The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, based in Menlo Park, California, is seeking a Program Officer for the Performing Arts Program:
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy is hosting a live discussion tomorrow (Tuesday, June 14) at noon Eastern time (9am Pacific). The Ins and Outs of Strategic Collaboration is the first of a three-part series with the Nonprofit Finance Fund.
The Center for Arts Management and Technology at Carnegie Mellon today revisits the idea of dynamic pricing for Arts presenters:
Overheard this morning on my way to work, a story about Governor Brownback's defunding of the Kansas Arts Commission and a variety of perspectives on public (and private) arts funding. Listen here.
From Lisa Chiu at The Chronicle of Philanthropy:
An interesting post from Venkatesh Rao on his blog Ribbonfarm.com explores the 400+ year history of the corporation. And he declares the “age of the corporation is coming to an end” at the outset. His mental model of the human world is visualized here. Of it he says:
Information from Foundations Center's Glass Pockets project:
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Ford Foundation
- J. Paul Getty Trust
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Lilly Endowment Inc.
From the Associated Press, as reported on NPR:
The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that 275,000 organizations have lost their tax-exempt status because they failed to file required annual reports for three straight years.
The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has published a new video that promotes and describes the MacArthur Fellows Program (commonly referred to as genius grants). Take a look at this program and hear from some recipients.