Learn how to maximize use of the World Wide Web for your funding research. Packed with a wealth of information, including abstracts of more than 200 foundation Web sites and dozens of related nonprofit sites of interest, The Foundation Center's Guide to Grantseeking on the Web provides both novice and experienced Web users with a gateway to the numerous online resources available to grantseekers. Foundation center staff experts have team-authored this guide, contributing their extensive knowledge of Web content as well as their tips and strategies on how to evaluate and use Web

A report published in 1997 about the activities of United Arts Funds across the United States.

The report also contains practical recommendations for arts authorities, arts organizations and arts consortia such as marketing workshops, skills training for staff, developing effective strategies and allocating appropriate resources.

This comprehensive sourcebook for marketing the performing arts includes innovate techniques and strategies for developing new audiences and funding sources.

This essay was prepared for Creative America: A Report to the President by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. That report describes the system of support for cultural life in the today.

Whether your goal is raising funds, recruiting volunteers, or selling tickets, the old saying, "people buy from people", is as true as ever. A postcard, phone call, face-to-face visit, even an E-mail - from someone we know - cuts through, gets our attention, and is more likely than anything to get us to act.

Offering the best strategies for fundraising from all types of sources and for organizations of all sizes, this completely revised edition also includes an examination of corporate sponsorships and endowment campaigns.

The revised edition of the Guide to Proposal Writing provides an up-to-date comprehensive manual on the basics and finer points of this crucial nonprofit skill. Incorporating recent interviews with the people who review your proposals, the volume furnishes current and valuable insider information, candid tips from grantmakers who clue you into the best proposal strategies. This edition guides you through the entire grantwriting process, from pre-proposal planning, to the writing itself, to the essential post-grant follow-up. You'll learn about all the necessary

The 2nd Edition of the Directory of Missouri Grantmakers provides a comprehensive guide to grantmakers in the state ﾝover 800 foundations, corporate giving programs, and public charities ﾝfrom the largest grantmakers to local family foundations. Information-filled entries list giving amounts, fields of interest, purpose statements, selected grants, and much more. Indexes help you target the most appropriate funders by subject interest, types of support, and names of key personnel. (Publisher's catalog)

Elitism and marketing. One would be hard pressed to find two more maligned words in artistic circles. Both words have pejorative connotations. Elitism connotes images of affluent wasps who restrict access, reserving the best for themselves. Marketing connotes crass commercialism where activities only have value in terms of their financial rewards. Yet there is a place for elite quality in public arts organizations, and marketing, used judiciously, can strengthen the positions of those organizations in their communities.