Non-profit management

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin
Historical data do not mean anything in this situation. There is no blueprint and there is no network. We are doing the best we can with a combination of hard facts and intuition. Every line item is up for grabs; every $1,000 is material. How we feel about it all depends on which newspaper we read that morning.
—Managing Director, large performing arts group

Introduction

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September 30, 2008 by giarts-ts-admin

2008, 234 pages. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, www.wiley.com

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September 30, 2008 by giarts-ts-admin

2008, 8 pages. The Urban Institute, 2100 M Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20037,
(202) 833-7200, www.urban.org

http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411664_facts_and_figures.pdf

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September 30, 2008 by giarts-ts-admin

2008, 33 pages. CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, 731 Market Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA, 94103, (415) 541-9000, www.compasspoint.org

http://www.meyerfoundation.org/downloads/ready_to_lead/ReadytoLead2008.pdf

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September 30, 2008 by giarts-ts-admin

2008, 9 pages. New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, (212) 465-3347, www.nyitawards.com

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September 30, 2008 by giarts-ts-admin

2007, 26 pages. Benton Foundation, 1625 K Street, NW, 11th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20006,
(202) 638-5770, www.benton.org

http://benton.org/sites/benton.org/files/BroadbandForAll.pdf

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September 30, 2008 by giarts-ts-admin

“What are we doing to cultivate new generations of arts activists—artists, arts managers and arts philanthropers?” This question—often asked and long massaged—has an equal number of answers to the individuals attempting to answer it. Under the broader umbrella of inspiring young people to make a difference—through the arts or otherwise—Do Something is an organization that is effectively answering that question with meaningful action.

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September 30, 2008 by giarts-ts-admin

Note: this text was updated on this site on January 9, 2009.

No matter your political persuasion, your age or background, place or country of residence, your professional role or disciplinary affiliation, if you work in the nonprofit cultural sector—the presidential campaign that brought Barack Obama to the White House holds lessons for you. The campaign marks a watershed in popular consciousness, and we will all do well to adapt—or evolve—accordingly.

Some things to ponder:

1. People want to be inspired.

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August 31, 2008 by giarts-ts-admin

Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London, 2008, 297 pages, Edited by Diane Grams and Betty Farrell.

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