Big Fish, Big Pond: A Look at Some Recent Annenberg Arts Grantmaking
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Recent gives find the foundation expanding its footprint in and beyond Southern California with an eye towards collaborations that drive social change.
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It's One of the Biggest Bets in Arts Philanthropy Ever. What's the Verdict?
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When it opened, some saw Alice Walton's multi-billion-dollar Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art as a textbook case of nouveau philanthropy gone wrong. Five years later, the verdict is quite different.
Read MoreMissing Patrons: Will More Major Donors Give for Art and Social Justice?
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When it comes to funding programs that use the arts to drive social change, institutional grantmakers are stepping up. What's stopping individual patrons from doing the same?
Read MoreNew Funding Behind a Long Push for Gender Equity in the Visual Arts
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With donors increasingly focused on combating inequality, keep an eye on the visual arts space, where female artists remain woefully underrepresented. Some funders are on the case.
Read More"Everyone Is Welcome." A Funder Backs Arts Writing for the People
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With 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 MoreWhat's Happening with Arts Philanthropy Right Now? An Innovative Funder Takes Stock
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Imminent 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 MorePolish Connection: How UC Berkeley Landed a Big Arts Collection From a Reliable Funder
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UC Berekley's Magnes Collection recently received $10.1 million from Taube Philanthropies, the largest single monetary gift to acquire art in Berkeley's history. Here's the back story.
Read MoreA Funder Focused on a Powerful Niche: Photography That Drives Change
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With funders increasingly drawn to visual storytelling's ability to drive social change, we dig into the work of Nancy Farese, who has long been on the front line of "photo-philanthropy."
Read More"Immeasurably Important." A Historic Gift Earmarked for the Booming Field of Asian Art
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A bequest from a longtime donor couple this spring established an endowment for the burgeoning field of Asian art at museum whose location may surprise you. (Hint: It's far from either coast.)
Read MoreSurprising? Not Really. A Look at That Big Gift to MoMA
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Steve and Alex Cohen's philanthropy has become steadily more ambitious. It was only a matter of time before the art-loving couple made a move like their $50 million gift to a premier museum.
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A Regional Funder Giving Where Food, Health, and Environment Meet
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The Claneil Foundation has been making grants in the Philadelphia region and beyond for about 40 years. Its new strategy looks at three closely intertwined issues.
Read MoreDirect Support: Why This New Grant is a Surprising Outlier in Arts Philanthropy
/A new grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts poses a broader and more perplexing question: Why don't more funders provide direct support to individual artists?
Read MoreAn Endowment Gift to Support Top Visual Arts Scholars
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Recruitment frenzy reaches the curatorial space, where a gift from the Edmond J. Safra Foundation endows a professorship position at the National Gallery of Art.
Read MoreAugmented Reality and Friendly Chatbots: Grants to Digitize the Museum Experience
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Museums face serious challenges amid growing distractions and declining attention spans. Which is why some funders are stepping up to digitize the visitor experience and engage audiences in new ways.
Read MoreBecause They Can: On the Rise of Single-Donor Private Museums and Shifts in Art Giving
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A growing number of single-donor private museums have been founded in recent years. What explains this phenomenon, and what does it mean for public museums as the threat of funding cuts looms?
Read MoreEmbrace the Pipeline: Funders Adopt a Familiar Strategy to Address Museum Diversity
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Funders keen on creating more diversity in key professions and institutions have long looked to change who's entering such fields. Why can't this same model be applied in the museum world?
Read MoreAn Arts Foundation Ramps Up Its Grantmaking—And Finds Its Voice in the Process
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The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts launched in 2007, but only recently became active in traditional grantmaking. How does it fit within the larger L.A. arts funding landscape?
Read MoreMeet Another Funder Bullish on Arts Writing
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With cost-conscious outlets devoting less space to "serious" art criticism, the niche field of art writing gets a critical boost from the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation.
Read More"Indispensable." Who are the Funders Backing Writing on the Arts?
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A thriving arts and cultural sector requires conversation and debate. Which is why a diverse group of funders are increasing giving for writing on the arts and transforming the field.
Read MoreGiving Breeds Giving: More Fundraising Success for an Ambitious Capital Project
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Why do some capital projects succeed while others struggle to attract enough big gifts? We turn to the fundraising success of a Denver museum for answers.
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