Non-Profit News

Past district governor Don Gatzke of Kalispell carried the proposed resolution requesting the Rotary International Board to consider “adding hearing health care as a tangible and effective means of furthering the objectives of the Rotary Foundation.”

The Conference is being billed as "first-of-its-kind" that will help capture a vision of how philanthropy might work with the public and private sectors in "Creating the 21st Century Agenda for Philanthropy and Rural America."

“This study clearly shows what the arts and cultural community have known for years: that the arts industry in Missoula contributes mightily to the local economy,” said Tom Bensen, MCC’s Executive Director.

“Nationally, the nonprofit arts and culture industry generates $166.2 billion in economic activity every year—$63.1 billion in spending by organizations and an additional $103.1 billion in event-related spending by their audiences,”

Bring Light, a Cupertino-based Web site designed to encourage online donations to non-profit groups.

There exists a sector of the Montana
economy that does not show up in the NAICS system,
yet it employs over 35,000 workers and pays wages in
excess of one billion dollars.

"Sometimes on boards, you end up having the same conversations over and over again," says Ms. Krawcheck. "Carnegie Hall and other nonprofits are looking to develop these M.B.A. students into future board members who can bring a young, fresh perspective."

It’s an extension of a program that previously was available only to other kinds of generally larger business organizations.

Internet sites link givers, beneficiaries for specific projects

The grant reviewers would like to see Montana foundations involved in this process.