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Implementation or the Lack Thereof

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Arts Management, Implementation Plan, Institutional Marketing, Boards, Donors, Arts, Planning, Marketing, Fundraising, Culture News
Michael Kaiser

I know asking for money can be uncomfortable; I know looking for board members or planning an institutional marketing effort can be time-consuming and challenging. But unless one acts on a board development, marketing or fundraising plan, the effort to develop it is wasted.

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Elect Your Local Arts Manager!

Michael Kaiser | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Government, Arts Management, Arts Manager, Donors, Arts, For-Profit, Not-for-Profit, Non Profit Leadership, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

It has struck me recently that people who ascend to high government positions -- as mayors, governors or even presidents -- could do worse than to learn from arts leaders and other not-for-profit executives about creating loyal families of supporters.

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Dan Froomkin

RUNNING SCARED? IRS Could Make Political Groups Pay Dearly for Keeping Donors Secret -- And Out Them

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Super Pac, Video, Irs, Donors, Irs-Tea-Party, Political Groups, Elections-2012, 501c4, Non-Disclosure, Priorities USA, Tea Party, Crossroads GPS, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- For years, the IRS has done little or nothing to check the rise of overtly political groups that claim a special tax-exempt status in or...

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Board Members Need Training, Too

Michael Kaiser | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Arts Management, Symphony, Orchestras, Boards, Donors, Arts, Marketing, Fundraising, Kennedy Center, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

Those arts patrons, corporations and foundations that care passionately about the future of the arts in America must encourage members of arts boards to seek the training they need and must invest in the training programs required.

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One AIDS March That Should End

Joe Amon | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Foreign Aid, Drugs, Vietnam, Human Rights, Forced Labor, Detention, Human Rights Watch, Health, Donors, World News
Joe Amon

Something is seriously rotten when "education" centers operating as forced labor camps organize AIDS marches under slogans calling for an end to prejudice against people living with HIV.

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Obama Has Dinner With Donors At Arlington's Liberty Tavern

AP | By DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Video, Liberty Tavern, Donors, Arlington, Obama, Juanita Martinez, Arlington County, Wendi Smith, Barack Obama, Ken Knight, DC News

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Two retirees, a U.S. Postal Service worker and a business owner from politically important Midwestern and Southwestern states, all d...

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The Dream: Diversity in the Arts

Michael Kaiser | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Dance Theatre of Harlem, Racial Equality, Arts Programming, Donors, Martin Luther King Jr., Arts, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Fundraising, Diversity, Arthur Mitchell, Foundations, Kennedy Center, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

Why, given so much social progress, have we failed to produce more leading arts organizations of color? I think there are two different answers.

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Philanthropy and Economic Development Boosted by Global Irish Tribe

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Global Irish Economic Forum, Business Leaders, Donors, Irish Economy, Jobs, Business, Smarter Ideas, Renewal, Dublin Castle, Diaspora, Impact News
Reporters Uncensored

By Maura Kelly President Bill Clinton gave the keynote address at the second Global Irish Economic Forum in Dublin Castle Oct. 8. The Forum is an Ir...

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The New Season

Michael Kaiser | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Performing Arts, Arts Management, Arts, Artists, Arts Volunteers, Boards, Donors, Kennedy Center, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

While very public debates about the value of arts funding rage in statehouses across America, we must remember that our communities need the arts now more than ever.

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Fundraising Is Not About Being Charming to Rich People

Michael Kaiser | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Arts Management, Institutional Marketing, Donors, Arts, Development, Fundraising, Arts Boards, Planned-Giving, Kennedy Center, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

Many board members, especially, think of a fundraiser as an alchemist, turning nice lunches into gold. While this lack of understanding provides job security for the fundraiser, both skilled and unskilled, it is terribly dangerous for our field.

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Endowments Are Not Safety Valves

Michael Kaiser | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Arts Management, Arts, Deficit, Endowments, Fundraising, Donors, Kennedy Center, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

The notion that an endowment is an insurance policy is simply not appropriate. Boards can create designated funds that serve as safety valves, but this is not the same as endowment that is meant to be a permanent source of funding.

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The Horn of Africa: Relearning Crucial Development Lessons

Stephen P. Groff | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: International Development, Climate Change, Famine, Humanitarian Aid, Horn of Africa, Emergency Preparedness, Donors, World News
Stephen P. Groff

Today, as we scramble to relieve the desperate situation in the Horn, we must make sure we don't look at this merely as an interruption in business as usual.

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Consequences

Michael Kaiser | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Arts Management, Arts, Philanthropy, Mission Statement, Fundraising, Donors, Kennedy Center, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

One of the joys of working in the not-for-profit sector is that one is engaged in supporting a mission that is meaningful and motivational.

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Churches Prefer Charity To Justice

Marilyn Sewell | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Ministers, Politics, Hunger, Church, Poverty, Middle-Class, Charity, Jesus, Donors, Volunteers, Justice, Religion News
Marilyn Sewell

The problems that people face in a country like ours, in which there is such a wide disparity of wealth, cannot be addressed comprehensively by charities, no matter how many people of good will donate or volunteer.

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The Importance of Small Arts Organizations

Michael Kaiser | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Arts Management, Philanthropy, Donors, Arts, Ticket Revenue, Mission Statement, Fundraising, Corporate Donors, Kennedy Center, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

Smaller arts organizations are typically those which serve unique segments of our communities. Many of our nation's greatest artists were first exposed to the arts through these more specialized arts organizations.

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In Praise of Foundations

Michael Kaiser | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Arts Management, Philanthropy, Donors, Grants, Arts, Donations, Fundraising, Kennedy Center, Foundations, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

Foundations occupy a vital place in the world of philanthropy. Unlike most corporate donors, foundations are not looking primarily for visibility.

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Philanthropists of Tomorrow Start With the Work We Do With Our Kids Today

Jim Gibbons | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Donation, Goodwill Industries, Giving Back, Donors, Charitable Giving, Goodwill, Goodwill Industries International, Clothing Drive, Back-to-School, Family Circle, Jim Gibbons, Lee Slattery, Impact News
Jim Gibbons

From toddler through teenager, encouraging regular charitable giving is a great way to instill awareness of a greater good. Kids get tremendous satisfaction in being able to say they helped someone.

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Will Politicians Listen to Pastors?

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Sinners and Saints, Sojourners, Neighbor, Children, Media, Civil Rights Activists, Campaign, Perspective, National Politics, Deficit Reduction, Pastors, Economic, Civil Rights, Church Members, Vineyard Church of Columbus, Hope, Constituents, Serving, Donors, Summer, Electoral Gains, Christian Leaders, Faith, Congregations, Christians, Love Your Neighbor, Politicians, Politics, Sinner, Budget Debate, Constituent, Congress, Poll Ratings, Civil Rights Activist, Political Leaders, Rediscovering Values, Budget Impasse, Pollsters, Sojourner, Principle, Bible, Poor Families, Israel, Political Leader, Christian, Women's Voices, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Our country is in the midst of a clash between two competing moral visions, between those who believe in the common good, and those who believe individual good is the only good. It's time our leaders in Washington listen to someone other then themselves.

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Donors Make 'Atlas Shrugged' Required Reading And Other Gifts With Strings Attached

Bloomberg | Seth Lubove and Oliver Staley | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: College-Donors, Donations, Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, Donors, College News

Some 60 schools, including at least four campuses of the University of North Carolina, began teaching Rand's book after getting the foundation money. ...

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Look out! Here Comes The Mom Bandwagon

Jamie Bechtel | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Transparency, Women, Philanthropy, New Course, Mother's Day, Vital Voices, Donors, Heifer International, Women's Earth Alliance, Jamie Bechtel, Fundraising, Manup, International Development, Accountability, Impact News
Jamie Bechtel

If the difference you want to make is to improve the lives of women and the communities they support, then make sure you are getting the real deal.

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Donation Deficiency: Big Charity Giving At 10-Year Low

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Renee Luskin, T. Boone Pickens, Denny Sanford, George Soros, Joan K. Jacobs, Michael Bloomberg, Frances Lasker Brody, Marc R. Lynne Benioff, Edythe Broad, Philanthropy, Donation, Philanthropists, Donors, Slidepollajax, Mark Zuckerberg, Irwin M. Jacobs, Leonard Blavatnik, Meyer Luzkin, Eli Broad, Impact News

When the economy was said to be poised for recovery at the beginning of 2010, there were rumblings as to whether philanthropy would follow suit. Well,...

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17-Year-Old Track Star Fighting for Her Life

Ahtyana Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aplastic Anemia, Transplant, Donation, Blood Cancer, Dkms, Donors, Impact News
Ahtyana Johnson

In September, my life changed forever. I was diagnosed with aplastic anemia. Within the past two months, everything is different. The 5 a.m. training days I once dreaded, I would now gladly welcome.

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Five Truths Your Newly Elected Rep Won't Tell You

Tom Shachtman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Constituents, Afghanistan, Government Regulations, Economy, Tax Cut, Employment, Donors, Hypocrisy, Representative, Health Care, Election, Truth, Politics News
Tom Shachtman

Congratulations to the newly elected and re-elected, and to the ordinary citizens who voted for winning candidates. Now, while the glow is still warm...

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How to assist fragile countries challenged by weak governance

Nicholas van Praag | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Drc, Kabila, Conflict, Mining, World Bank, Donors, Aid, Security, Development, Aid Channels, Congo, World News
Nicholas van Praag

This post originally appeared on the World Bank's Conflict & Development Blog on October 28, 2010. The Democratic Republic of Congo is in the headlin...

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Rihanna, Others Boost DKMS To World's Top Bone Marrow Site

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Katharina Harf, DKMS America, Leukemia, Bone Marrow Transplant, Rihanna, Donors, Coty, Fundraiser, Impact News

Katharina Harf was just 13 years old when she found out that her mother, after surviving a bout with breast cancer, had acute leukemia and was in dire...

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