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Arts & Culture
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During the Downturn, America's Poor Helped Each Other More. The Rich Pitched in Less.
Since 2009, a rising economic tide has mainly lifted yachts. During the recovery, the gap between the rich and the poor has widened. Both in terms of incomes and wealth, the rich got richer. Meanwhile, the poor and middle class either saw their earnings and wealth stagnate or fall off.
And yet amidst all that, something odd happened. Even during the downturn and recovery, the poorest Americans upped their charitable giving. Meanwhile, the highest-income people gave less and less, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reported this week.
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Cross Collaboration for Tapping Into New Pools of Talent
According to Taproot Foundation, 92% of nonprofits across the nation say they do not have enough pro bono support. Of the 500+ companies who pledge to support pro bono volunteering through A Billion + Change, 14% are Fortune 500 companies.
If you take the need for pro bono volunteers and the pool of corporations who support pro bono volunteering, there are not enough volunteers. Furthermore, if you reduce the pool of potential volunteers to businesses who support the arts, the pool becomes a pond.
So how do you attract a different kind of pro bono talent to fill the pond? By forming cross-collaborations with other partners focused on skills-based volunteers and introducing those volunteers to the arts world.
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6 Tips for Noncash Donations
Amanda Keating, Fractured Atlas Blog
Noncash and in-kind donations are a great way for artists and arts organizations to curb costs and secure the materials needed to make their work happen. The process of obtaining noncash gifts can be a bit tricky to navigate, and while some aspects are quite similar to soliciting monetary donations, there are some challenges and quirks to keep in mind.
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12 Great Blog Topics for Artists
Do you blog about being an artist? It's a great way to produce new content for your art website, and draw in visitors. What to write about?
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Legal Compliance By Design
Brook Asiatico and Katari Buck, BoardSource
We've all seen the headlines. From mismanagement to insufficient oversight to criminal activity, nonprofit corporations are not immune from the very same compliance issues that affect for-profits. In some ways, nonprofits may be even more vulnerable to conditions that lead to noncompliance. Rightfully, the mission takes precedence, with governance sometimes taking a backseat. Therefore, the nonprofit board must ensure governance works in concert with, rather than as an impediment to, the organization's mission-driven activities.
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Train Stations Become Platform for Public Art
Jen Swan, Nonprofit Quarterly
What better way to introduce a community, residents and travelers alike, to public art than through the public transportation system? That is exactly what Brooklyn, New York, is doing through the Arts and Design program of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Twelve of the fourteen stations in Brooklyn on the D train line are slated to have public art of some kind, spanning a range of topics and media that includes mosaic proletarians, cast bronze bees, and a 20-foot-long translucent hot dog. This particular public art program is facilitated through a rehabilitation budget for subway and rail stations, which included $88 million in renovations to seven of the stations in 2012.
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