{"id":1094,"date":"2007-11-05T08:35:12","date_gmt":"2007-11-05T16:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/2007\/11\/who_gives_the_gift_and_who_get\/"},"modified":"2007-11-05T08:35:12","modified_gmt":"2007-11-05T16:35:12","slug":"who_gives_the_gift_and_who_get","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/main\/who_gives_the_gift_and_who_get.php","title":{"rendered":"Who gives the gift, and who gets the gift?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American Public Media&#8217;s &#8221;Marketplace&#8221; radio program took time off from its usual coverage of commerce and finance to <a href=\"http:\/\/marketplace.publicradio.org\/display\/web\/2007\/10\/25\/corner_office_reynold_levy_1\/\">explore philanthropy<\/a>, as advanced by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts President Reynold Levy. Rather than a chore and a burden, Levy describes the philanthropic process as a joy and a gift, in itself:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s an extraordinary amount of fun to find the intersection between the interests and background of a donor, and the needs of the institution. If you find that intersection, that&#8217;s the sweet spot. And my personal attitude is that we are really doing the prospective donor an enormous favor by asking for support. Because their gift will provide a meaning and a consequence in their lives that will otherwise not exist.<br \/>\n<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The short interview is full of the kind of quotes and convictions we hope to get from our board members. It&#8217;s also useful in reminding us that gaining donations to our organizations isn&#8217;t only about &#8221;making the sale,&#8221; but also about making meaning and value in people&#8217;s lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Public Media&#8217;s &#8221;Marketplace&#8221; radio program took time off from its usual coverage of commerce and finance to explore philanthropy, as advanced by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts President Reynold Levy. Rather than a chore and a burden, Levy describes the philanthropic process as a joy and a gift, in itself: It&#8217;s an extraordinary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1094","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}