Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
Communities Advancing the Arts, Phase 2
Invest in what works. So goes the saying—as well as The James Irvine Foundation’s interest in advancing community arts. Irvine announced nearly $3.2 million in new grants to a group of California community foundations. It’s the second phase of Communities Advancing the Arts, an initiative that placed $4.75 million in [...]
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
Orange County Cultural Indicators Report
Who knew? A surprising 64 percent of residents say that they or their family members create or participate in arts. It’s a fact that shows the value of research, and it came from the Orange County Cultural Indicators Report, this community’s first-ever study of arts giving and donor perceptions. The study [...]
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
Creative Monterey County
While lots of communities want to build a creative economy, too few are able to pull everyone together around a plan. Not so in Monterey County, where collaboration, research and dialogue led to a countywide blueprint for collective action. The process was led by the Community Foundation for Monterey County in tandem with [...]
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
East Bay Matching Commissions Program
Community foundations take heart: new donors are out there! They may just be waiting to be asked. A pilot program challenged arts nonprofits in and around Oakland to attract individual donors. And it worked, bringing in more than 800 new givers. The idea came from the East Bay Community Foundation, and [...]
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
Arts and Economic Prosperity III
A new study helps answer the old question: What do arts bring to communities? It documents the economic impact of the nonprofit arts and culture industry, and covers 156 communities and regions representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The study was conducted by Americans for the Arts. It [...]
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
Arts Council for Monterey County
Less public support for arts is the trend in many communities. Monterey County has reversed the pattern. Here is a happy story of increased commitment to arts by a local government, and of collaboration between a community foundation and arts council to make it happen. It begins in the context [...]
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
Sonoma County Emerging Artists Fund
Raising permanent funds for arts and helping local artists launch careers are two challenges faced by many communities. Both led to one solution in Sonoma County: an Emerging Artists Fund. It connects the power of endowment giving to the value of providing early support to artists. And it has real [...]
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
pARTicipate San Diego
San Diego has lots of arts and culture. But no one really knew how much the community cared about this arena… until the community foundation took a look. This research project studied who in the community is involved (or not) in the arts. It measured commitment to arts. And it examined the state [...]
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
Orange County Community Foundation
“I am raising my son differently because of our work in the arts.” Shelley Hoss, President of the Orange County Community Foundation, is taking her organization’s newfound role in the arts personally. The story begins in the mid-1990s, when Shelley’s team recognized that arts represented “a gap in both our knowledge base [...]
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
Community Foundation Sonoma County
“The arts are common ground for community, a meeting ground,” says Melissa Kester, Arts Development Officer for Community Foundation Sonoma County. “It’s about expressing different points of view, understanding things in new ways, and coming together around shared experiences.” This insight opens a window for viewing the foundation’s partnership with its local [...]
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