SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SuiteConnect
-- Creativity Explored, a nonprofit art center in San Francisco, is using Oracle NetSuite to
support its mission to provide artists with development
disabilities with the resources needed to create and share their
work with the community. With NetSuite, Creativity Explored has
been able to show how art and science can work together to impact
lives as it has expanded its services to help more than 130 artists
and increased funding from institutional and government funders by
over 300 percent.
Established in 1983 by an artist and psychologist Florence Ludins-Katz and Elias Katz, Creativity Explored was founded on
the belief that everyone has the ability to create and that visual
artistic expression enhances personal identity and growth. The idea
has proved to be very successful, but as Creativity Explored
continues to expand its presence in the local community, the
nonprofit needed an integrated platform that could streamline
business processes, increase visibility across the organization and
organize financial data. To support these goals and ensure it could
quickly and efficiently report the outcomes of its work to
benefactors, Creativity Explored selected NetSuite.
"Before NetSuite our finances and databases looked like a
Jackson Pollock painting, the data
was connected but void of any real organization. We had the donor
info in one place, customer info in another and our payment system
to artists somewhere else – there was zero integration," said
Ann Kappes, director of licensing,
Creativity Explored. "NetSuite gives us real-time visibility into
our organization, which allows us to operate more efficiently and
report the outcome of all financial operations to our staff, donors
and board of directors."
With NetSuite, Creativity Explored has been able to take
advantage of nonprofit accounting, customer relationship
management, inventory tracking, ecommerce and point of sale
capabilities in a single platform to improve the efficiencies of
its day-to-day operations. The powerful financial management
capabilities of NetSuite have helped Creativity Explored automate
financial reporting across two art studios, one onsite gallery and
its popular online marketplace. This has allowed Creativity
Explored to provide the transparency requested by donors, trace
dollars from donation to results and double the the number of
programs that support artists with developmental disabilities.
"Creativity Explored has developed meaningful art practices and
it is increasingly recognized for its contributions to the art
world and our Bay Area community," said Evan Goldberg, EVP, Oracle NetSuite. "We're
incredibly proud to work with organizations like Creativity
Explored that are changing lives through the power of art. By
enabling the Creativity Explored team to streamline business
operations, we are helping them spend more time and resources on
growing their organization and executing on their vision."
NetSuite supports more than 1,500 nonprofits and social
enterprises globally. Creativity Explored most recently benefitted
from Suite Pro Bono as part of the NetSuite Social Impact program,
which provides nonprofit and social enterprises with coaching and
support from NetSuite employees. Creativity Explored worked with
NetSuite team employees to customize its CRM solution to track
grant deadlines and contracts with funders. This work is what led
to the 300 percent increase in grant funding.
The amazing artwork of Creativity Explored's artists will be
showcased at SuiteConnect San Francisco. Attendees will have the
opportunity to meet to learn more about Creativity Explored's
program offerings and meet a few artists at the event. There will
also be a creation station where attendees can channel their inner
artist and create personalized buttons to take home with them.
About Creativity Explored
For the past 36 years,
Creativity Explored has given artists with developmental
disabilities the means to create and share their work with the
community, celebrating the power of art to change lives. Located in
San Francisco's vibrant Mission
District, Creativity Explored provides a supportive studio
environment, including individualized instruction from mentoring
artists, quality supplies, and professional opportunities to
exhibit and sell their art. The organization establishes these
artists' work as an emerging and increasingly important
contribution to the contemporary art world.
Founded by Florence and Elias
Katz in 1983, Creativity Explored has expanded to two
locations: the main gallery and studio on 16th Street in
San Francisco's Mission District,
and a second studio in nearby Potrero Hill.
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