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Funders Group E-Forum
This electronic discussion forum is a new vehicle for
members of Donors Forum's Arts and Culture Funders Group
to pose questions and share resources with colleagues
in real time.
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Upcoming
Programs
Arts and Culture
Funders Group Planning Retreat
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REGISTER
Monday, July 13 | Donors Forum Large Conference Room
(Suite 1535) | Noon - 2 pm (lunch provided)
Join your colleagues for Donors Forum's Arts and
Culture Funders Group Planning Retreat. This is
a great opportunity to share your ideas on program topics
and speakers and to help keep programs relevant and
valuable to your work. The Arts and Culture Funders
Group focuses on a wide variety of issues that relate
to funding arts and culture organizations and institutions.
News
About Cultural Data Project Launch in Illinois
A new service for arts and culture nonprofits
called the Cultural Data Project will launch soon
in Illinois. It started in Pennsylvania and next
launched in Maryland and then in California. Organizations
across the state will receive a letter or email
announcement on May 1, 2009, and then the
new system will be highlighted at the "One
State" conference in Peoria on June 1 and
2, co-convened by the Illinois Arts Alliance and
the Illinois Arts Council.
This is a very exciting development
for the sector. It is a great new tool to help
nonprofits understand their organizations better
and make good business decisions, without requiring
them to be accountants or to hire consultants.
Imagine generating quarterly board reports, or
comparing and organization's revenues, staffing,
or attendance with other organizations of the
same size or in the same area -- with just a couple
of mouse clicks.
Meanwhile, advocates for the
arts, such as the Illinois Arts Alliance, are
very excited that this system will provide them,
for the first time, hard data (not samples or
surveys) with which to make the case to policymakers
of the importance and value of arts and cultural
organizations.
Free training will be offered
throughout the state beginning in May, and beginning
in the summer, the new system will enable grantseekers
to provide customized financial information as
required by different funders. Look for your announcement
in the mail around May 1; meanwhile,
the
task force has made available a special sneak
preview of what's coming.
Program
Archive
The notes from previous programs contain valuable
knowledge and information on arts and culture-related
topics.
2008
Retreat
The group planned five sessions
for the coming year. The first will be a discussion
on "For-Profit vs. Non-Profit: Options for Arts
Organizations." The next four sessions will provide
updates on the state of four different arts sectors:
visual arts, dance, music, and theater. Michelle Boone
and Sydney Sidwell continue as co-chairs.
Resources
New!
Getting
Beyond Breakeven: A Review of Capitalization Needs and
Challenges of Philadelphia-Area Arts and Culture Organizations
(6/09)
A new report released by TDC of Boston underscores the
need for Philadelphia’s arts and culture groups,
service organizations, and funders to address capitalization
needs within the nonprofit sector. The William Penn
Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts commissioned
the study. Findings
indicate that a large number of Philadelphia’s
cultural groups face significant capitalization challenges,
and its insights provide organizations as well as funders
with a new lens through which to see how these challenges
can be combated.
Arts-Related
Resources on the Web (10/05)
The Foundation Center's Philanthropy News Digest
compiled a comprehensive
list of web sites related to the arts and arts funding.
PND
Special Issue: Arts Funding (6/04)
June is Funding for Arts month at the Foundation Center,
and PND has updated its collection of annotated links
to some of the best arts-related resources on the web.
Leveraging
Assets: How Small Budget Arts Activities Benefit Neighborhoods
This report, released by The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
and funded by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation, examines 10 Chicago neighborhoods where
art activity is taking place and explores how such activity
contributes to the cultural, social and economic vitality
of neighborhoods.
Arts
Funding IV: An Update on Foundation Trends
(6/03, pdf)
The Foundation Center and Grantmakers
in the Arts have released a report that focuses
on trends in foundation arts grantmaking, breaks down
giving patterns by discipline and by region and compares
the changes in foundation funding to changes in other
sources of support.
The
Arts and Smart Growth. The Role of Arts in Placemaking
In this report the Funders Network explores the benefits
of a cooperative relationship between smart growth and
the arts.
National
Arts Policy Database
The National Arts Policy Database is a comprehensive
research/resource tool containing approximately 7,000
items documenting information on the arts and culture
in the United States.
Americans
for the Arts
The nation's leading arts information clearinghouse,
has built a comprehensive database containing about
7,000 documents published since 1960 with information
on the arts and culture in the United States.
Funding
for Arts Month
The Foundation Center's collection of annotated links
to some of the best arts-related resources on the Web.
For
the Greater Good: Frameworks for Advancing State Arts
Education Partnerships (doc)
Leaders in state arts education programs and the National
Assembly of State Arts Agencies share their successes
and challengesand offer a model for future discussion
for other arts education experts.
Review
of the Chicago Arts and Cultural Community
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation's examination
of arts and culture grantees from the top 25 private
foundations and corporate giving programs.
The
Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts Organizations and
Their Audiences
Americans for the Arts reports that Arts groups generate
4.85 million full-time jobs and $80.8 billion in event-related
spending, along with tax revenues totaling $6.6 billion
for local governments, $7.3 billion for state governments,
and $10.5 billion for the federal government.
National
Investment in the Arts
The Center for Arts and Culture in Washington, D.C.
examination of federal support systems for the arts,
such as tax incentives and direct subsidy programs.
Grantmakers
in the Arts
Affinity group resources.
Arts
and Culture Funders Group Program Archives
Notes containing valuable knowledge and information
shared at previous programs and meetings of this group.
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