From David Montgomery for the Washington Post:
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From Mike Boehm for the Los Angeles Times:
GuideStar's Philanthropedia convened a group of San Francisco Bay Area Arts & Culture experts to produce a list of outstanding nonprofit organizations. The curators are listed along with the methodology of their research.
From Bradford K. Smith, president of the Foundation Center, for PhilanTopic:
From Anne Stanton, Chair, Grantmakers for Education:
I am writing to inform you of a leadership transition at Grantmakers for Education. Chris Tebben has announced her departure from GFE, effective mid-March 2013, in order to seek opportunities that will offer her a greater balance between personal and professional obligations.
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From Nick Rabkin writing for Huffington Post:
Nonprofit Fianance Fund CEO Antony Bugg-Levine writes for Stanford Social Innovation Review on a new framework for Impact Investing:
But the ultimate contribution of impact investing, and similar innovations, will not come in the form of interesting investments or channeling grant money more efficiently. Instead, it will come by addressing two fundamental challenges of our moment: How will developed countries sustain a safety net in the wake of macroeconomic and demographic pressures? And how will developing countries ensure that economic growth is more equitably shared?
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman confirmed his plans to step down at the end of the calendar year. “My intention has always been to serve one term, and we have been able to accomplish more than I had ever thought possible: sparking a national movement around creative placemaking, forging significant relationships with other federal agencies, creating an unprecedented healing arts partnership with the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and increasing both the scope and impact of our research office.” NEA Senior Deputy Chairman Joan Shigekawa will serve as the acting head of the agency until a permanent successor is confirmed.
The Arts & Democracy Project will host a national conference call on Wednesday, November 28, 3:00pm EST / Noon PST. You are invited to join the conference call if you have a project to share, are looking to connect with other projects, or just want to learn about creative responses to Superstorm Sandy and other disasters. If you would like to present a project on the call, please email rsvp@artsanddemocracy.org by Friday, November 23. Go here to register to attend the call.