Funding Research

2004, 18 pages. Los Angeles County Arts Commission, 500 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, 213-974-1343

Download pdf: www.lacountyarts.org/artsed/docs/artsedu_artsforall09-02.pdf

Under Marian Godfrey's direction, GIA held a pre-conference immediately before its 2005 conference called "New Directions in Cultural Policy Research." As part of that meeting, four well-respected individuals were asked to assess the impact and importance of research in the arts. They were asked to specify the big ideas currently in play and to speculate about the future of those ideas. Predictably perhaps, the four argued for the importance of research to the cultural sector. More surprisingly, they agreed that the platform for cultural research needs serious re-planking.

2005, 18 pages. Neighborhood Funders Group, 1301 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036, 202-833-4690, www.nfg.org

Download PDF: www.nfg.org/publications/nfg_25_years.pdf

This brief report documents the work of this organization and the growth of the community development field in philanthropy since 1980.

2005, 18 pages. International Federation of Arts Councils and Cultural Agenciers. Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2004, Australia, www.ozco.gov.au

Download PDF: http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/32627/Making_Crosscountry_Comparisons_of_Cultural_Statistics__Problems_and_Solutions.pdf

2005, 36 pages. Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, 1413 K Street, 2nd floor, Washington, DC 20005, 202-898-1840, www.geofunders.org

2005, 60 pages. Blueprint Research and Design, 720 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94102, 415-677-9700, www.blueprintrd.com

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2005, 12 pages. Americans for the Arts, 1000 Vermont Northwest, 6th floor, Washington, DC, 20005, 202-371-2830, www.artsusa.org

In response to the surprising migration of leaders from the business world to the nonprofit arts sector, the author interviewed eighty-two individuals who had made such career changes and asked: What motivated them? How are they doing? What are the long-term benefits and challenges resulting from this influx of new leadership?

2005, 18 pages. Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, Harvard University, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, 617-495-1480.

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2005, 42 pages. The Bush Foundation , 332 Minnesota Street, Suite E-900, Saint Paul, MN 55101-1315, 651-227-0891.

Download pdf: www.bushfoundation.org/publications/RADP_Full_Report.pdf

2005, 82 pages. The Foundation Center, 79 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10003-3076, 212-620-4230.

Published in cooperation with the Independent Sector, this report is the first comprehensive analysis of U.S. foundation funding for social justice from 1998 to 2002, based on data that includes all grants of over $10,000 from more than 1,000 of the nation's largest private and community foundations.