Pilot Fellowship Program for Minorities Announced

Here's another press release, announcing nearly $1 million in funding for a new fellowship pilot program to increase cultural diversity...this one is pretty cool. Interested? Follow the links for more information!

The Chicago Community Trust has committed nearly $1 million over three years to expand management opportunities for minorities at local cultural institutions, the Chicago Tribune reports.

According to foundation officials, the trust is developing a pilot minority fellowship program with the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Children's Museum, the Chicago History Museum, Lincoln Park Zoo, the Museum of Science and Industry, and Shedd Aquarium. Six people of color will be recruited and trained to work in mid-level management positions at the six institutions, and will rotate from institution to institution every four months. During the course of the program, fellows, whose salaries and benefits will be paid by the trust, will be mentored by managers they work beside or meet at regional and national conferences.

After completing the program, the fellows will be expected to assume full-time management jobs at a local cultural institution. "To help ensure that Chicago continues to grow as an important arts and cultural center, it is essential to train and support well-qualified, diverse individuals who can assume management positions in our cultural institutions," said Kassie Davis, the trust's senior program officer for arts and culture.

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Fannie-Mae Foundation Accounces Fellowships for 2006

This is a perfect example of the kinds of financial assistance you can get, if you know where to look and how to apply! If you're interested in getting more details, just click on the appropriate links - and congratualtions to all of this year's winners!

This is a perfect example of the types of funding or financial assistance you can get, if you know where to look, what questions to ask and how to apply. If you're looking for financial help, and don't know where to look, feel free to post to the blog with your most "burning question" and I'll do my best to find an answer for you!

The Fannie Mae Foundation in Washington, D.C., has announced the 2006 class of Fannie Mae Fellows.

Chosen from a record 110 applicants for their accomplishments in the field of affordable housing, the twenty-five fellows attend an intensive, three-week course at the John F. Kennedy School of Government Senior Executives in State and Local Government program at Harvard University, where they learn enhanced leadership skills, develop new management techniques, cultivate relationships among public-sector colleagues, and attend special sessions coordinated by Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies, faculty from the Kennedy School of Government, and foundation staff.

"The Fannie Mae Foundation Fellowship Program is a natural extension of our ongoing work with emerging and established leaders on the front lines of housing affordability," said foundation president and CEO Stacey D. Stewart. "Our goal...is to give the fellows an unprecedented opportunity to expand their knowledge and effectiveness so they can better serve their communities as the next generation of leaders in the affordable housing field."

For a list of 2006 fellows, see: http://www.fanniemaefoundation.org/news/pr/
2006spr/2006_kennedy_pr.pdf.

HP Awards More Than $2 Million to 25 Schools in United States, Canada

Hewlett Packard just issued this press release. Click on the link to see if your school is one of the recipients of this funding...

Ten two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States will receive a total of $1.2 million in cash and equipment, along with a faculty stipend of $10,500 and travel expenses for one participant from each campus to attend the Worldwide HP Technology for Teaching Higher Education Conference in February 2007.

"We are delighted to make these reinvestment grants," said Bess Stephens, the company's vice president of philanthropy and education, "so that even more educators and students can benefit from innovative applications of technology to improve teaching and learning."

For a complete list of recipients, see: http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2006/
060707.html.

“Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Launches College and University Presenters Program With Grants Totaling $4.5 Million.” Doris Duke Charitable Foundat

This press release provides some interesting information - especially if you're a presenter, or have been thinking about becoming one...if you want more details, just click the links...

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has announced four grants totaling $4.5 million through its new College and University Presenters Program, which encourages projects that integrate performing arts into academic life and the community.

The grants will provide both artistic programming and endowment support to university presenters of national significance. The first grantees included the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland ($375,000 artistic programming, $750,000 endowment), the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ($375,000 artistic programming, $750,000 endowment), and the University Musical Society at the University of Michigan ($250,000 artistic programming, $500,000 endowment).

In addition, the Association of Performing Arts Presenters was awarded $1.5 million to launch and manage the Creative Campus Innovations Grant Program. In April 2007, the association will award six to twelve grants ranging from $50,000 to $200,000 over two years to campus-based presenters proposing groundbreaking projects that demonstrate the importance of the arts to the educational, service, and scholarly missions of academic institutions.

"Campus-based presenters have access to a unique combination of intellectual, technological, and physical resources that could significantly enrich the creative process and experience for artists, students, and local residents," said Joan E. Spero, president of the New York City-based foundation. "We are excited to seed ideas through these grants for innovative ways to deepen the relationships and expand collaborations between artists and institutions of higher education."