Funding Research

May 31, 2008 by admin

2007, 70 pages. The Foundation Center, 79 5th Ave, NY, NY, 10003, (800) 424-9836, www.foundationcenter.org

May 31, 2008 by admin

A discussion of “The Grasshopper or the Ant: A Review of Endowment Giving Policy Options,” a paper by Russell Willis Taylor that challenges assumptions, examines costs and benefits of raising and managing an endowment, and considers the capacity and expertise needed to do it well.

Russell Willis Taylor, National Arts Strategies (presenter, moderator); Ben Cameron, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Gene Lesser, Hans G. and Thordis W. Burkhardt Foundation; Gayle Morgan, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust (interlocutors).

General Operating Support

May 31, 2008 by admin

2007, 44 pages. Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, 1413 K Street, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 898-0318, www.geofunders.org

May 31, 2008 by admin

Is a trend developing that favors drawing foundation leaders from the for-profit sector rather than from philanthropy or the nonprofit sector? If so, does it change senior grantmaking staff's challenges and opportunities? Would a more corporate view of private philanthropy affect how foundations view the arts?

May 31, 2008 by admin

2007, 39 pages. TAG, Council on Foundations, 2121 Crystal Drive, Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22202, (800) 673-9036, www.cof.org

Evaluation. Good to Great.

May 31, 2008 by admin

When assessing the results of the work of arts organizations, do we measure the right things? Can we measure whether the art itself is good? This continues a dialogue that began in GIA Reader, Vol. 17, No. 3.

Bruce Sievers, Skirball Foundation; Diane Ragsdale, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (co-presenters, moderators); Suzanne Callahan, Dance USA (interlocutor).

Imagining The [Un]thinkable

May 31, 2008 by admin

2007, 29 pages. The Media Justice Fund of the Funding Exchange, 666 Broadway Suite 500, NY, NY 10012, (212) 529-5300, www.fex.org/mjf

May 31, 2008 by admin

A conversation between essayist John Rockwell and Linda Breneman (Breneman Jaech Foundation) about cultural patronage today, from the perspectives of a journalist and an individual donor. Funders with varying relationships to living patrons, donors' estates, and philanthropic institutions chime in on how risky, enduring art is—or might be—supported.

More Giving Together

May 31, 2008 by admin

1007, 36 pages. The Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, 1111 19th Street NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 467-1120, www.givingforum.org

Plugging-in the Public Interest

May 31, 2008 by admin

This article was originally printed in Ford Reports, No. 2, 2007. Reprinted by permission.