Americans for the Arts

Paper presented at a conference sponsored by Pennsylvania State University, College of Arts and Architecture and College of Business Administration in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts. Held at Pennsylvania State University, College Park, Pennsylvania, April 29--May 1, 1976.

Paper presented at a conference sponsored by Pennsylvania State University, College of Arts and Architecture and College of Business Administration in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts. Held at Pennsylvania State University, College Park, Pennsylvania, April 29--May 1, 1976.

Paper presented at a conference sponsored by Pennsylvania State University, College of Arts and Architecture and College of Business Administration in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts. Held at Pennsylvania State University, College Park, Pennsylvania, April 29--May 1, 1976.

Paper presented at a conference sponsored by Pennsylvania State University, College of Arts and Architecture and College of Business Administration in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts. Held at Pennsylvania State University, College Park, Pennsylvania, April 29--May 1, 1976. Includes highlights of the discussion following presentation of the paper.

Overview of nonprofit cultural heritage organizations in the and a snapshot of their structure, finances and programs.

Outlines mission, vision, service goals, marketing goals, programming goals, management of grants, information and referral services, technical assistance strategies, goverence. advocacy, audience building, staff and board development, and facility plan.

November 1994 Monograph highlights findings from our 1993 Survey of Local Arts Agencies.

Nonprofit organizations are learning that they must follow the lead of the corporate world to protect their boards and officers from claims of malfeasance. This article discusses federal legislation enacted in response to corporate failures known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the effect it is having on boards, and information on how to safeguard nonprofit organizations from the risk of lawsuits.

This issue of the Monograph highlights findings from the Local Arts Agency Facts Survey competed in 1998.

MISSION: The South Dakota Arts Council is a state agency serving South Dakotans and their communities through the arts.

Managing the Board of Directors is intended to provide a systematic approach to organizing and managing voluntary boards. Specific guidelines are provided in such areas as recruiting new members, orientation, board-staff relations, etc. It is hoped through application of these guidelines that over a period of time boards will be organized and managed in the best possible manner. This will result in maximum productivity and satisfaction to the many thousands of volunteers who give so willingly of their time and energy to serve as board members.

It is that time of year again. Along with carols on the radio and extended shopping hours, it is the time when people are thinking about making their end-of-the-year donations. It is also the time when board members in nonprofit organizations are praying that they will capture their share of these philanthropic dollars. Most board members hate to ask people for money. But even the most fundraising-phobic board members can contribute to their organization's fund development process.

Issued by the United State Government Accountability Office this report outlines details of the Smithsonian Institution's contract with Showtime networks.

In Authentic Leadership, Mr. Terry propounds an all-encompassing concept of leadership, one that he asserts pulls together into one piece of cloth all the major and well-acknowledged threads of thinking to date on leadership.

In approaching A Handbook for Cultural Trustees, I wondered what such a slim volume could hold. The volume was attractively packaged in a slick plasticized ring binder. It felt like something one could slip into a briefcase and looked like a work one might find at any well-heeled board of directors meeting. If I were sitting at my place at a meeting, I would guess that someone wanted me and my associate trustees to take notice because the title addresses that very small class of devoted volunteers - cultural organizations' trustees. Rare is the volume that does that well, and the