- FAI 2025
- Artists
- Attending
- partners
Strategic Priorities
Strengthen and Expand Our Reach
- Explore partnerships with international institutions and organizations
- Build relationships with untapped folk communities
- Explore and identify more global partnerships
- Explore future relationships and agreement with regions
- Execute and build upon the recommendations from Cultural Equity Council and Affinity groups
- Continue our work that led to the recommendations from the centering disability summit
Improve Our Infrastructure
- Explore new data collection systems
- Expand and strengthen staff capacity
- Build infrastructure plan for operations and technology
- Strengthen board structure and function
Expand Our Funding Approach
- Explore how FAI will more into a community centric revenue model
- Explore providing resources
The following are the strategic objectives (and associated goals) to help move towards the vision:
Strategic Areas
1. Financial Growth
Objective: Growing FAI’s Donor Base Significantly
Goals:
- Expand funders and donors to increase capacity
- Improves its funding capabilities
- Growing the funding base
- Growing foundational relationships and support
- Individual donor campaign
- Create advisory board
2. Membership & Attendee Growth
Objective: Grow Membership and Attendance
- Increase membership
- Increase conference attendance
3. Expand & Promote Folk Music
Objective: Expand and Promote the Tradition and Continuum of Folk Music
- Transcends the genre
- Amplify the understanding of folk music and the folk community
- Integrates folk music’s past, present, and future and reflect history while embracing future trends
4. Programming / Provide Year Round Resources
Objective: Provides Relevant Year-Round Resources
- Provides vital year-round services
- Effectively conveys and raises the value of membership
- Provides yearly resources
- Provides support and resources to the music ecosystem
- Is widely perceived as more than a conference
5. FAI as Global Cultural Leader
Objective: Sought After and Respected Global Cultural Leader
- Is a sought-after leader in the cultural sector
- Achieves broader industry name/ mission recognition and respect
- Collaborates tangibly with other music organizations
- Premier leader for music creator advocacy
6. Accessible & Equitable
Objective: Is Accessible and Equitable to and for All
- Is known for intersectionality and inclusivity
- Advocates for financial, equitable, and physical accessibility
- Has increased representation of marginalized communities
- Meets needs of members with disabilities
- Ensures equitable representation within leadership
- Build a board that is representative of the global folk community.
7. Innovative Infrastructure
Objective: Invests in Reflexive, Innovating Infrastructure
- Is carbon neutral
- Has a clear organizational structure
- Utilizes current technology to its advantage
- Has more diverse and accessible communications
- Is more integrated with conference cities
- Consistently evaluates organizational structure and pathways to leadership
- Is implementing consistent legal & business practices to minimize risk
8. Global Expansion
Objective: Embraces a Global Folk Ecosystem
- Expand FAI’s footprint globally
- Is an umbrella for affiliated organization globally
- Continue its mission to be culturally diverse
- Becomes representative of a comprehensive global community
- Strengthens strategic partnerships across all continents
- Cultivate and maintain connections with diverse folk ecosystems
