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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Costco Wholesale’s “primary charitable efforts specifically focus on programs supporting children, education, and health and human services in the communities where we do business.”. The Guitar Center “makes the gift of music available to people across the country by providing resources for music education programs. First Book.

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3rd Annual EveryAction Nonprofit Halloween Costume Parade

EveryAction

Black Cat Rescue is a no-kill cat rescue organization in Boston that strives to change those odds for black cats, who face unique obstacles when trying to get adopted. Children's Literacy Initiative. We're proud to work with Audubon on Halloween and beyond - check out the work Audubon is doing with EveryAction throughout the year.

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Generational Giving at Arts & Cultural Organizations – A Donor Story

Connection Cafe

As a kid, I was saturated by symphony performances and choral music. Anyone reading this blog that lives in the New England area may know that the symphony I was raised around is the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Build a membership program specifically for children. My dad was a conductor and composer, my mom his accompanist.

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Quick Hit: Five Great Links

Museum 2.0

Elsewhere in podcast-land, Radiolab did a fascinating piece about cultural appropriation and gate-keeping in hip hop music. Finally, if you need a hit of inspiration and historical museum-making, I strongly recommend checking out the Boston Stories project.

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Happy Halloween from the Halloween Video Blog Festival

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Over at blip.tv, I found the above "music video" by Steve Garfield. What I like about it: I like the technique of photo stills and music and the use of pans (hmm. He uses some music that a group has authorized for remix - yet another idea for music that you can use without breaking copyright laws.

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The Good Gift Ideas Keep Coming

Have Fun - Do Good

My friend Gabriela Masala sent me some more good giftie ideas: For the children on her list, she bought High in the Clouds a children's book by Sir Paul McCartney, Geoff Dunbar and Phillip Ardagh. For their friends and family, she and her husband make a homemade CD of music each year.

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Museums and Relevance: What I Learned from Michael Jackson

Museum 2.0

By a strange and lucky coincidence, I was at the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum (EMPSFM) in Seattle for a two-day workshop. Michael Jackson belongs at EMPSFM (and visitors knew to find him there) because that museum is about pop culture and specifically music. Where were you when Michael Jackson died?

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