Over the course of seven years, Partners for Livable Communities collaborated with the Ford Foundation on an initiative known as Shifting Sands: Arts, Culture and Neighborhood Change. The core of this initiative was a collective of nine community-based arts and cultural institutions working to become more integrated with the community development issues in their immediate neighborhoods. This primer was designed for the arts organization that wishes to initiate programming focused on local health issues, or create partnerships with health groups in order to best meet the needs of the community. Best practices are included.
Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past, The Rebirth of the Asian Art Museum
In less than two years the Asian Art Museum has gone from being on the brink of bankruptcy to catapulting itself as prominent institution for contemporary Asian art. The presentation was made at the California Association of Museums’ annual conference to serve as an example for other institutions.
High Net Worth Philanthropy-2012
The 2012 Bank of America Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy examines the giving patterns, priorities, and attitudes of America’s wealthiest households for the year 2011. This study, the fourth in a series written and researched by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University in partnership with Bank of America (in particular, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management), builds on previous studies issued in 2006, 2008, and 2010.
Date Your Donors: Year-End Fundraising Essentials
Network for Good, an online platform for nonprofit donations (and a nonprofit itself), published a PDF guide with helpful suggestions on how to outreach for year-end donations and other fundraising. Free, but registration is required for the PDF report.
Volunteering and Civic Life in America 2012
Volunteering and civic engagement are the cornerstone of a strong nation. Citizens working together and talking to each other help solve problems and make their communities better places to live and work. The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) hosts the most comprehensive annual collection of information on Volunteering and Civic Life in America and partners with the National Conference on Citizenship to produce an annual report of our nation’s civic health.
The 2012 Volunteering and Civic Life in America www.volunteeringinamerica.gov website provides inclusive information allowing civic leaders, nonprofit organizations, and interested individuals to retrieve a wide range of information regarding demographic trends and rankings for volunteering and civic engagement activities in their regions, states, and metro areas. Data available through the website was collected through two supplements to the Current Population Survey to which thousands of Americans respond: the volunteer supplement and the civic supplement. This document highlights some of the key findings from the new data released in 2011.
No Child Left Behind: A Study of Its Impact on Art Education
This is a summary of selected findings from the National Art Education Foundation funded study of the Impact of No Child Left Behind on Art Education. Research topics the study addressed included the impact NCLB has had on the following areas: staffing, teaching loads, enrollments, funding, scheduling, curriculum, teaching and instruction, and assessment.
