Recent activity from ArtPlace America and Kresge suggests an increased attention to rural communities and a heightened awareness of gentrification concerns in urban areas.
Read MoreWith public funding for the arts under fire, some foundations are keen to make a case for the arts as a shared value across the entire population and not a privilege of coastal elites.
Read MoreArts organizations' efforts to make inroads with the business community get a boost from a study arguing that engagement can improve employee performance and retention.
Read MoreWhen a 126-year-old institution like Carnegie Hall partners with an L.A.-based social justice group on an initiative focused on the "intersection of arts and youth justice," the grant money flows.
Read MoreFunders are pushing small arts organizations to boost operational effectiveness in an increasingly uncertain funding climate. We dig into a particularly timely case study out of Chicago.
Read MoreWhat’s more interesting than the numbers is the types of arts groups that are getting Pew’s support in Philadelphia. Here are a few themes that have emerged as growing priorities.
Read MoreConventional wisdom suggests national funders are stepping away from "legacy" institutions in favor of nimbler, more socially focused upstarts. Recent news out of New York shows otherwise.
Read MoreImminent NEA cuts. A lack of support for individual artists. Shifts in grantmaking trends. We survey the arts philanthropy landscape with Bridgitt Evans, founder of VIA Art Fund.
Read MoreThe Orton Family Foundation believes that a "humanities-based approach" to community planning focused on "story-gathering" leads to more engaged citizens and improved social interactions.
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Since establishing Crystal Bridges, Alice Walton (who's worth $37 billion) has shown signs of larger ambitions for her arts giving. Now her deep-pocketed museum is getting behind arts education.
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Most major arts funders have made engaging diverse audiences a top priority. We dig into how these foundations have adapted grantmaking strategies to meet this goal, and where things are heading.
Read MoreMichael Bloomberg's $75 million gift to the Shed, an arts center in an upscale development filled with pricey real estate, comes amid rising concerns over equity in the arts and public spaces.
Read MoreA foundation pledges $10 million to revitalize a depressed town through the arts, agriculture and tourism. Is this a viable turnaround strategy for other distressed places in Amerca?
Read MoreAs FCC chairman Ajit Pai moves to roll back net neutrality regulations, the issue's back in the spotlight. We look at the funders and top nonprofits in the mix.
Read MoreLongtime progressive media funder Rob Glaser was backing an investigation of Trump's potential Russian connections even before election day. Now, he's stepping up his giving to dig deeper.
Read MoreImpressed by the Getty Foundation-funded Pacific Standard Time, two funders are backing a similar exhibition in Chicago. What's Art Design Chicago all about?
Read MoreCan boundary-pushing work act as a powerful artistic statement in our turbulent political climate? The Herb Alert Foundation certainly thinks so.
Read MoreWhen journalists challenge the powerful, the powerful often sick lawyers on them. Which is why Pierre Omidyar's First Look Media is beefing up grantmaking to provide legal support to news outlets.
Read MoreIt was only a matter of time before the ancient idea of an arts patron and the much newer idea of venture funding came together in a new thread of arts philanthropy focused on backing individuals.
Read MorePushback to Paul Allen's planned music festival suggests that while maverick mega-donors don't face conventional checks on their giving, they nonetheless have to answer to critics.
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