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EXPANDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CULTURAL PHILANTHROPISTS, ADVOCATES, AND AUDIENCES.
FOUNDED IN 2017, MCW PROJECTS LLC IS AN ADVISORY FIRM SPECIALIZING IN NEXT ERA cultural & PHILANTHROPIC STRATEGY AND ORGANIZATIONAL WELLNESS FOR LEADERS AND COLLECTIVES WHO WANT TO MAKE AN IMPACT.
We are living in the era of impact. Amid a profound reckoning in society, we are reexamining what we value, whom we trust, and how we collaborate. The next era is being shaped by the individuals and organizations spearheading new models for community building, care and wellness, and sustainable impact.
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Conducting Philanthropic Strategy, Organizational Wellness, and Executive Coaching to increase relevancy and revenue streams and appeal to next era audiences and communities.
Guiding rising philanthropists, collectors, and family offices to achieve unique impact and legacy in the culture sector.
Advocating for increased support for creatives and the arts.
Designing cultural and wellness experiences to enhance sustainable creativity, centering humanity and health in our systems.
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Founder Melissa Cowley Wolf is an advisor, strategist, author, speaker, and coach working at the intersection of cultural strategy and wellness.
She has over 20 years of experience in philanthropy, programming, coaching, and strategic & campaign planning. Melissa has worked on campaigns up to $4 Billion alongside internationally renowned cultural, corporate, and academic leaders, philanthropists, collectors, and artists.
As an advisor and advocate dedicated to re-imagining and democratizing cultural philanthropy to better engage diverse generations and audiences, she was named by Artnet as a Global Innovator Transforming the Art Industry.
Melissa is also the director of the Arts Funders Forum (AFF), an advocacy, media, convening, and research platform designed to increase private support for the arts and develop new models of impact-driven financial support for the cultural sector.
Her work and writing have been profiled in The New York Times, Financial Times, Inside Philanthropy, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Art Newspaper, Artnet News, Museum Magazine (AAM), the International Family Offices Journal, and more. She is a certified yoga instructor (RYT 200), a member of the World Economic Forum Arts & Culture Global Solidarity Network, a consultant for IPM Advancement and Wolf Management Consultants, LLC, and a frequent international speaker on cultural philanthropy and strategy, organizational wellness, and next gen trends. Melissa has lived, studied, practiced, and worked across the U.S., EU, and Africa.
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