GIA Blog

Expensive Cities are Killing Creativity
Posted on December 18, 2013 by Steve

Sarah Kendzior writes for Al Jazeera:

New York — and San Francisco, London, Paris and other cities where cost of living has skyrocketed — are no longer places where you go to be someone. They are places you live when you are born having arrived. They are, as journalist Simon Kuper puts it, “the vast gated communities where the one percent reproduces itself.”
Philanthropy: Imagination, Innovation, and Impact Summary from CPPP
Posted on December 17, 2013 by Steve

In January 2013, the Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy at the University of Southern California hosted its fifth National Leadership Forum, Philanthropy: Imagination, Innovation, and Impact. A new report is now available from the Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy that summarizes the proceedings of the forum.

New Study Reports on Survey of McKnight Fellows
Posted on December 17, 2013 by Steve

The McKnight Foundation has produced a report, What Artists Say, of findings from a survey of fellowship recipients and artists receiving McKnight funds regranted by the state’s 11 Regional Arts Councils (RACs) in 2011. The survey was conducted by the Center for the Study of Art & Community and was designed to give artists an opportunity to reflect on the environment, conditions, and motivations that affect their work.

Leadership Transitions in Washington
Posted on December 17, 2013 by Tommer

The Washington Post reports on leadership transitions at a number of Washington, D.C., arts institutions.

Funding Imbalances Continue In The Arts
Posted on December 11, 2013 by Steve

NCRP research and policy director Niki Jagpal posts to The NonProfit Times:

As I listened to a webinar hosted by Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) on its report Annual Research on Support for Arts and Culture, I was relatively unsurprised to hear from Steven Lawrence of the Foundation Center that their research found the largest share of arts grants went to the performing arts (36.8 percent) and museums (27.6 percent).
Deborah Rutter to become Kennedy Center’s third president
Posted on December 10, 2013 by Steve

From Katherine Boyle, reporting for The Washington Post:

Deborah F. Rutter, president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, will become the third president of the Kennedy Center in September. The center made the announcement at a press conference on Tuesday, after an 11-month national search for a new president to manage the country’s busiest performing arts center.
Privacy and a Warming Planet Influence Philanthropy’s 2013 Buzzwords
Posted on December 9, 2013 by Steve

Lucy Bernholz has the list of top-10 buzzwords from 2013 on The Chronicle of Philanthropy:

“Selfie” may be the Oxford English Dictionary’s choice for word of the year, but the nonprofit world is abuzz with other language that reveals what’s on the minds of people working to promote the common good. Here’s my list of the words that capture 2013 and beyond.

Read the full article.

Webinar to Discuss NCRP's Report Smashing Silos in Philanthropy
Posted on December 5, 2013 by Steve

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) will host a free webinar on Thrusday, December 19, 2pm EST, to discuss the report Smashing Silos in Philanthropy: Multi-Issue Advocacy And Organizing for Real Results, which was released last month. Presenters will be Niki Jagpal, Research and Policy Director, NCRP; Ai-jen Poo, Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance; and John Esterle, Executive Director, The Whitman Institute. You can get the report here and register for the webinar here.

USBEA and NEA Release Preliminary Report on Impact of Arts and Culture on the US Economy
Posted on December 5, 2013 by Tommer

Here's the link to the actual USBEA / NEA report.

Arts and Culture Contribute $500 Billion to the GDP
Posted on December 5, 2013 by Tommer

On Thursday, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the National Endowment for the Arts will release the first-ever estimates of the creative sector's contributions to U.S. gross domestic product based on 2011 data, the most recent figures available. GDP measures the nation's production of goods and services.