A year ago the James Irvine Foundation announced a dramatic new strategy for arts grantmaking. And yesterday the first crop of grants under this strategy was announced.
Grantmakers in the Arts
Diane Ravitch responds, on her blog, to a piece in Education Week that asserts that multiple-choice standardized tests are sufficient to assess arts education:
Commentary on an approach to funding innovation by Nina Stack, President, Council of New Jersey Grantmakers, on the Dodge Blog.
From Dan Duray at GalleristNY:
From Geri Stengel at The Huffington Post:
According to the consulting firm FSG, there has been resounding agreement on the basic premise of the ideas behind collective impact: that no organization acting alone can solve large-scale issues. Collective impact is more than just collaboration. It is a rigorous approach with five conditions that, together, are a lever for deep and lasting social change. FSG created a series of three short videos, which describe the idea of collective impact and show two examples of collective impact in action: The Elizabeth River Project, and The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).
From Nicholas Ferroni at The Huffington Post:
The Board of Trustees of Indiana University has approved a plan to establish the nation’s first School of Philanthropy. The degree will carry the same weight as a degree from one of the university’s other schools, such as liberal arts. The School of Philanthropy will combine under one umbrella academic and research on the philanthropic sector. The research arm will be the Center on Philanthropy (CoP), which was established in 1987 and has been the university’s hub for philanthropic studies.