“She Didn’t Mean to Do It” will be premiered by C4 on Saturday, June 7 in New York City. More details when they come. Should be a great concert.
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Thoughts on Effective Philanthropy: Part V – Meeting the Artists Where They Are
To view the rest of this series, click here. One of the memes that’s been coming out of the “best practices” camp for philanthropists the last few years is that organizations need more general operating support, rather than the project support that many funding entities are accustomed to providing. The advantage of general operating supportRead More
Musicking
Though some days it may not seem that way, I still remain a practicing musician. Next Sunday, the 24th, I will make my debut with the Yale Recital Chorus in a performance of Nicholas Flagello‘s little-known work The Passion of Martin Luther King for chorus and orchestra, directed by Yale School of Music MMA candidateRead More
Socially responsible investing
As a follow-up to last week’s rant, when I was in Israel we met with a company that produces healthcare IT solutions with the goal of making it easier for doctors and hospitals to transfer patient information quickly and accurately. A venture capital partner whose company provided much of the funding for the startup alsoRead More
Economics myths
When I first studied music theory approximately a decade ago, I was rather shocked to discover, unbeknownst to me and apparently every rock band whose music sent me into spasms of ecstasy when played on my headphones at high volume, that parallel fifths in music—not to mention octaves, cross relations, and leaping to a leadingRead More
Israel and Turkey
Just got back from my trip to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Istanbul as part of SOM’s mandatory International Experience for first-years. The journey combined sightseeing with business meetings during the work week, during which representatives from various companies, nonprofits, and government agencies presented to us about their work and the environment in which they operate.Read More
Thoughts on Effective Philanthropy: Part IV – Funding Activity, Not Individuals
To view the rest of this series, click here. For years, artists have complained about the National Endowment for the Arts’s 1996 decision, under pressure from Congress, to eliminate individual artist fellowships (except for literature). Nevertheless, it seems that a number of local and private arts agencies and foundations have instituted programs in the pastRead More
First semester
I finished my first semester at the Yale School of Management this week. Seems like an appropriate time to reflect on everything that’s happened since I rooted up my life six months ago to come here. The first lesson is that I rather like being back in school again. For better or worse, the academicRead More
Transparency
There’s a long article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (see? I’m catching up) about philanthropy and public charities, repeating the oft-heard complaint that it’s hard to know how and where to give when there’s so little information out there about the effectiveness of the programs and organizations being funded. Says author Sally Beatty: These debatesRead More
Ford Foundation Hires Toomey
According to the Future of Music Coalition newsletter, FMC founder Jenny Toomey has been hired as the next Program Officer for Media and Cultural Policy at the Ford Foundation. After making her name as a recording artist and independent label manager, Toomey founded the Future of Music Coalition in 2000 with Kristin Thomson (who isRead More