Posted on July 27th, 2011 by Advance the Arts Admin
Growing visibility for the California Community Foundation For more than 20 years, California Community Foundation has been an agent for the arts in multiple dimensions across Los Angeles County. This spring, staff realized the time had come to pull the strands of activity together and allow a holistic look at the leadership this organization is [...]
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Posted on March 10th, 2011 by Advance the Arts Admin
Placer Community Foundation receives $1 million for arts Two things might be essential for younger or smaller community foundations that seek to attract the attention—and the resources—of major arts donors. One is a visible commitment to arts and culture. The other is the courage to dream big. These are the takeaways from a homegrown arts [...]
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Posted on January 10th, 2011 by Advance the Arts Admin
ArtPrize supports culture, education and economics in Grand Rapids One “little art experiment” has turned into a prime example of how philanthropy and arts can have seemingly limitless positive effects on a community – drawing praise from school children and senior citizens, from business and government leaders, and from individual artists as well as major [...]
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Posted on December 9th, 2010 by Advance the Arts Admin
A study by the East Bay Community Foundation and The San Francisco Foundation chronicles how artists and small- to mid-size arts groups, typically led by artists, found creative ways to involve new donors to support new work. It also uncovers these donors’ motivations to give. Its lessons can help community foundations everywhere advance strategies supporting the success of artists and artist-driven organizations.
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Posted on November 17th, 2010 by Advance the Arts Admin
A Capitol event: connecting with elected officials California’s nonprofit arts organizations add $5.4 billion to the state’s economy annually, creating more than 160,000 jobs and generating nearly $300 million in state and local taxes. This message that arts are part of the solution—and part of the creative economy— set the stage for a spring legislative [...]
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Posted on November 9th, 2010 by Advance the Arts Admin
A mayor can make a world of difference San Francisco Mayor Christopher’s action to enact a hotel tax to support the arts nearly 50 years ago is mirrored in Sacramento today via Mayor Kevin Johnson. Motivated by his life-long respect for the arts, and inspired by a community foundation event featuring Michael Kaiser, president of [...]
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Posted on January 20th, 2010 by Advance the Arts Admin
Five ways CAA-funded community foundations grew arts funds in the worst year since the Depression Most nonprofit fundraisers are glad to see the calendar turn to 2010—personal donations in 2009 declined while social needs skyrocketed. During this tumultuous time, the arts giving landscape might have been bleak, but it was far from barren.
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Posted on October 12th, 2009 by Advance the Arts Admin
Probing questions, proven techniques, and a simple process What makes arts donors tick? How can we connect with these givers? These questions are top of mind for all who aim to increase donor support for community arts. Recently, a group of California community foundations turned to research guru Alan Brown to help deepen their understanding [...]
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Posted on August 10th, 2009 by Advance the Arts Admin
An Evening of Song & Poetry Community Foundation Sonoma County What can a community do when economic recession threatens local arts organizations and makes donors cautious about their giving? In Sonoma County, these scary circumstances led to a strategy for showcasing local arts—while helping donors reconnect to their passion for creativity in community.
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Posted on February 4th, 2009 by Advance the Arts Admin
A private foundation states its case The economy is at a 40-year low. Safety net issues are on the rise at an alarming rate. So why sustain a commitment to the arts? Jim Canales, president and CEO of The James Irvine Foundation, answers this question in the following op-ed appearing in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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