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Item Beyond the Park at the Horse Farm : exploring best practices in public-private partnerships to improve Lafayette's growing park system(2014-12) Brooks, Elizabeth Tarleton; Oden, Michael; Lieberknecht, Katherine E.Municipalities throughout the country are increasingly seeking out innovative partnerships with the private sector to acquire, operate, and/or maintain public parks. An example of this is found in Lafayette, Louisiana, where Lafayette Consolidated Government recently purchased a 100-acre farm from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and collaborated with community leaders to form a public-private partnership with a new non-profit, Lafayette Central Park, Inc. This entity is currently undertaking the necessary steps to lease, plan, design, fund, build, operate, and maintain a new community park on the property. This report explores the history of public-private partnerships found within park administration, as well as the myriad legal, organizational, and financial structures in place within those partnerships. The research also highlights potential benefits and drawbacks to these partnerships, found within four case studies in the Southeast, as well as through precedents found in previous research. The four case studies are Audubon Park and City Park in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Memorial Park and Discovery Green in Houston, Texas. The insights, challenges, and best practices found through the examination in this report are used to create a series of recommendations for the fledgling non-profit organization, Lafayette Central Park, for both short-term and long-term success.Item Collaboration within the sport-based youth development non-profit network in Austin, TX(2016-05) Klaic, Darija; Dixon, Marlene A., 1970-; Sparvero, Emily Suzanne, 1975-This qualitative study assessed collaboration within the sport-based youth development non-profit network in Austin, TX. Network, capital, resource sharing and collaboration theories were used as lenses for this research project. Qualitative methods applied were surveys and follow-up interviews. Surveys were sent to 13 identified non-profit organizations in Austin, TX that use sports programming for youth development in order to gain insight into their structure and organization, including collaboration and partnerships. Follow-up interviews were recorded, transcribed, coded and analyzed. Findings uncovered that there is no collaboration between the organizations participating in the study, but that their respective cross-sectoral collaboration networks are of vital importance to the organizations’ existence and programming. Recommendations were made on future collaborations within the network and possible benefits of forming a coalition were discussed.Item Grant writing and the grant seeking process in the non-profit sector(2009-05) Davidson, Cynthia R.; Eaton, Angela; Rice, RichNon-profit organizations abound in the United States and millions of dollars are donated each year to support their programs; however, the competition for funding dollars is strong. One method of raising funds is through grant writing preparing proposals that describe the needs of the client population, the activities that might remedy the need and the ability of the non-profit to do the job. Grant writers are the link between the non-profit seeking funds and the foundations that donate; however, relatively little is known about this group of writers. This study investigated these writers, obtaining information on the methods they use to learn about grant writing, the steps they take in preparing and submitting grant proposals, and what they like and dislike about the activity of grant writing. Fourteen grant writers who work for non-profit agencies were interviewed. Results show that the participants employ a variety of methods to learn to write grants, that they approach grant writing in individual ways, and that grant writing may be an under-utilized method of raising funds for non-profits. Despite difficulties with grant writing, these grant writers were committed to seeking funding for their agencies with all having success.Item The Lubbock Youth Symphony Orchestra During The 2008-2009 Season: An Internship Report(Texas Tech University, 2009-08) Morrow, Meredith W.; Stoune, Michael; Gilliam, John E.; Smith, Christopher; Donahue, Linda L.; Ballenger, WilliamArts education is an important part of a young student’s life. Arts education helps foster creativity and many other important qualities that shape a person’s future. My interest in arts education led me to work with the Lubbock Youth Symphony Orchestra (LYSO) from July 2008 to May 2009. During this internship, I worked closely with the LYSO Program Director on nearly every aspect of the youth orchestra program. The major areas of my internship duties included (but were not limited to): • Artistic Staff • Technical Staff • Students • Concerts • Fundraising • LYSO Retreat • Music Distribution • Additional Duties with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra While working with the LYSO Program for ten months, I gained an intimate perspective regarding what it is like to work in and manage a non-profit organization. This dissertation is a sum of my experiences with LYSO and the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra (LSO). It is an in-depth overview of the Lubbock Youth Symphony Orchestra’s structure and processes. The document contains specific events, policies and processes of LYSO, as well as my direct involvement with each area of the organization. It also contains my insights about the best practices for a successful youth orchestra program.