Arts - RE:Philanthropy

Through NewBridge, the Cleveland Foundation Helps Change Lives and Forge Connections

In: Arts| Media and Technology| My Giving Story| Philanthropy

19 Dec 2012

Cities like Cleveland typically have rich assets in their “eds and meds”: top-tier academic and medical institutions that draw people from around the world. In NewBridge Cleveland Center for Arts & Technology, we at the Cleveland Foundation and our partners have created a dynamic resource that plays in both sectors, opening young minds to the [...]

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Arts Programming a Welcome—and Beautiful—Addition to Annual Conference

In: 2012 Annual Conference| Arts| Philanthropy

1 May 2012

At the end of the morning discussion about the power of celebrities in support of causes they care about on day two of the conference, we got a beautiful surprise: the high, sweet, and brilliant tones of Robert Vijay Gupta’s violin reverberating throughout the ballroom. When he concluded his piece as part of the conference’s [...]

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The L.A. Narrative

In: 2012 Annual Conference| Arts| Community Revitalization| Partnerships and Collaborations| Place

16 Mar 2012

“Los Angeles: America, Only Sooner”
John Deasy, our dynamic new superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), recently used that phrase to describe Los Angeles at a recent convening of funders.
It is true that because of our size, diversity, and global leadership position that issues bubbling up in California often foreshadow what’s next for the [...]

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Los Angeles: Where Philanthropy and Culture Meet

In: 2012 Annual Conference| Arts| Community Foundations

14 Mar 2012

From April 29-May 2, Los Angeles will play host to the 2012 Council on Foundations Annual Conference. As a member of the planning task force and the foundation community of L.A., I want to extend a special invitation to community foundations to participate.
Jim Canales, president of the James Irvine Foundation, is conference chair and has [...]

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It’s About the ROCI: Return on Conference Investment

In: 2012 Family Philanthropy Conference| Arts| Family Philanthropy| Global Philanthropy| Social Media

15 Feb 2012

I used to question the value of conferences. They are expensive when you add up the flights, hotels, meals – Isn’t that money better spent on programmatic work that directly serves our grantees? As foundations we rightly and continually scrutinize our administrative expenses. We owe that to our donors and grantees.
Over [...]

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Making Philanthropy Hip (Hop)

In: Arts| Philanthropy| Place

3 Nov 2011

Let’s play the word association game. When I say “hip-hop,” what are the first things that come to mind? Ready? Go.
Did you envision bands of guys in low-slung pants spitting rhymes through diamond-encrusted teeth? Did visions of dangling chains, dazzling cars, and armfuls of gaudy tattoos come to mind? Certainly they’re all part of the [...]

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The Cultural Data Project: An Effective Tool for Arts Funders

In: Arts| Nonprofits

27 Sep 2011

All funders want reliable data from their applicants so they can make informed decisions about their investments. In the arts and cultural world, foundations in 11 states are using an effective system to do just that: the Cultural Data Project (CDP) operated by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Although the CDP is less than a decade old, [...]