
Long Wharf Theatre (New Haven, CT)
The Los Angeles Philharmonic (Los Angeles, CA)
Midwest Young Artists (Highwood, IL)
Milwaukee Repertory Theater (Milwaukee, WI)
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Milwaukee, WI)
Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis, MN)
The Minnesota Shubert Performing Arts & Education (Minneapolis, MN)
Oregon Symphony Association (Portland, OR)
The Pennsylvania Ballet (Philadelphia, PA)
The Phoenix Symphony (Phoenix, AZ)
Phoenix Theatre (Phoenix, AZ)
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
Roundabout Theatre Company (New York, NY)
San Francisco Opera (San Francisco, CA)
Seattle Symphony (Seattle, WA)
Settlement Music School (Philadelphia, PA)
Signature Theatre Company (New York, NY)
Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Chicago, IL)
Tucson Symphony Orchestra (Tuscon, AZ)
Victory Gardens Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts (Vienna,VA)
World Music Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Zoos and Aquariums

American Zoo and Aquarium Association (Silver Spring, MD)
Aquarium of the Pacific (Long Beach, CA)
Chicago Zoological Society/Brookfield Zoo (Brookfield, IL)
Minnesota Zoo (Apple Valley, MN)
Pacific Northwest Aquarium (Seattle, WA)
Phoenix Zoo (Phoenix, AZ)
San Francisco Zoo (San Francisco, CA)
Zoological Society of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
Zoological Society of San Diego (San Diego, CA)

Libraries

Center for Research Libraries (Chicago, IL)
Evanston Public Library (Evanston, IL)
Newberry Library (Chicago, IL)
Orange Public Library (Orange, CA)
Orland Park Public Library (Orland Park, IL)
The Sandusky Library and Follett House Foundation (Sandusky, OH)
Stayton Public Library Foundation (Stayton, OR)

Other

Arboretum Foundation (Seattle, WA)
Cedille Records/The Chicago Classical Recording Foundation (Chicago, IL)
Chicago Botanic Garden (Glencoe, IL)
Chicago Humanities Festival (Chicago, IL)
Desert Botanical Gardens (Phoenix, AZ)
Federation of State Humanities Councils (Arlington, VA)
Gordon Square Arts District (Cleveland, OH)
Maryland Humanities Council (Baltimore, MD)
Morton Arboretum (Lisle, IL)
Naperville Heritage Society (Naperville, IL)
National Tropical Botanical Garden (Kalaheo, HI)
New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston, MA)
Oregon Historical Society (Portland, OR)
Organization of American Historians (Bloomington, IN)
Preservation Society of Newport County (Newport, RI)
Settlement Music School (Philadelphia, PA)
Stratford Hall (Montross, VA)
University Circle, Inc. (Cleveland, OH)
The Western Reserve Historical Society (Cleveland, OH)
Wisconsin Historical Foundation (Madison, WI)
World Press Institute (Minneapolis, MN)

Also see our Annual Giving client list and our Executive Search client list.

Arts & Culture Testimonials

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
"Campbell & Company provided us with the knowledge and experience to help us move forward. The Campbell & Company team was always accessible to us when we needed them, which made for a very positive experience."
- Paul Meecham, President and CEO

Kansas City Ballet
“Campbell and Company partnered with us on our strategy and helped keep our focus. They helped us persevere during the last phase of a decade-long campaign.”
- Jeffrey J. Bentley, Executive Director

Milwaukee Public Museum
"When we conducted our search for a campaign consultant, we found that Campbell & Company had the experience and the connection with us and our community that best fit our needs.  What sets Campbell & Company apart is the team’s leadership, knowledge and adaptability.  Working with Robert, we developed customized solutions that fit our needs.  His knowledge, experience and professionalism through that process have been phenomenal."
- Karen Spahn, Senior Vice President of Development

National Railroad Hall of Fame
"The Campbell & Company team have become true partners to us.  Their professionalism and flexibility has earned our complete confidence.  We challenge each other to find the best solutions, and through our work together, we’ve been able to greatly expand our prospect base and begin engaging the donors we need to realize our vision."
- Julie King, Executive Director

San Francisco Opera
"Campbell & Company offers a truly rigorous, results-focused approach that goes beyond just serving as a sounding board.  They want to know we’re achieving outcomes, and they’re able to challenge us in a very direct but productive way.  By focusing our attention on the most important challenges, they’ve truly helped us reach the next level."
Jennifer Lynch, Director of Development