tag! Children's Museum of St. Augustine names Director of Development

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - March 28, 2022 - PRLog -- Kim MacEwan, Executive Director of tag! Children's Museum of St. Augustine has named Paige Van Tuyl as the nonprofit's new Director of Development. Van Tuyl will be responsible for overseeing the organization's fundraising, managing relationships with the company's stakeholders and financial partners, planning fundraising events and presentations, encouraging contributions, and developing opportunities for financial support through grants and sponsorships.

For more than 20 years, Van Tuyl has vast experience with non-profit development and sustainability through leadership, direct fundraising, stewardship, donor development and cultivation in the arts, education, animal welfare, social justice, and helping non-profits to achieve sustainable financial independence. She most recently served as the Executive Director of the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center located in Carpinteria, California while helping the nonprofit become a leading small-town community arts center in the country. She was formerly the Development Officer of Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara, California, Event Director for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and served as Development Liaison and Art Director at the Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara.

Van Tuyl is a native of Santa Barbara and attended Santa Barbara High School. She holds a bachelor's degree in the History of Art and Architecture from the University of Santa Barbara.  She was named as one of the Pacific Coast Business Time's 40 Under 40 and completed Antioch University's "Women in Leadership" Program. Van Tuyl is a member of Rotary International and resides in St. Augustine, Fla.

tag! Children's Museum will be the first cultural institution built in Northeast Florida in more than 20 years and is anticipated to have an estimated $2.7 million annual impact on the community. tag! will enrich the lives of an estimated 300,000 area students and engage 95,000 expected visitors annually at Arapaho Avenue in St. Augustine., Fla.

Phase 1 – Discovery, which has been supported by a generous gift from The Newman Family Foundation, will include a collection of indoor and outdoor spaces with the Lastinger Big Backyard, the Florida Blue Healthy Gardens, The Cofrin Family Tree Story Garden, and The PLAYERS Championship STEM programming.

Corporate partners and stakeholders currently include Dr. Jimmy and Karen Glenos, The Platt Family, Danielle and Gene Fraser, The Junior Service League, The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, The Bozard Family, and Mindy and Nick Cevera. Fundraising efforts for the museum are ongoing and the $8 million capital campaign provides families, businesses, and others the opportunity to invest in the future of Northeast Florida. The organization is currently $2 million from reaching their Capital Campaign Goal. Visit the website at http://tagmuseum.org.