Non-profit management

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   Forum on Equity in Arts Funding (1.6 Mb)

20 pages, March 2012. The Wallace Foundation, 5 Penn Plaza, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10001, (212) 251-9700, www.wallacefoundation.org.

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February 2012, 31 pages. The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, 505 5th Avenue South, Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98104, www.pgafoundations.com.

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In recent years the United States has developed into an increasingly pronounced class society. We see it in the growing inequality of income and wealth; we witness it in the expansion of corporate power and influence at a time when blue-collar job status is on the decline; and we view it in the daily depiction of our lives on our television screens.

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   Fusing Arts, Culture and Social Change (3.6Mb)

2011, 34 pages. Alliance for Justice, 11 Dupont Circle NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC, 20036, (202) 822-6070, http://www.afj.org.

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2011, 37 pages. Center for Cultural Innovation, 870 Market Street, Suite 574, San Francisco, California, 94102, (877) 482-0530, www.cciarts.org.

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2011, 20 pages. The Meyer Foundation, 1250 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC, 20036, (202) 483-8294, meyer@meyerfdn.org

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   Daring to Lead 2011 (5.8Mb)

In June 2011, Nonprofit Finance Fund published a new series on the need for and uses of capital in the arts.

Arts nonprofits working with youth are often asked, “What impact does your program have on the youth you serve?” They respond that youth keep coming. They bring friends. They’re proud of what they create. Some even make careers in the arts. But how often can youth-serving arts organizations really make the case that it was their program that made a difference in life outcomes of their youth? Can a case be made on more than attendance figures and anecdotes? Since 2008, the Boston Youth Arts Evaluation Project (BYAEP) has been working on these very questions.