ArtsLab

The Changing Place of the 501(c)3

by Adrian Ellis. “The more rapidly society changes, the more out of sync the 501©(3) organization is likely to be.” More >>

Value Pact

by Ben Cameron, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

How do we define and clarify our values? What are our core values? Why are they important to articulate? More >>

Five Life Stages of Nonprofit Organizations

by Judith Sharken Simon

The life stage model is a powerful tool for understanding—objectively—your organization’s current status and preparing to move it ahead to the future. In this guide, you will gain insight into your organization’s life stage. More >>

Collaboration Handbook: Creating, Sustaining and Enjoying the Journey

by Michael Winer and Karen Ray

Practical, interactive tools to launch a project collaboratively, and then keep your collaboration on track. More >>

Culture Builds Community: The Power of Arts and Culture in Community Building

by Mark J. Stern and Susan C. Seifert, Social Impact of the Arts Project, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work

Since 1994, the Social Impact of the Arts Project has focused on developing empirical methods to study the links between cultural engagement and community well-being. More >>

Cultural Development in Creative Communities

by Bill Bulick with Carol Coletta, Colin Jackson, Andrew Taylor, and Steven Wolff

A concise summary of the current thinking on the role of culture in strategies to encourage creativity in communities. More >>

The Creative Community and the Creative Community Index

from Cultural Initiatives of Silicon Valley, California

“Great teams are not formed in the absence of great and worthy goals, nor great communities in the absence of great and worthy visions.” Barbara Waugh, Hewlett-Packard Company More >>

ArtsLab Logic Model

The ArtsLab Logic Model offers a concise and systematic overview of the ArtsLab initiative and how the work will be focused as well as evaluated to document influences or impacts on the involved organizations and arts ecology of their marketplaces. More >>

Casey Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool

It is the work of the Marguerite Casey Foundation around the four capacity areas that led to the ArtsLab’s grounding: Leadership Development, Adaptation to Change, Management Skills, and Operational Strength. More >>

Massachusetts Cultural Council Organizational Assessment Tool

The Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Organizational Self-Assessment Tool offers an arts-focused self-assessment as a good first step when doing annual planning or embarking on a new project. More >>