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September 16, 2026

Track fundraising opportunities for performing arts venues

A new fundraising opportunities workflow helps performing arts organizations manage donor prospects and campaigns right alongside their booking and ticketing data.

Performing arts venues often juggle multiple systems to keep track of everything: one for ticketing, another for donor management, maybe a spreadsheet for tracking grant deadlines. Starting today, venues using Opendate can manage fundraising opportunities directly in the platform, right where they're already working with patron data and event information.

The new workflow lets you create and track funding opportunities as they move through your pipeline—whether that's a foundation grant you're applying for, a corporate sponsorship conversation, or a major gift prospect. You can attach opportunities to specific donors or organizations, set dollar amounts and deadlines, and update their status as things progress. Because this lives in the same system as your ticketing and patron data, you can see a donor's full relationship with your venue in one place: their ticket purchase history, donation record, and active opportunities, all together.

For smaller organizations, this means one less system to pay for and maintain. For larger venues with dedicated development teams, it means your fundraising staff can work directly in Opendate instead of waiting for data exports or dealing with sync delays. Either way, you get a clearer picture of your revenue—both earned and contributed—without jumping between platforms or wrestling with spreadsheets.