“Dance for Every Child.” Catching Up With Educator, Advocate and Philanthropist Jody Gottfried Arnhold

“Dance for Every Child.” Catching Up With Educator, Advocate and Philanthropist Jody Gottfried Arnhold

Jody Gottfried Arnhold wants every child in America to have access to dance education. We check in with one of performing arts philanthropy’s most important advocates on the heels of another big gift to advance her goal.

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A Quick Overview of David Herro's Chicago Philanthropy

A Quick Overview of David Herro's Chicago Philanthropy

Here are a few important things to know about the David Herro Charitable Foundation and its Chicago-area giving.

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A Donor's Vow: To Place a Certified Dance Teacher in Every NYC Public School

A Donor's Vow: To Place a Certified Dance Teacher in Every NYC Public School

Funding for dance education may be on the wane nationally, but Jody Gottfried Arnhold and her husband remain undeterred.  And they're giving millions. 

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What Can Dance Groups Learn from Mellon's Digitization Grant to the Martha Graham School?

New York's Martha Graham School of Dance recently received a $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, enabling it to build, digitize, and organize its archive of dance and choreography material. In the process, the school may also serve as a useful model for other nonprofit dance organizations looking to incorporate digitization technology in a structured and user-friendly manner.
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