The Denver Art Museum's recent fundraising successes underscore how some arts institutions are now enjoying key advantages when it comes to pulling in the big bucks for high-risk capital projects.
Read MoreNews out of New York City points to how bold, forward-looking programming can lead to incredible financial dividends—and relatively quickly, no less.
Read More"Audience engagement." "Communities." "Established conventions." A Mellon gift supports a training program that embraces the key components of its next-generation vision for museum professionals.
Read MoreGrantmakers like Ford and Rockefeller are "edging politely but firmly away" from legacy institutions in the Big Apple—and the reasons why apply to arts organizations everywhere.
Read MoreA transformative gift to the museum in Chapel Hill, NC, makes us wonder: Why did a museum serving 40,000 visitors a year secure a gift whose dollar value is eight times the size of its operating budget?
Read MoreA seemingly minor change to an Alaskan funder's grant program underscores an emerging trend in arts philanthropy that should be of interest to artists in the Lower 48.
Read MoreA new program celebrating "the highest quality artistic work being created in the American South" underscores an upsurge in regional philanthropy in the Southeast.
Read MoreWhen the man behind a museum's huge capital project admits there's been "a little lack of confidence that the money will be raised," alarm bells inevitably go off.
Read MoreThe California Community Foundation supports the arts to advance its broader mission of improving Los Angeles. Here are a few ways that's playing out.
Read MoreHow art is presented in museums is a really big deal. So why don't grantmakers and donors devote more attention to this? The Henry Luce Foundation is one foundation that's on the case.
Read MoreWhile plenty of donors still love risky capital projects, the idea that they may not be in the best interests of museums continues to gain currency across the art philanthropy world.
Read MoreCould it be that one reason directors get behind big capital projects isn't because it's in the museum's best interests — but rather because it's great for their own resumes?
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Art conservation graduate programs have become incredibly competitive, with universities spending big to attract top-notch talent. Lucky for them, donors seem up to the challenge.
Read MoreBigger isn't always better, but major museums rarely apply this theory in practice. We dig into an exception—and what it may mean for fundraisers navigating an uncertain financial landscape.
Read MoreThe largest family fortune of our time is likely to loom large in the future of American arts philanthropy, bolstering the arts outside of top cities and coastal corridors.
Read MoreExpensive capital campaigns normally pose significant long-term financial risks for museums. But they can also help the cake rise in fundraising environments with a lot of new money around. Like Denver.
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Regional museums looking to make a mark may want to look to Miami for inspiration, where that city's top museum has benefitted from a key patron and doubled down in a promising niche.
Read MoreContemporary art's surging popularity has lifted many boats. One unexpected beneficiary? Arts writers, who have an ally in an increasingly generous grants program.
Read MoreA $5 million matching gift from Judy and Leonard Lauder to Maine's Portland Museum of Art's endowment fund shows that some donors still appreciate financial stability above all else.
Read MoreMuseums hoping for that transformative collector's gift may be end up waiting for a very long time, thanks to a changing psychographic donor profile and complex market dynamics.
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