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Preeminent arts philanthropist Alice Walton established the Art Bridges Foundation to expand access to American art. New foundation head Anne Kraybill walks us through Art Bridges’ work, how she got there, and more.
As its seven-year funding initiative for curators of prints and drawings comes to a close, the Getty Foundation is going “all-in” on in-person professional learning and community development.
Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Digital Accelerator Program just announced an open call for applications. The growing program offers a useful window into the challenges surrounding nonprofit tech, and of the importance of funding it.
Creative Capital recently announced the winners of its latest round of awards, totaling $2.5 million. With a heightened focus on equity and accessibility, the funder is helping dozens of artists advance their careers.
Drawing wealth from a successful run as an IBM engineer, Rodney C. Adkins and wife Michelle Adkins are big backers of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, along with universities and STEM education.
The arts scene in France is booming, thanks in part to the country’s embrace of American-style philanthropy — and the tax breaks that come with it. IP’s Wendy Paris reports from Paris.
The U.S. Latinx Art Forum administers art fellowships with support from Ford and Mellon. Here’s more on the awards, why the forum uses the term “Latinx,” and the impact of unrestricted support on artists struggling to pay the bills.
Keith Haring remains a powerful force in contemporary art, long after his passing in 1990. He was also an influential activist and philanthropist. A new exhibit in Los Angeles explores Haring’s art and lasting impact.
The Los Angeles Visual Arts Coalition (LAVA) is allowing smaller, avant-garde arts organizations to fundraise collaboratively, making the community more resilient and offering fresh opportunities to funders.
Real estate billionaire Jorge Pérez, along with his wife Darlene and their children, are prominent philanthropists in the Sunshine State. Here’s how the family gives, and how the second generation is stepping up.
The Arts Funders Forum recently held a virtual panel to discuss how museums can respond to calls for change and achieve greater social impact. Here are five compelling perspectives gleaned from the call’s esteemed participants.
The Orange County Museum of Art raised tens of millions in high-dollar donations for its new facility, which opened with great fanfare last month. It’s the latest example of the growing power of regional arts philanthropy.
In what may be the largest data-driven analysis of its kind, researchers crunched mountains of data from arts foundations’ digitized tax forms. They uncovered some telling numbers and disparities in giving.
Established by art collector David Teiger in 2008, this New York City-based foundation has stepped up activity over the past two years. We take a look at its history, funding priorities, and new grantmaking initiative.
Dr. Joan Weinstein is the director of the Getty Foundation, the grantmaking arm of the J. Paul Getty Trust. We recently checked in with her to discuss her biggest influences, the next big funding area in the museum space, and more.
Last year, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation launched an initiative to help museums adopt climate adaptation and mitigation strategies. The initial round drew enthusiastic interest, leading the funder to expand the program.
An increasing number of funders have been looking to spur social change through their arts funding, especially during the pandemic. Here are 11 examples we’ve been following.
Public funding for the arts has been dwindling for decades, so most arts nonprofits rely on a mix of earned income and philanthropy. Major donors play an outsized role in this area, often creating tensions within institutions.
The nonprofit All Our Kin has been working for 20 years to support family care educators. As the early care crisis grows, and Washington wrestles over alternatives, it’s an approach that deserves more philanthropic attention.
Eli Broad, who died last week, was a larger-than-life philanthropist. He tapped his fortune to bankroll ambitious initiatives in education, the arts and science. His turbo-charged giving offers both inspiration and cautionary lessons.
The St. Paul-based Jerome Foundation is allocating at least $8 million through 2025 to fill gaps as COVID-response funding dries up. We check in with president Ben Cameron about the foundation’s “commitment to the long game.”
The Joan Mitchell Foundation’s new fellowship provides artists with five years of unrestricted support. Deputy Director Kay Takeda fills us in on the program and how the pandemic underscored the need to back individual artists.
A year into the pandemic, critics argue that billionaire trustees haven’t provided museums with sufficient support, especially as their wealth has surged. We take a closer look at charged controversies at three major institutions.
The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation wants to help museums assess their environmental footprints and lower energy costs. Here’s how a unique cultural sector grantmaking initiative to tackle climate change came together.
A new initiative from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation broadens the definition of a “collecting organization” to include preserving narratives from historically underrepresented communities. Executive Director David Farren explains.
Facing strident opposition from mega-donors and the Association of Art Museum Directors, the Baltimore Museum of Art paused plans to auction work to seed an ambitious diversity initiative. The dispute tells an important story.
The pandemic, related closures and a decimated economy are placing tremendous financial strain on visual arts institutions. Even as they start to reopen on a limited basis, experts predict that many visual arts groups will not survive.
In May, Alice Walton’s Art Bridges Foundation launched the Bridge Ahead initiative to help museums navigate the pandemic. We check in with CEO Paul Provost on the initiative’s origins and the foundation’s unique model.
A third of museum directors are not confident they’ll be able to survive the next 16 months without additional financial relief. Alice Walton’s Bridge Ahead initiative is disbursing $5 million to endangered small and midsize institutions.
In recent years, critics have sounded off about how the wealthy and corporations use philanthropy to burnish their reputations. Now such concerns are intensifying—even as nonprofits need every donor they can find.