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This succinct text provides an accessible, step-by-step guide for small museums and historic organizations to help assess their readiness for the often laborious grant-application process. It includes seven real-life examples of institutions that have successfully achieved grant-readiness. An invaluable resource to museums, cultural institutions, and students studying history or non-profit work.
The Detroit Institute of Arts is one of America's largest and oldest municipal art museums. However, even as the museum grew into a distinguished collection, there were threats of closure. The DIA has walked a financial tightrope since it opened just over a century ago, and was nearly closed by government funding cuts in the 1970s and 1990s. Now Jeffrey Abt tells how the DIA has had to struggle to maintain its fine art collection with barely enough income to remain open. A Museum on the Verge goes behind the scenes at the DIA to disclose the political, economic, and social forces that shaped the museum from its founding to the present day. Drawing on new archival research, Abt reveals that t...
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Cultural diversity, in all its forms, poses a challenge to traditional cultural policy. This report discusses the issues of citizenship and the nature of democratic public policy in culturally diverse societies. It takes a comparative international perspective, and focuses on ethnic-based cultural differences. The report considers five policy contexts which have a significant bearing on the general direction of cultural policy, and identifies four principles of cultural entitlements based on heterogeneity. It recommends a number of steps that the Council of Europe and its member states should take in order to further promote cultural diversity.
An easy-to-use desktop reference on operational policies and procedures for nonprofit organizations. It offers managers a set of standardized policies and procedures that can be applied to most nonprofit organizations, regardless of their size or the particular type of service provided. Includes numerous sample forms, management checklists, model reports, and suggested policy statements that can be adapted to meet the specific needs of any organization. -- Applies the latest developments in business management -- quality management, continuous improvement, reengineering, self-renewal, etc. -- to the nonprofit sector. -- Brings together the expertise of over 40 nonprofit managers and consultants. -- Annual updates will present the latest trends and developments in the nonprofit sector.
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