Mission/History

    Patron Technology, Inc., an online marketing software and consulting company, serves the arts and not-for-profit industries with cutting-edge technology and e-marketing expertise. Founded in 2001 by industry veteran Eugene Carr, the company strives to revolutionize non-profit marketing by enabling organizations to maximize the potential of marketing and communications on the Internet.

    The company’s main product, PatronMail, is a Web-based e-mail marketing system used by over 1,300 institutions in 49 states and eight foreign countries. PatronMail’s client list includes organizations of all sizes as well as individual artists—namely, the New York Philharmonic, the Denver Art Museum, the Public Theatre, Victoria & Albert Museum (U.K.), and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, among others.

    In addition to PatronMail, the company offers a complementary suite of e-commerce software tools, Web site development, and customized software solutions uniquely crafted to meet the marketing needs of arts and cultural organizations.

    Dedicated to educating the arts community about e-marketing, the company presents a regular schedule of live e-marketing seminars around the country, and has published three books on e-marketing by its president Eugene Carr.