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To bot or not to bot: Using generative AI in grantwriting

Candid

Generating content : Suppose you’re writing a grant proposal for an arts organization and want to explain why the arts are essential for youth development. Giving ChatGPT the prompt “Tell me why arts are important for youth development” generates two pages of text. 2013)… …and so on. 2013; Upitis et al.,

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5 Interesting Facts from the Giving USA 2012 Report

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The Giving USA 2012 report is out and it gives us a look at philanthropic trends from 2011. This figure is one percentage point higher than in 2010. Fundraising growth in the arts subsector was helped by an $800 million cash gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas from the Walton Family Foundation.

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Telling the story in a new way: Should arts leaders use impact evaluation?

ASU Lodestar Center

To borrow from the song: “Art is a many splendored thing.” Art is also very subjective. Again borrowing: “One man’s trash is another man’s art.” So, what is the value of art? Recently, I attended a conference on arts education. Difficult to objectify and quantify. Math doesn’t have to be justified.

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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2011 Edition

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Many of us will purchase hundreds of dollars in holiday gifts over the next six weeks, and with some conscious consumerism those dollars could also help some of your favorite nonprofits continue their work in 2012. Their store also offers jewelry, African art and music, and clothing.

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Giving USA Releases Report on 2011 Philanthropy

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The Giving USA Foundation and its research partner, the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University , has released Giving USA 2012: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the year 2011. in 2011 from 2010 to $298.42 in 2011 from 2010 to $298.42 in 2011 as compared to 2010. from 2010, totaling $95.88 billion in 2011.

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Fundraising Returns to Pre-Recession Levels

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over 2010, and is now officially above the level of giving last seen in 2007. Fundraising remains challenging but hopefully the worst is behind us, and nonprofits will continue to see positive growth in 2012,” according to Chuck Longfield, Blackbaud’s chief scientist. Through the first 11 months of 2011, overall giving is up 3.4%

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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

Thankfully, a recent survey conducted by BoardSource in 2012 shows signs of increased governance among nonprofits 2. Sixty-two percent of respondents felt that the board was ‘well informed” or “very well informed” of its responsibilities” as compared to 58% in 2010. Nonprofit Governance Index 2012: CEO Survey of BoardSource Members.