WolfBrown helps funders, nonprofit institutions and public agencies understand their potential, set priorities and fulfill their promise.

While arts and culture is a focus of our work, we also serve important clients in the social service, health, environment, preservation, and other sectors.

At the heart of our work is the belief that every human being has a unique creative voice of intrinsic worth and that every community has a responsibility to awaken, nurture, and sustain its cultural capital. These and other core values drive everything that we do, from research and evaluation to strategic planning.

The guiding philosophy of our work is engagement – engaging nonprofit leadership, their funders, and stakeholders in honest discussions about effectiveness and value, engaging audiences and visitors in deeper and more meaningful experiences, and engaging whole communities in the bold act of envisioning their future.

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Team of WolfBrown and Nacht Theatre Consulting, LLC Selected to Evaluate Major Grant Program (02/16/10) WolfBrown will conduct a five-year evaluation of the Leading for the Future: Innovative Support for Artistic Excellence initiative, developed and managed by Nonprofit Finance Fund and funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The evaluation will be co-led by Alan Brown, principal of WolfBrown, who is based in San Francisco, and Arthur Nacht, principal of Nacht Theatre Consulting, LLC, who is based in New Haven, Connecticut. More


A White Paper

An in-depth look at building creative capital as a powerful way to plan for, execute, and measure the impact of the arts and culture on communities.

No. 26 | published 2009

In this issue we explore how founder-led organizations approach transformational change, considering sometimes radical, and sometimes more conventional alternatives.
This suite of three reports, completed in 2010, explores why donors give to arts groups in the Bay Area, and captures lessons learned by individual artists and small arts groups in raising matching funds from donors. Click here to view the full study reports.


From the Grantmakers in the Arts newsletter, Winter 2006.
What Motivates Donors? ~

The Next Best Practices ~

Can U.S. Orchestras Translate Overseas Programs into Local Successes? ~