Anita Pampusch, John Archabal, and Martha Lee at the Bush FoundationThanks to all the staff of Allworth Press, especially Tad Crawford and Nicole Potter-Talling, for the opportunity to write this book and for their helpful guidance and assistance in putting it together. Thank you to Monica Lugo and Nana Greller for making the task seamless in project management and publicity.
Thank you to my colleagues and associates for their great support and permission to highlight their work:
Anita Pampusch, John Archabal, and Martha Lee at the Bush Foundation
Neal Cuthbert at the McKnight Foundation
Cynthia Gehrig at the Jerome Foundation
Bill King at the Council of Foundations
David Gergen, who encouraged me to flee my nest in St. Croix. I draw strength from your kind words
The Dyson Foundation for the use of its sample grant agreement
The board of directors, staff, teachers, and students at the West Bank School of Music
The staff at Open U/Learning Annex
A very special thank you to Jon Harrison at the University of Michigan, who has permitted the use of the great resources and Web links that will help artists and nonprofit organizations in seeking support.
I extend my most heartfelt thanks to my fellow artists, teachers, and mentors for their support throughout a very long journey. Thank you for allowing me to share your successes as you continue to inspire: Bill Banfield, Milo Fine, Clint Hoover, John Minczeski, Carei Thomas, and Barb Tilsen.
To the many grantseekers, clients, and colleagues who are often lost along the way, I thank you for sharing, dreaming, risking, and learning with me.
To my dearest friends and family, here and abroad, who have never wavered in the belief of all my crazy dreams, your continued support has made all the difference.
To Aida Ayoub, whose courage and will in the face of great adversity inspired me to send in this manuscript.
To Karen and Arnold Kustritz, who gave so much to make this happen; without you and the Birdhouse, I would have been lost.
To Mary Olympia, who has been alongside me every step of the way.
And to Marwan El Dewey and Angela Cressaty, whose support of this writer’s life helped make it possible.