501(c)(3) non profit grantmaker

501(c)(3) non profit grantmaker

November 12, 2009 by Steve

This book features profiles of 18 family foundations and giving groups that have developed unique or noteworthy programs of arts giving, reflecting the values and character of the donors in a variety of ways. Interviews with principals and trustees from each foundation provide further insights to how these programs were developed and realized.

90 pages, perfect bound
ISBN 0-9705157-4-X

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November 12, 2009 by Steve

This Field Resource Book profiles nine foundations that provide general operating support to arts organizations. The featured foundations reflect geographic and institutional diversity, as well as myriad grantmaking approaches. The chapters are the result of research and interviews with senior staff at each of the nine foundations.

Each chapter includes six sections:

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    November 12, 2009 by Steve

    Investing in Capacity Building: A Guide to High-Impact Approaches Improving management practices—the most challenging aspect of capacity building—is essential to increasing the impact of a nonprofit's limited resources. Author Barbara Blumenthal helps grantmakers and consultants design better methods of helping nonprofits, while showing nonprofit managers how to get more effective support.

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    November 12, 2009 by Steve

    Author Paul Firstenberg challenges grantmakers to proactively assist their grantee's management in maximizing the nonprofit's social impact, showing grantseekers how potential funders increasingly emphasize organizational capacity building.

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    November 12, 2009 by Steve

    Authors Barbara Kibbe and Fred Setterberg explain how the appropriate use of consultants can generate exciting methods of forwarding your organization's goals.

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    November 12, 2009 by Steve

    John Nason, drawing on years of experience as a trustee, guides foundation officials and their boards through difficulties and provides insights into critical areas of concern.

    The Foundation Center, March 1989, 173 pp.

    Available online from The Foundation Center.

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    July 13, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

    2009, Americans for the Arts, 21 pages. Americans for the Arts, 1000 Vermont Avenue NW, 6th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20005, (202) 371-2830, www.artsusa.org.

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    April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

    2009, 31 pages. Grantmakers for Education, 720 SW Washington Street, Suite 605, Portland, OR, 97205, 503-595-2100, www.edfunders.org

    http://www.edfunders.org/downloads/GFEReports/
    SchoolLeadershipChallenge.pdf

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    April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

    2008, 295 pages. Brookings Institution Press, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., 20036, 202-797-6000, www.brookings.edu

    http://www.brookings.edu/press/Books/2008/
    searchforsocialentrepreneurship.aspx

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    April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

    2009, 90 pages. American Music Center, 30 West 26th Street, Suite 1001 New York, NY, 10010, 212-366-5260, www.amc.net

    http://www.amc.net/takingnote/taking note.pdf

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