Flight Path Dance Project
How do we go from start-up to long-haul?
New York, NY
This isn’t just the question for Flight Path as an organization; it’s the question that they help the young dancers they serve answer in their own careers. Unlike most professionals, dancers have a very short window to turn their talent into a sustainable lifetime endeavor. They have to literally hit the ground running with people skills and practical knowledge to move past a successful season or two.
We worked with Flight Path to consider how to bring all of the tools they give their students into their own approach. Their challenge: turning the brilliant vision of a seasoned professional into a full scale, financially stable enterprise.
This translates to:
board development
expanding the pool of donors and cultivating relationships
migrating from constant needs-based fundraising to a steady giving strategy
staff and leadership training
“The way Vandersall Collective approached our work, with clarity, care, and a real sensitivity to our reality meant a great deal to me. They met the situation as it was, not as it should have been, and that made it possible for us to keep moving forward. I am genuinely grateful for that, both professionally and personally.”
— Michael McGowan, Founder