RWB
Culture & Capital
Fractional Development Leadership
& Strategic Partnerships
Experienced fundraising and partnerships leadership for cultural and mission-driven organizations on a flexible, focused basis.RWB Culture & Capital helps organizations build revenue, strengthen relationships, and pursue ambitious opportunities without necessarily adding another full-time senior hire.Whether the need is ongoing fractional leadership, partnership development, or a specific revenue-building initiative, RWB provides experienced senior-level support focused on clearly defined priorities and results.
HOW RWB HELPS
Fractional Development Leadership
Senior development leadership, without the full-time structure.RWB works alongside executive directors, boards, and staff to provide focused leadership across fundraising strategy, major gifts, institutional giving, prospect development, board engagement, revenue planning, and donor cultivation.Fractional engagements are built around clearly defined priorities, responsibilities, and time commitments - not simply outsourcing an entire development department.This model can be particularly effective for organizations that are growing, navigating a leadership transition, rebuilding development capacity, or aren't yet ready for another full-time senior hire.Strategic Partnerships
Build relationships that create revenue and organizational value.RWB helps organizations identify, develop, and secure partnerships with companies, foundations, institutions, brands, and other aligned organizations.Engagements can include partnership strategy, prospect development, sponsorship programs, outreach and cultivation, proposal development, negotiation, and activation planning.The goal isn't simply to sell sponsorship inventory. It's to find the intersection between what an organization is trying to accomplish and what a potential partner genuinely values, and build an opportunity around it.Special Projects & Transitions
Sometimes an organization doesn't need an ongoing consultant. It needs experienced leadership focused on something important.RWB provides project-based support for initiatives including fundraising campaigns, anniversaries and milestone events, development assessments, institutional funding strategies, sponsorship programs, new revenue initiatives, and periods of organizational transition.Projects are structured around a defined objective, scope, and timeline - giving organizations access to senior-level expertise without creating a permanent position.
WHO RWB WORKS WITH
RWB works primarily with cultural, arts, entertainment, education, and other mission-driven organizations.The model is particularly well suited to organizations that are:-Building or rebuilding their fundraising operation
-Seeking experienced development leadership on a fractional basis
-Developing corporate sponsorships or strategic partnerships
-Preparing for a campaign, anniversary, expansion, or major initiative
-Navigating staff or leadership transitions
-Looking for new sources of contributed or partnership revenue
-Ready to turn promising relationships and ideas into actual opportunitiesEvery engagement is different. RWB's role is intentionally flexible, but the work itself is focused.
ABOUT
RWB Culture & Capital is led by Rick Baker, a development and partnerships executive with experience across performing arts organizations, museums, cultural institutions, festivals and live entertainment.Rick has led development programs, built corporate partnerships, secured institutional support, developed major donor relationships, worked with boards and organizational leadership, and helped translate ambitious ideas into compelling opportunities for funders and partners.His work spans both strategy and execution: identifying opportunities, building relationships, developing the case, making the ask, and helping move organizations from ideas to revenue.Engagements are structured around each organization's needs and may draw on trusted development, partnerships, and fundraising specialists when additional capacity or expertise is beneficial.RWB was created around a simple premise: organizations don't always need another full-time executive - or another consultant producing recommendations from the sidelines.Sometimes they need experienced senior leadership focused on a defined set of priorities, relationships, and opportunities.RWB provides a flexible way to access that leadership through fractional engagements, strategic projects, and partnership initiatives.
LET'S TALK ABOUT
WHAT YOU'RE BUILDING.
If your organization could benefit from experienced development or partnerships leadership, let's start with a conversation.We'll talk about what you're trying to accomplish, where things stand today, and whether a fractional or project-based engagement makes sense.