GIA Blog

(4-11-2011) Please join us tomorrow, April 12, at 2:00 EST/11:00 PST for Why Do Balance Sheets Matter?, a web-based presentation by Rodney Christopher of the Nonprofit Finance Fund.

All GIA Web Conference Series webinars are free to GIA member staffs and boards. Online Registration is available through tomorrow morning.

(4-11-2011) Proposals for 2011 GIA conference sessions will be accepted through this Thursday, April 14. The conference will be in San Francisco from October 9 to 12. Embracing the Velocity of Change is the conference title and theme, and content at the intersections of art, technology, and social change will be featured.

(4-11-2011) The Enviromental Grantmakers Association and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the Ford Foundation, and the United Nations Foundation would like to invite you to a Funders’ Roundtable on Rio + 20 on April 20th, 2011 from 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., at the United Nations Headquarters in New York (address and room number will be communicated closer to the day).

(4-10-2011) Seattle mourns Melisssa Hines. For the past seven years, Melissa directed the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs’ funding programs and led our arts education initiative. Previously, she dedicated 23 years of her career to The Empty Space Theatre.

(4-8-2011) In April, the photo banner at the top of the website features a rotating series of performance and artwork photographs provided by Houston Arts Alliance, a GIA member. The photographs document a series of projects funded via the Houston Arts Alliance's grantmaking program. Many thanks to the Alliance for sharing these striking images with the GIA membership.

(4-7-2011) Allison Fine hosts an informative brief podcast with Lucy Bernholz (Blueprint Research and Design, and Philanthropy 2173 blog) and Joel Fleishman (co-author of Give Smart: Philanthropy that Gets Results) on the Chronicle of Philanthropy today.

(4-6-2011) Cultural Policy Update (CPU) is an international e-journal reflecting on recent development in cultural policies. CPU aims to stir up the worldwide debate about changes in art support systems due to globalization, economic crises, new market opportunities et cetera. It serves as a platform for new points of view and arguments. CPU contains essential reading for cultural policy makers, researchers, students, art lovers, cultural workers and professionals with an interest in arts and culture.

(4-5-2011) May 4, 2011, Philanthropy New York. Attend Seventh Generation Leading: Making the Case for Native Youth Leadership for an overview of the Native youth leadership and organizing landscape. Information about what Native youth are doing to reshape their communities and their lessons learned will be shared.

As the Supreme Court's decision in January 2010 on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission continues to transform our democratic landscape, media makers and advocates are collaborating in dynamic new ways to spotlight the challenges associated with these trends and to catalyze new strategies and solutions. Join FCCP on Wednesday, April 6th for a closer look at these developments and a discussion about opportunities for funders to help advance innovation in these extraordinary times.

(4-3-2001) An OpEd in Sunday's Louisville Courier Journal by Judi Jennings, GIA board member and executive director of the Kentucky Foundation for Women.