From a rec center in North Philly to a shopping mall in Kazakhstan to a track field in Paris, the ten-minute Sundance-commissioned short film “The World Is As Big or As Small As You Make It” has made the local teen organization Do Remember Me the subject of national internet hype.

That's the question that one American University MA Candidate, Arts Management, seeks to answer. Jessica Ferey is working on a thesis capstone project focusing on the gender gap of top leadership positions in arts and cultural institutions, and is conducting the "Equalarty" survey to gather data.

GivingTuesday.org is gathering stories about #GivingTuesday 2014 experiences, so we thought we'd share ours!

Phillyfunguide.com and GroundSwell are partnering on a special promotion for this year's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service on Monday, January 19th, 2015!

Thank you to the Philadelphia Inquirer for publishing our op ed on #GivingTuesday and STAMP!

Recently, our friends at The Wallace Foundation released two very interesting reports that give insight into building arts audiences.Two Cultural Alliance members, Fleisher Art Memorial and The Clay Studio, are highlighted in this report.

Providing fully-accessible programming for participants with disabilities is a great step towards including everyone in a community.

In the presentation for our latest research report, 2014 Portfolio, we talked about the declines in individual giving, and the importance of engaging individual donors at every level, not just at the top--from younger millennials to aging middle class baby boomers who have not been as active in philanthropy.

The Do-Gooder Spotlight is GroundSwell's blog post spreading the word about individuals and organizations working to better their communities. Today we are giving a shout-out to our friends at SpArc Philadelphia!