Munira Khapra-Reininger Email & Phone Number

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

Supporting organizations with fundraising and strategic planning. Clients include Trust for Governor's Island Arts Program, Data & Society, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, The Laundromat Project, National Sawdust, Artadia, and Wayne Shorter's "Iphigenia" production.

New York, New York, Us

Serving the unique BHC model, which includes the Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art and Storytelling.

New York, New York, Us

Brooklyn, New York, Us

Lead annual fundraising plan and managed the organization’s strategic outreach, communications, and marketing strategy––successfully positioning the organization as an international thought-leader.

Queens, Ny, Us

As Director of Development, Munira had the primary responsibility of managing all fundraising efforts of the Museum. These included supervising the membership operation, a major donor solicitation campaign, foundation and corporate fundraising, and special events.

New York, New York, Us

Worked with the executive team on project-specific campaigns and GOS funding plans; collaborated with ED, Artistic Director, and curators to strategize funding plans for new artist-led exhibitions and programs including productions by Kara Walker, Phil Collins, Simone Leigh, etc. Authored fundraising pitch decks and solicitations for individuals and corporations; planned donor cultivation and stewardship events. Developed and implemented data collection and assessment of public art programs to measure audience participation and community impact for funder reporting.

Increased the organization’s capacity to carry out its mission and strategic vision by developing and implementing new systems and procedures for operations.Responsible for overseeing a staff of four employees, as well as the care of the Foundation's art collection, including restoration, security, shipping, insurance, inventory control, and records management.Evaluated submitted proposals based on artistic content and quality of work, then makes recommendations to the board of trustees for final grant making decisions.Managed all exhibition and event programming budgets.Worked with outside contractors and Chairman to heighten the profile of the Foundation and its collection, and effectuate its artistic mission.Carried out all marketing communications and outreach.

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

Implemented selection process and administration of grant programs that support socially engaged artwork, offering and guidance feedback to applicants. Worked in a specialized way with awarded Fellows and organizations.

New York, Us

Holds a Masters of Arts degree in Visual Arts Administration at NewYork University with concentrations in nonprofit management, cultural policy, and arts advocacy.In depth practice of strategic planning, marketing, and leadership in the visual arts field.Theoretical focus on cultural equity, community building, and economic development through arts programming and education.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Graduate level internship for the Business Committee for the Arts, Americans for the Arts.Assisted department in efforts to stimulate more private sector support for the arts through the promotion of partnerships between the arts and business, in part through the national network of Arts & Business Councils, Business Volunteers for the Arts partnerships, Business Committees for the Arts and United Arts Funds.Conducted research for THE BCA TEN annual recognition event, the BCA Executive Board meeting, and additional programming connected to the annual release of BCA’s Triennial Survey of Business Support for the Arts.Performed event support at Advocacy Day 2010 in Washington, D.C.Wrote content for organization's blog.

Worked with senior staff, trustees, major donors, key stakeholders, community organizers, and elected officials in producing special events to solicit and retain support for an institution with a $20 million operating budget. Built relationships with the media, peer organizations, and potential partners. Engaged a comprehensive audience through implementation of an integrated web-marketing strategy.Managed the production and marketing of approximately 25 earned revenue, advocacy, and educational events per year that strategically aligned with the agency's programmatic objectives, including forums with U.S. presidential candidates, monthly public policy symposiums held on Capitol Hill, and semiannual donor cultivation cocktail receptions;Responsible for financial management and supervision of support staff and vendors for all events;Conceived and lead agency’s social media outreach campaign to increase agency visibility online, promote events and advocacy campaigns, and engage younger demographic;Maintained agency-wide calendar of all events, appearances, media releases, publications, and research projects as a strategic planning tool for executive staff;Lead staff effort to adopt Microsoft SharePoint intranet technology through training and internal promotion.

New York, New York, Us

Assisted in achieving organization's Individual Giving fundraising goals through events, corporate sponsorship, major donors, and direct mail. Administered 400-member junior board, identifying future board leadership.Responsible for junior board membership program, including recruitment of members, development of earned revenue and volunteer initiatives, and all corresponding marketing and outreach;Coordinated annual junior board fundraising gala event: developed fundraising goals and budget, strategized key partnerships and liaised with honorary chairs and sponsors, coordinated all logistics, stewarded in-kind gifts, as well as individual and corporate sponsorships – increasing proceeds by 30 percent;Increased program-staff engagement in fundraising efforts through coordination of agency-wide survey and analysis of potential strategic relationships with staff contacts; Identified and researched prospects for major donor program; Managed all CSS events.

Cultivated client relationships and coordinated all logistics of gallery's presence at art shows, including The Winter Antiques Show, directly resulting in increased sales and visibility through marketing.Represented and bid on behalf of gallery at international auctions and conducted art historical and provenance research for gallery, traveling abroad frequently.

Coordinated all art fair logistics for The European Fine Arts Fair; managed all administrative tasks and registrarial database, and; conducted all gallery bookkeeping.

Bachelors Of Arts, Art History With A Concentration In Studio Arts

Maa, Visual Arts Administration