TCG Bulletin
July 2008, Volume 31, Issue 7
DEVELOPMENT
- Entries Invited for Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation
- The Lodestar Foundation Announces the Inaugural Collaboration Prize
- Professional Grant Proposal Workshop: University of Phoenix, Burlington, MA, August 18—22
- Children's Theatre Company and School Receives $200,000 Grant
- Yale School of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre Receive $2.85 Million Grant
Entries Invited for Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation
The Drucker Institute invites applications for the 2008 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation. The award, administered annually since 1991, is granted to a social sector organization that demonstrates Peter F. Drucker’s definition of innovation, “change that creates a new dimension of performance.” The program submitted must have specific and measurable outcomes; exemplify innovation by demonstrating a new dimension or standard of performance; have made a difference in the lives of people it serves; and serve as a model that can be replicated or adopted by other organizations. The winner will receive the $35,000 first prize, with $7,500 awarded for second place and $5,000 for third place.
Action: The deadline for applications is July 15. Visit the Drucker Institute website for more information and application materials.
Source: The Foundation Center RFP Bulletin
Back to TopThe Lodestar Foundation Announces the Inaugural Collaboration Prize
The Lodestar Foundation recently announced the Collaboration Prize, which is intended to recognize not-for-profit collaborations that achieve exceptional impact and significantly reduce duplication efforts. Designed to inspire cooperation, the Collaboration Prize will award $250,000 to one collaboration that demonstrates, through quantifiable evidence, that it has achieved exceptional impact and significantly eliminated the duplication of efforts through programmatic collaborations, administrative consolidation or other joint activities. The collaboration must be composed of two or more organizations that would otherwise compete for clients, financial resources and staff.
Action: The deadline for nominations is July 21. Visit the Collaboration Prize website for more information and nomination materials.
Back to TopChildren's Theatre Company and School Receives $200,000 Grant
The Children’s Theatre Company and School in Minneapolis, MN, received a $200,000 grant from the Bush Foundation to plan and start a preschool program.
Action: None
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy, June 12, 2008
Back to TopYale School of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre Receive $2.85 Million Grant
The Yale School of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre received a $2.85 million grant from the Robina Foundation to create the Yale Center for New Theatre. The Yale Center for New Theatre will allow for increased commissions of new plays and musicals through residencies, readings, workshops and full productions.
Action: Visit the Yale Repertory Theatre website for more information.
Source: Playbill.com, May 15, 2008
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