Core topics include ethics in the Chinese tradition, the moral limits of markets, models of leadership, how to create public value, the development and execution of a philanthropic mission, nurturing 21stCentury talent, global trends in philanthropy, models of giving.
"Some filmmakers just want to move on to their next project and say, 'Take this, New Video, I'm off to Tanzania to shoot.' " The point, said the Sundance Institute's executive director, Keri Putnam, is to advance what Sundance sees as its founding mission: nurturing talent, then getting the work in front of an audience.
All along, Issue's mission of nurturing experimental artists and cross-pollinating genres and idioms has remained airtight.
PON's mission includes nurturing the next generation of negotiation teachers and scholars, helping students become more effective negotiators, and providing a forum for the discussion of ideas.
Stanford Continuing Studies is dedicated to the mission of nurturing a vibrant learning community, nourishing the life of the mind, and promoting the pleasures of intellectual exploration and exchange.
But I also believe in the importance of City Opera to New York and to the rest of the country in its continuing mission of nurturing new talent and presenting exciting productions to its audiences.
Rosalie Genevro is an architectural historian and urbanist who has led the Architectural League as Executive Director since 1985, pursuing the Leagueʼs mission of nurturing excellence and stimulating discussion and debate on issues in architecture, design and urbanism.
Larry Eilenberg, who ran the Magic in the early 1990s and again from 1998 to 2003, said in an interview that, more than the economy, changes in the local and national theater scene have made the Magic's mission of nurturing new playwrights hard to sustain.
Regardless of the shifting political winds, GYF remains committed to its core mission of nurturing diverse environmental stewards, growing the conservation partners who share this goal, and sharing the importance of public lands.
Formed in April of 2002, the Anthony Muñoz Foundation (AMF) is a nonprofit organization tasked with the mission of nurturing positive mental, physical and spiritual engagement in youth.
