Museum 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2012

Earlier this month, the Detroit Institute of Arts was "saved" by a voter-approved property tax (called a "millage") in its three surrounding counties. Residents in the three counties that pay the millage will receive special benefits : free admission to the museum and expanded educational programming. Vote with your money instead."

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Detroit Arts Public Support 49

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations. So, while there are a few global and national options below, most are targeted to their communities. Oregon Community Foundation. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

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Arts Culture Grant Fund 104

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I was thinking I’d do a few alternative histories of museums for the first post of the last month of the decade. As I imagined a world without the many museum tech projects of the decade, I felt inherently sad about the imagining away the successes that friends and colleagues have enjoying. But I couldn’t get there.

Museum 21

Museum Work Social Media History 21

Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations. So, while there are a few global and national options below, most are targeted to their communities. Oregon Community Foundation. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

Arts 73

Arts Grant Culture Fund 73

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 8, 2018

You run a regional museum. Now, you have a new vision--co-created with trustees and community leaders--for a path forward. This is the plan that plunged the Berkshire Museum into hot water. It's cracked the crumbling, outdated rules around deaccessioning--and unearthed more serious issues of public trust.

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Public Build Museum Detroit 40

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

You can find information about how to apply on the Pollination Project website, follow them on Twitter at @Pollinationproj, and like them on Facebook.

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Project Grant Change Detroit 79

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Diane Ragsdale responds with some thoughts on how funders could influence these issues, whether they should, and how organizations might respond. Their interests run the gamut from issues of socio-economic inclusion to race, gender, and physical and mental abilities. You should go and tell us all about it.

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Arts Question North Carolina Museum 48