With rents rising, artists fleeing, and techies keeping their checkbooks closed, a new Hewlett Foundation initiative is a vital lifeline to the region's arts ecosystem. Will it be enough to make an impact?
Read MorePuerto Rico's arts community operates in a "precarious position, even in the best of times." Now, as it struggles to survive, some prominent arts funders are stepping forward to help.
Read MoreTwo years after its pivot to combating inequality, recent developments find Ford working to empower artist activists and expanding professional support for immigrant artists.
Read MoreWe take a look at the charitable arm of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival and where its funding has been landing lately in Tennessee.
Read MoreThe Terra Foundation for American Art is a unique funder known for bringing visual arts from U.S. artists to national and international audiences. But what about Terra’s hometown of Chicago?
Read MoreWhile deep federal cuts in arts funding have yet to materialize, the screws have already tightened in many cites and states—in some cases, spurring foundations to step forward in a major way.
Read MoreFunding trends in Wilmington, Delaware, provide a sobering reminder to arts organizations everywhere: It's not just government funders that are in retreat.
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The nation's top donor-advised fund, which made a staggering 849,000 grants in 2016, has crunched its data to analyze what giving looks like in different regions of the U.S. It's worth paying attention.
Read MoreThe Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has lately been a leader on arts funding to advance social change. We talk to the foundation's Risë Wilson about how criminal justice moved front and center in this work.
Read MoreWhile Gordon Getty's giving typically focuses on the music organizations, a recent donation finds him supporting his alma mater. What makes this donor tick?
Read MoreMore campus funders looking to make a low-risk, high-reward investment are turning to that tried and true nexus point for community engagement: the university arts center.
Read MoreIn an arts philanthropy climate where funding tends to flow to urban areas, we speak with Peter Finn, whose Catskill Mountain Foundation has been revitalizing rural communities through the arts since 1998.
Read MoreRecent gives find the foundation expanding its footprint in and beyond Southern California with an eye towards collaborations that drive social change.
Read MoreRecent 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.
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