USC Annenberg Announces 2012 Knight Luce Fellowship Program

Deadline December 9.  Stipends of up to $25K to American journalists reporting on the social and political impact of religious institutions and movements outside the United States.
Info and app:

http://annenberg.usc.edu/Knight-Luce.aspx

Walmart Awards $5M to Smithsonian for African-American History Museum

Scheduled to be completed in 2015, the 300,000-square-foot facility will be constructed on a five-acre site adjacent to the Washington Monument on the National Mall. Full Article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/wal-mart-gives-5-million-to-help-build-smithsonian-black-history-museum-on-national-mall/2011/10/25/gIQArRy2FM_story.html

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ArtPlace Invites LOI for Art-Centered Community Development Projects

Deadline: November 15. Eleven private philanthropies have joined with the NEA and federal agencies to establish ArtPlace, a nationwide initiative to drive economic development and community revitalization through the arts. ArtPlace invites LOIs from arts organizations, artists, designers, and local and national organizations. Seed funds will be provided for entrepreneurial projects with strong local buy-in that focuses on community’s economic development and revitalization and attract private and public support.

http://www.artplaceamerica.org/loi/

MacArthur Foundation Documentary Film Grants

Deadline: December 2. Grants ranging from $50K- $200K to nonprofit organizations for the production and distribution of social-issue documentary films intended for a broad audience. Info and app:

http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.943279/k.C2BD/General_Grantmaking__Media_Grantmaking_Guidelines.htm

ARTS FUNDING DOES NOT REFLECT NATION’S DIVERSITY.

A new report “Fusing Arts, Culture, and Social Change: High Impact Strategies for Philanthropy” from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy argues that foundation funding for the arts benefits a mostly large art groups with only a small percentage going to emerging arts groups that serve poorer, more ethnically diverse communities. Large arts organizations with budgets of $5M+ comprise only 2% of the nonprofit arts and culture sector but accounted for 55% of foundation funding in 2009.
Full Report: http://www.ncrp.org/files/publications/Fusing_Arts_Culture_Social_Change.pdf
“APNewsBreak: Report Finds Art Funding Serves Wealthy Audience, is Out of Touch With Diversity.” Associated Press 10/10/11
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/apnewsbreak-report-finds-art-funding-serves-wealthy-audience-is-out-of-touch-with-diversity/2011/10/10/gIQAwoCOZL_story_1.html

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ARTPLACE, A Public-Private Collaboration

This new collaboration has been designed to drive revitalization in cities and towns by putting the arts at the center of economic development. Grants totaling $11.5M to 34 projects across the country will integrate artists and arts organizations into key local efforts in transportation, housing, community development, and job creation. Support was provided by Ford, Irvine, Knight, Kresge, McKnight, Mellon, Rasmuson, Robina, and Rockefeller, and Bloomberg foundations. The initiative is backed by a $12M loan fund established with six financial institutions and managed by the Nonprofit Finance Fund. Federal partners include the NEA and the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Transportation, as well as officials from the White House Office of Management and Budget and the Domestic Policy Council.  List of grantees and press release “ArtPlace: Putting Arts at the Center of Economic Development” available at the following link:

http://www.fordfoundation.org/newsroom/news-from-ford/530

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Nonprofits Added Jobs in 2010, Report Finds (9/06/11)

While other sectors of the economy were shedding jobs, the nonprofit sector experienced a 1% increase in job growth, a new report from the Johns Hopkins Nonprofit Economic Data Project finds. Based on an analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, nonprofits — which employ nearly 10% of all private workers in the US — boosted their employment by a cumulative total of nearly 5% between 2007/2010, despite a challenging economic environment.  “U.S. Nonprofits Continue to Add Jobs; Rate of Growth Falters.” Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies 9/02/11.

http://www.ccss.jhu.edu/pdfs/NED_Bulletins/National/2011_Nonprofit_Jobs_overview.pdf

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