Silver City Museum Society Corporation
Supporting the Silver City Museum since 1985
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Ice Cream Social
An annual Fourth of July fundraising event that attracts a very broad segment of our local community
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of participants attending course/session/workshop
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Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Average online donation
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Output - describing our activities and reach
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Increasing
Total number of free admissions
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Increasing
Number of works exhibited temporarily
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Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Total number of works in collection
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Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
TO FURTHER THE CULTURAL EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS AND PURPOSES AS SET FORTH BY SILVER CITY, NM ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE MUSEUM OF SILVER CITY.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Make the collections more accessible to the public, expand access to programs and services, and create a more diverse and representative board.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The society's board had recently increased in size and has added members of the Hispanic community to its ranks. The society board has recently launched a new fundraising committee to help support the museums program initiatives. Over the last three years, the museum itself has built an increasingly representative and skilled staff.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
The museum launched a highly successful virtual lecture series which involved seven historians. This series produced seven major research documents that will form the basis of a new major exhibit. The lecture series itself involved close to 800 attendees which provided feedback and awareness of the communities interest in these seven topics.
The museum was awarded a grant to assess its archival collection and develop a plan for making it much more accessible to the public. Membership levels in the society have increased by 15%.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Silver City Museum Society Corporation
Board of directorsas of 02/20/2023
Gayle Simmons
Silver City Museum Society
Term: 2020 - 2023
Patsy Madrid
Silver City Museum Society
Term: 2022 - 2025
Organizational demographics
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