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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

Big philanthropy’s support of HBCUs declined from 2002 to 2019 An examination of trends in philanthropic giving to HBCUs underscores a history of underfunding. Even by this comparison, HBCUs were underfunded: The average HBCU received about two-thirds of what philanthropy paid out to similarly situated institutions. In fact, large U.S.

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How We Doubled Attendance in a Year: One More Post about How Events Changed Our Attendance

Museum 2.0

But we've just compiled all our attendance data for the past year at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (our fiscal year ends on June 30), and several people have written to me asking for the numbers behind our turnaround. And finally, and perhaps most interestingly, here's a comparison of Jan-June 2011 vs Jan-June 2012.

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Community Is Better than Cute Cats: How to Raise Money for Your Unsexy, but Important, Cause

NTEN

When we pulled the numbers two weeks later, a small nonprofit community center called the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California had raised over $400,000, while the American Red Cross had raised $322,540. in History from Dartmouth, where she focused on issues of race, ethnicity, and immigration. 100,000 people.

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Do You Have a Good Argument for Your Institution?

Museum 2.0

Here's how the project worked: researchers worked with small focus groups to understand their associations with arts and culture organizations and developed several framing arguments for public support of the arts. A few gems: To many people, "culture" is about ethnicity.

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How Will You Turn Those New Ideas into Action?

Museum 2.0

Sometimes being a writer and speaker--raising awareness--can feel risky and fragile in comparison. I love being a participant in global conversations about the future of cultural and civic organizations, and I want to play a more action-oriented role. We did it through action. It is incredibly satisfying to lead change in my community.

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Two Crucial Themes from the GDPR Featuring in US-Privacy Legislation

Connection Cafe

Marriott suffered a data breach affecting up to 500 million customers—one of the largest breaches in history. These events all pale in comparison, though, to the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) in the European Union. Its executives were hauled before Congressional committees.

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Steven Johnson Key Note at Serious Games Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He starts with how Lost gave us a control study with a comparison - Gilligan's Island - to compare the complexity. Ontological, formal, math, history, gegography, biographic). Systems thinking - need to use to think about ecosystems, cultural systems, rich profound form of thought. Opposite of instant gratification culture.

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