Grantmakers in the Arts

June 14, 2011 by Steve

A list of resources to help arts managers with technology planning, software comparison, trends analysis, best practices, and more. From David Dombrosky at The Center for Arts Management and Technology.

June 13, 2011 by Steve

The Chronicle of Philanthropy is hosting a live discussion tomorrow (Tuesday, June 14) at noon Eastern time (9am Pacific). The Ins and Outs of Strategic Collaboration is the first of a three-part series with the Nonprofit Finance Fund.

June 13, 2011 by Steve

The Center for Arts Management and Technology at Carnegie Mellon today revisits the idea of dynamic pricing for Arts presenters:

June 13, 2011 by Abigail

Overheard this morning on my way to work, a story about Governor Brownback's defunding of the Kansas Arts Commission and a variety of perspectives on public (and private) arts funding. Listen here.

June 12, 2011 by Steve

From Lisa Chiu at The Chronicle of Philanthropy:

June 10, 2011 by Abigail

On ARTSblog, Randy Cohen provides brief commentary and an Americans for the Arts estimate on the number of national arts organizations to lose their tax-exempt status. Lists of organizations (arts and all others) by state are available here.

June 9, 2011 by Steve

An interesting post from Venkatesh Rao on his blog Ribbonfarm.com explores the 400+ year history of the corporation. And he declares the “age of the corporation is coming to an end” at the outset. His mental model of the human world is visualized here. Of it he says:

Culture is the most mysterious, illegible and powerful force. It includes such tricky things as race, language and religion. Business, like gravity in physics, is the weakest and most legible
June 9, 2011 by Steve

Information from Foundations Center's Glass Pockets project: