The Grantsmanship Center The Grantsmanship Center (TGCI) is a clearinghouse of fundraising information and provides training in grantsmanship and proposal writing for nonprofit organizations and government agencies. In addition to training program and schedule information, the center's Web site offers grant source information on community foundations and federal, state, and international funding; current Federal Register grant funding information, including a daily summary; TGCI Magazine, an online publication; and a listing of publications for fundraisers, including TGCI proposal writing guides. The Web site also has a new resource, Winning Grant Proposals Online, with examples of effective proposal writing models for designing programs, consisting entirely of recent federally funded, top-ranked grant proposals in a wide variety of subject areas. Membership is require to access some of the resources on the site.

Getting started with the New York State Cultural Data Project Dear Arts and Cultural Colleagues, Is your organization one of the more than 1,600 already taking part in the New York State Cultural Data Project? If not, now is a great time to attend a demonstration and discussion to help you get started with the CDP. Join us for a demonstration and discussion to learn how you can begin to use, free of charge, this powerful management tool! Please review the schedule below and register for one of the upcoming webinars. Learn more about the New York State CDP at www.nysculturaldata.org. Feel free to contact the New York State CDP Help Desk at help@nysculturaldata.org or 1-888-NYSCDP-1 (1-888-697-2371).

Brings award-winning, contemporary artists to the audiences of non-profit organizations throughout NYS. Sponsors, the organizations that host A&AE projects, are able to offer their audiences high quality arts programs at a minimal cost.