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After the success of last year's research, Americans for the Arts has once again asked Bill Keens of Wolf, Keens & Company to conduct research on the state of the local arts agency field during these challenging times. These moderated, interactive, and live audioconference opportunities are FREE to all participants.
http://www.artsusa.org/services/events/eventsa.asp?id=1403
This report describes U.S. adult arts participation in 2002, including attendance at live arts events (such as concerts, plays, and dance performances), as well as the number and percentage of adults visiting art museums and reading literature. The survey also investigates arts participation through broadcast and recorded media, the Internet, and personal participation such as singing in choirs or making photographs.
http://www.arts.gov/pub/NEASurvey2004.pdf
"Wealthy Americans -- those who earn $200,000 to $10-million a year -- give less generously to charity than both people who are richer and those who are poorer than they are," according to a report by the NewTithing Group, a San Francisco nonprofit organization.
http://philanthropy.com/free/update/2004/04/2004042301.htm
Build your list of members' e-mail addresses, and use them to communicate more effectively with members and allies.
http://ga0.org/ct/R71DYyY17aQn/
If you haven't already done so, take a look at guidestar.org to find your organization's mission and financial information and make sure it's accurate. You can also take a look at other similar organizations in your area to find out their budget, top salaries, names of board members, and program accomplishments.
guidestar.org
CompuMentor's "Working with Technical Volunteers: A Manual for Nonprofit Organizations" is designed to help organizations and schools assess how a technical volunteer can help; write up a job description for a technical volunteer; and best manage the project and document the work that they do.
http://www.techsoup.org/howto/worksheetpage.cfm?worksheetid=111&topicid=7
The SBC Foundation is accepting applications for its SBC Excelerator technology grants program, which this year will focus on helping nonprofits fully integrate technology into their ongoing operations and community outreach. Deadline: August 13, 2004
http://sbc.com/gen/corporate-citizenship?pid=58
The Drucker School is now accepting applications for the 2004 Drucker Innovation Award. Applications may be downloaded from this site and are due at the Drucker School no later than Tuesday, August 3, 2004.
http://www.drucker.cgu.edu/InnovationAward/
Communities may apply for special designation as a Preserve America Community, which will recognize communities that: protect and celebrate their heritage; use their historic assets for economic development and community revitalization; and encourage people to experience and appreciate local historic resources through education and heritage tourism programs.
http://www.preserveamerica.gov/communities.html
Applications are invited for Federal Save America's Treasures Grants, a program administered by the National Park Service in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/helpyou.htm
Google sets out goals of philanthropy -- "Don't be evil" and "Making the World A Better Place".
http://www.imakenews.com/ephilanthropy/e_article000255460.cfm?x=a2Pm715,aGJP6pQ
The Illinois Arts Council's Youth Employment in the Arts Program (YEA) supports Illinois not-for-profit organizations to provide arts related employment opportunities for high school students. Full details on application and deadline changes, a full program description, guidelines, and application are available at the IAC website: www.state.il.us/agency/iac.
This summer, the Illinois Arts Alliance/Foundation will be traveling throughout the state, visiting Local Arts Agencies and meeting with community leaders at a number of Cultural Roundtables. The purpose of these informal gatherings is to learn more about the arts throughout Illinois and how the Arts Alliance can best serve the needs of local arts leaders, and to create an opportunity for IAAF staff to get to know you (and vice versa). We’d love to visit your community. If you’re interested in hosting a Cultural Roundtable meeting, or just want more information, contact Lisa May Simpson at 312.855.3105 X15 or simpson@artsalliance.org.
Join us for the Illinois Arts Alliance/Foundation Annual Meeting featuring keynote speaker Jonathan F. Fanton, President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Mr. Fanton will discuss the MacArthur Foundation's broad committment to artistic and cultural expression and the essential role the arts play in raising our awareness of intolerance and injustice while helping each of us imagine a more humane world at peace.
Tuesday, July 20, 2004. Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago. Members' Reception at 4:30 p.m., program begins at 5:00 p.m. RSVP today! Call 312.855.3105 x10 or email smith@artsalliance.org.
June 813, 2004 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
http://www.performingartsconvention.org/
Community Technology Centers’ Network (CTCNet) will hold its 13th Annual Conference, "Building Connected Communities: The Power of People & Technology." June 11-13 in Seattle, Washington.
http://www2.ctcnet.org/conf/2004/
The Arts Education Partnership will host its next forum in Washington, DC, on June 18-19, 2004, at the National Education Association. http://www.culturalcommons.org/eventdetail.cfm?ID=878
Americans for the Arts and National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, Washington, D.C, July 17-19, 2004. http://www.participateweb.org/
Boardsource Leadership Forum: Challenging Board Practices, J.W. Marriott Hotel Washington, D.C., November 14 -15, 2004. http://www.boardsource.org/landingpage.asp?ID=55
Deborah Linnell explores the many issues surrounding founders. What makes founders of nonprofit organizations some of our greatest leaders? And what also makes them the demon in many nonprofits' most turbulent and dramatic chapters? Why are founders so often our greatest inspiration, while so susceptible to an Icarus complex--sometimes even bringing down an entire organization with them?
www.nonprofitquarterly.org/section/490.html
A new report from The Center for Effective Philanthropy draws on a survey of thousands of grantees of 30 large private and community foundations. http://www.pnnonline.org/article.php?sid=5164&mode=thread&order=0
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May 31, 2004 - Volume 4, Number 6
