Non-profit management

November 12, 2009 by Steve

Native America at the new Millennium is a Ford Foundation-funded collaboration by the Harvard Project, Native Nations Institute, and First Nations Development Institute that serves as a primer on contemporary American Indian affairs. NANM addresses topics as wide-ranging as tribal government, non-profit organizations, political activism, economic development, housing, welfare, health, arts, and media.

November 12, 2009 by Steve

Editor Dennis R. Young offers practical guidelines to help nonprofit managers maximize the effectiveness of their valuable resources. Nonprofit leaders must advance their mission while balancing the agendas of trustees, funders, government, and staff. Here, expert authors explore the core operating decisions that face all organizations and provide solutions that work for nonprofits of any size.

Investing in Capacity Building

November 12, 2009 by Steve

Investing in Capacity Building: A Guide to High-Impact Approaches Improving management practicesthe most challenging aspect of capacity buildingis 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.

Philanthropy's Challenge

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.

Gourd Girls, by Priscilla Wilson

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

Gourd Girls
Priscilla Wilson
2005, 220 pages
Mt. Yonah Press, Sautee, Georgia

A New Conversation about Culture

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

Bill Ivey chaired the National Endowment for the Arts from 1998 through 2001, directed the Country Music Foundation from 1971 to 1998, and was twice elected chairman of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. He presently serves as founding director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University.

Puget Sound Funders Act Together

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

Historical data do not mean anything in this situation. There is no blueprint and there is no network. We are doing the best we can with a combination of hard facts and intuition. Every line item is up for grabs; every $1,000 is material. How we feel about it all depends on which newspaper we read that morning.

Managing Director, large performing arts group

Introduction

All America's a Stage

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

2008, 8 pages. National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., 20506, 202-682-5400, www.nea.gov

http://www.nea.gov/research/TheaterBrochure12-08.pdf

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

2008, 24 pages. The Wallace Foundation, 5 Penn Plaza, 7th floor, New York, NY, 10001, 212-251-9700, www.wallacefoundation.org

http://www.wallacefoundation.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/
WF/Knowledge Center/Attachments/PDF/arts-for-
all-connecting-to-new-audiences.pdf

The Search for Social Entrepreneurship