501(c)(3) non profit grantmaker

“What are we doing to cultivate new generations of arts activists—artists, arts managers and arts philanthropers?” This question—often asked and long massaged—has an equal number of answers to the individuals attempting to answer it. Under the broader umbrella of inspiring young people to make a difference—through the arts or otherwise—Do Something is an organization that is effectively answering that question with meaningful action.

2008, 32 pages. Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues, 116 East 16th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10003, (212) 475-2930, www.lgbtfunders.org

http://www.lgbtfunders.org/files/FLGI%20LGBTQ_POCRprt-F.pdf

Between 2006 and 2008, the Social Impact of the Arts Project, a research group at the University of Pennsylvania (SIAP), collaborated with The Reinvestment Fund (TRF), a community development financial institution, on an investigation of the creative sector's potential contribution to neighborhood economic and community development.

2006, 196 pages. Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, (609) 258-4900, press.princeton.edu

2007, 29 pages. Creative Trust, 215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 129, Toronto, ON, M5T 2C7, (416) 506-9047, www.creativetrust.ca

http://www.creativetrust.ca/download/CT_Evaluation_Report_Year3.pdf

2007, 235 pages. National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, 520 8th Avenue, Suite 302, New York NY, 10018, (212) 268-3337, www.nationalguild.org

2008, 100 pages. Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305,
(650) 723-2146, www.gsb.stanford.edu

www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/packages/pdf/Flanagan.pdf

2005, 11 pages. TCC Group, 31 West 27th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10001, (212) 949-0990

http://www.tccgrp.com/pdfs/per_brief_impact.pdf

2008, 319 pages. Published by The Penguin Press, 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014

2008, 8 pages. The Urban Institute, 2100 M Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20037,
(202) 833-7200, www.urban.org

http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411664_facts_and_figures.pdf