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Wayne Courtois, GPC

PROFESSIONAL ​SERVICES

  • Foundation prospect research

  • Grant writing

  • Grant reports

  • Project/program development

  • Long-term grant planning

  • Free one-hour consultation available upon request

WORK EXPERIENCE​​
2013-2015
Grants Manager, Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Grants for productions, education programs, general operations, and a $10.5M capital campaign. Partial listing of grantors:

 

  • National Endowment for the Arts

  • Aaron Copland Fund for Music

  • Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts

  • Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation

  • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

  • Hall Family Foundation

  • Sosland Foundation

 

  • Francis Family Foundation

  • H & R Block Foundation

  • William T. Kemper Foundation

  • Missouri Arts Council

  • ArtsKC Fund

  • Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund

2011-2013
Grants Manager, National World War I Museum

 

  • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

  • Sunderland Foundation

  • Hall Family Foundation

  • William T. Kemper Foundation

  • Oppenstein Brothers Foundation

  • Gary Dickinson Family Foundation

 

Grants for exhibitions, education programs, digitization of collections, community outreach, capital expansion, and general operations. Partial listing of grantors:

  • H & R Block Foundation

  • Kansas City Southern Railway

  • Sprint Foundation

  • ArtsKC Fund

  • Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund

2006-2011​
Grants Manager, Mid-America Arts Alliance

​Grants to fund the arts in six states--Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Programs included touring exhibitions, professional development for museums, education programs, and performances. Raised funding from the J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation and other funders for a $5M capital campaign. Other grantors included: 

 

  • Institute of Museum and Library Services 

  • National Endowment for the Arts

  • Hearst Foundations

  • Hall Family Foundation

  • William T. Kemper Foundation

  • Gary Dickinson Family Foundation

 

 

  • DST Systems, Inc.

  • Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts

  • Sprint Foundation

  • Courtney S. Turner Charitable Trust

  • Louetta M. Cowden Foundation

  • Missouri Arts Council

  • Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation

 

EDUCATION
1977-1979​
University of North Carolina-Greensboro

​M.F.A. in Fiction from the Writing Program.

1972-1976
Michigan State University

B.A. in Liberal Arts from the MSU Honors College. Graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Grant Professionals Association (GPA) 

Heartland Chapter of GPA

Grant Professional Certification (GPC)

Arts & Culture Roundtable of KC, Founder

The Writers Place, Board Member

9/2008 - Present

7/2008 - Present; Board Member, 1/2012 - Present

9/2010, Renewed 11/2013 

4/2014 - Present

3/2013 - 12/2015

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