Grantmakers in the Arts

The James Irvine Foundation has released details of a revamped strategy for the foundations arts funding:

Flat Earth Direct, an Australia-based agency focused on fundraising and social action, will host a free webinar on Tuesday, July 19 titled Online fundraising is dead… but online prospecting is alive and well. Presenters are Eric Rardin, Director of nonprofit services at Care2.com, and Jonathon Grapsas is the founder and director at Flat Earth Direct.

ArtsReady, a project of SouthArts, is a collaborative and interactive website with emergency preparedness tools to protect artists and their artwork from floods, tornadoes, and other calamities. Users have access a shared calendar, discussion forums, member profiles, photo gallery, file storage, etc. Check it out at http://artsready.groupsite.com.

Here's a sweet project by Artivention.

Paul Brest, president of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, is the current guest blogger on the GIA Talk Back blog, a forum designed for member remarks and repartee. His post on general operating support begins:

In 2004, I worked with Independent Sector to draft a statement, unanimously endorsed by its Board of Directors, that called on funders (1) to opt for general operating support when the goals of the two organizations are “substantially aligned,” and (2) to pay their fair share of administrative and fundraising costs for projects.

At the 173rd meeting of the National Council on the Arts today (which can be viewed here), NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman will announce the 18 artists who are receiving lifetime honorific awards for their significant contributions to their respective fields of jazz, folk and traditional arts, or opera. The NEA is awarding $450,000 to this group of remarkable artists, recognizing both their artistic achievements and supporting their ongoing work as performers, crafts people, teachers, mentors, scholars, and/or advocates.

From The Wall Street Journal:

Last week I had the privilege to speak about our National Capitalization Project at two very vibrant, national conferences. I was fortunate to present with GIA members Janet Sarbaugh, the Heinz Endowments at Chorus America in San Francisco and Ben Cameron, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, at TCG in Los Angeles.