Giving USA 2010: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2009 was released this morning. The report details giving trends over the last year and analyzes those results with information from the last couple decades. For the third year in a row, giving exceeded $300 billion even though overall giving declined 3.6 percent in [...]
On March 22, the Nonprofit Finance Fund released a survey of more than 1,300 nonprofit leaders in markets nationwide, finding that nonprofits expect 2010 to be an increasingly challenging year as the economic recovery has not yet reached people in need or the organizations that serve them. Key findings from the survey include: Nearly 90 [...]
A recent study by the American Association of Museums has found that attendance increased at museums nationwide during the past year, despite a drop in funding. Science centers and natural history museums saw the most gains in attendance, as did institutions in the Midwest and West. Factors cited for the increase include new programming as [...]
Certainly not the Arts Council of Snohomish County! This year, the Arts Council is completing their “Live, Learn, Create” capital campaign. In partnership with Artspace, the Council is creating a visual arts education center combined with 42 live/work spaces dedicated for artists. The Council is on the home stretch of their $6 million private fundraising [...]
Is there really a recession underway? I am a benefit luncheon junkie. I attend an amazing amount every year and I never fail to be inspired, renewed, and rejuvenated at the impact I can have in making our world a better place. Last week I attended the annual luncheon for Hopelink. For those of you [...]
When I moved to Seattle 20 years ago, I gave up access to the New York edition of The New York Times. My Saturday and Sunday mornings are punctuated by the delivery of the national edition but…it’s just not the same. I read the online edition regularly, especially for stories that didn’t make the national [...]
Last Wednesday the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed over 10,000 points for the first time in, well, a long time. I had a hard time getting excited about this milestone (Would it really last? Is this THE sign we’ve all been waiting for? Is it time to dance in the streets in the again?), but [...]
While giving tends to increase in the wake of a well-publicized emergency, such as a natural disaster, this fact doesn’t necessarily extend to the kind of emergencies many nonprofits are facing today as traditional revenue sources – government aid, earned income, etc. – are suddenly drying up. Following are six tips for making the best [...]
With business news of the past week focused on the anniversary of the financial meltdown, it’s time to pause and reflect on what has changed or not changed in the nonprofit sector during this unprecedented year. One lingering fear of the past year has been that gifts of significance—those that are life changing for organizations [...]
Last month, I had the opportunity to see Michael Kaiser, the President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, speak in Tacoma. The presentation was entitled “Arts in Crisis: A Kennedy Center Initiative.” The timing was convenient, as I had recently finished reading Kaiser’s book The Art of the Turnaround: Creating and [...]
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