Current and past projects of Bay Consulting Group illustrate its ability and expertise to survey the whole of a cultural system while planning for the advancement of the audiences, artists and organizations within that system. Representative projects of BCG are as follows:

Study of private support of the arts.
National Endowment for the Arts - Increasing Private Support for the Folk and Traditional Arts (2001 - 2001)
Grantmakers in the Arts - Creative Family Giving in the Arts (2001) http://www.giarts.org/fieldfgb.html

Organization of colloquia and retreats to deliberate about the future resource needs of arts organizations.
Donald W. Reynolds Foundation - Study of Unmet Needs in the Arts in Arkansas, Nevada, and Oklahoma (2001)
NEA - Colloquia re Support for Arts Organizations (1999 - 2000)
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Orchestra Forum (1998)

Design of programs of support that provide learning opportunities for grantees along with grant funds.
James Irvine Foundation - Cornerstone Arts Program (1998-2001)
Pew Charitable Trusts - Philadelphia Cultural Leadership Program (1996)
National Endowment for the Arts - NEA Advancement Program and website.Lessons Learned: A Planning Toolsite (1994-2001)(www.arts.endow.gov/pub/Lessons)

Strategic thinking and planning with the Texas Music Museum (2001), 18th Street Arts Complex (1999), and the Fund for US Artists, Arts International (1998).

Cultural planning for Broward County Division of Arts and Culture (2000) and the Arts & Science Council of Charlotte/Mecklenburg (1997).

These projects demonstrate the network of expertise that BCG has called upon in its project teams and advisory committees and the broad exposure we have to philanthropic practice in response to issues confronting the arts field and its publics.