The Creative Social Enterprise: An Impact Investment
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Production Date: October 2015 Author: Ryan Stubbs and Henry Clapp The arts in America are supported by a complex mix of funds, including individual contributions, corporate and foundation support,...
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Production Date: October 2015 Author: Angela Francis, Claire Knowlton, and Sandi Clement McKinleyExtensive research has demonstrated what those close to the arts, culture, and humanities sector...
View ArticleBuilding Financial Security amid Economic Crisis
Subtitle: The Miller Foundation’s Large Arts Organization Initiative Production Date: October 2015 Author: William Vesneski and Martha Sloca Richards The mission of the James F. and Marion L. Miller...
View ArticleInvesting in Change: Ten Lessons for Cultural Grantmakers
Production Date: October 2015 Author: Rebecca Thomas In 2008, ten performing arts organizations embarked on an experiment in capitalization. As participants in Nonprofit Finance Fund’s Leading for...
View ArticleIntroducing Community Innovation Labs
Subtitle: A New Approach for Harvesting the Power of the Arts to Unlock Complex Problems in Local Systems Production Date: October 2015 Author: Richard Evans and Karina Mangu-Ward Download:...
View ArticleInvesting in Cultural Participation and Financial Sustainability
Subtitle: Cross-Cohort Analysis of the Arts Regional Initiative, 2009-2014 Production Date: January 2016 Author: The James Irvine Foundation Harder + Company January 2016, 19 pages. The James Irvine...
View ArticleFoundation Grants to Arts and Culture, 2013
Subtitle: A One-Year Snapshot Production Date: March 2016 Author: Steven Lawrence and Reina Mukai Beginning with this snapshot of arts funding, Foundation Center’s annual analyses of foundation arts...
View ArticleExpanding Cultural Family
Subtitle: Funders, Tools, and the Journey toward Equity Production Date: July 2016 Author: Jen Gilligan Cole Understanding and embracing transformational change are ubiquitous in cultural policy...
View ArticleImpact Investing 101
Production Date: July 2016 Author: Rosalie Sheehy Cates and Shin Yu Pai Many foundations are considering adding impact investing as a tool to complement their grantmaking activities. This article...
View ArticleWhat Will the Future Look Like?
Subtitle: Generational Change in the Arts Sector Production Date: October 2016 Author: Emiko Ono What do you believe the arts sector ought to look like twenty years from now? This is a question that...
View ArticleFoundation Grants to Arts and Culture, 2014
Production Date: March 2017 Author: Reina Mukai Download: Arts Funding Snapshot: GIA’s Annual Research on Support for Arts and Culture (3 Mb)This year’s snapshot of arts funding is the second that...
View ArticleGovernment Funding for the Arts, 2016
Production Date: February 2017 Author: Ryan Stubbs Download: Arts Funding Snapshot: GIA’s Annual Research on Support for Arts and Culture (3 Mb)Earned income and private giving make up the largest...
View ArticleRecalculating the Formula for Success
Subtitle: Public Arts Funders and United Arts Funds Reshape Strategies for the Twenty-First Century Production Date: June 2017 Author: Steven Lawrence Download: Recalculating the Formula for...
View ArticleNot Just Money: Equity Issues in Cultural Philanthropy
Production Date: July 2017 Author: Holly Sidford July 2017, 37 pages. Surdna Foundation, 330 Madison Avenue, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10017. (212) 557-0010.http://surdna.org.Download: Not Just...
View ArticleVirtuous Circles of Support
Subtitle: Artists Funding the Arts Production Date: October 2017 Author: Claudia J. Bach The quest for support for the arts is continuous. We search for ways to seed or increase the flow of dollars,...
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