Fleishhacker Foundation
Why the Fleishhacker Foundation Went All-in on Unrestricted Grants for Artists
How Three Funders Joined Forces to Simplify the Grant Application Process
In July 2021, San Francisco-based Vogl Consulting published a report gauging the impact of emergency funding distributed to Bay Area artists and cultural organizations during the pandemic. The study, which was commissioned by the Walter & Elise … [Read more...] about How Three Funders Joined Forces to Simplify the Grant Application Process
As Book Banning Campaigns Spread, this Funder is Defending the Right to Read
Amanda Jones was accused of being a groomer and a pedophile, she was trolled and doxxed on social media and snubbed at high school football games. Given this treatment, one might assume that Jones is some kind of deviant. In fact, she is a school … [Read more...] about As Book Banning Campaigns Spread, this Funder is Defending the Right to Read
As Government Budgets Pull Back, a Look at Philanthropy’s Role in Funding Public Libraries
Philanthropy played a foundational role in creating the American public library system. Once the private privilege of the wealthy, Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie began channeling more than $55 million into … [Read more...] about As Government Budgets Pull Back, a Look at Philanthropy’s Role in Funding Public Libraries
Funder Spotlight: How the Fleishhacker Foundation Backs Bay Area Artists, No Strings Attached
IP Funder Spotlights offer quick rundowns of the grantmakers that are on our radar, including a few key details on how they operate and what they’re up to right now. Today, we take a look at a San Francisco-based family foundation dedicated to … [Read more...] about Funder Spotlight: How the Fleishhacker Foundation Backs Bay Area Artists, No Strings Attached
Planet Word: A Philanthropist’s Mission to Build a Museum of Language
Philanthropist and language aficionado Ann Friedman’s dream to create Planet Word, an interactive, multimedia museum “dedicated to the power of language and how words shape the human experience,” is becoming a reality. Design and building processes … [Read more...] about Planet Word: A Philanthropist’s Mission to Build a Museum of Language
A League of Readers: Behind a Big Gift to Boost Literacy
A big gift from the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation will go to support the national expansion of Reading League, a nonprofit in Syracuse, New York, dedicated to increasing awareness and adoption among educators of evidence-based techniques to teach … [Read more...] about A League of Readers: Behind a Big Gift to Boost Literacy
Growth Industry: A “Disruptor” Helps Libraries Navigate an Expanding Funding Landscape
Look across the philanthropy space and you'll find many funders encouraging libraries to embrace accessibility, inclusion, and technological innovation. The space certainly isn't suffering from a lack of good ideas.Nor is it suffering from a lack of … [Read more...] about Growth Industry: A “Disruptor” Helps Libraries Navigate an Expanding Funding Landscape
Leverage Point? A Foundation Sees School Libraries As a Key to Boosting Student Achievement
We've been writing quite a bit lately about efforts to boost libraries. Funders like the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the Knight Foundation and Jim and Marilyn Simons envision libraries as open community spaces fostering inclusivity, collaboration … [Read more...] about Leverage Point? A Foundation Sees School Libraries As a Key to Boosting Student Achievement
Let’s Get Inclusive: An Atypically Large Gift Yields Lessons for Libraries Everywhere
Every now and then, we come across a gift that is both an outlier and a bellwether in its relevant corner of philanthropy. Such is the case with the $55 million gift from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation to renovate the New York Public Library's … [Read more...] about Let’s Get Inclusive: An Atypically Large Gift Yields Lessons for Libraries Everywhere
Stuff That Works: A Funder’s Valuable Advice for Public Libraries
In his recent piece on Alberto Ibargüen, David Callahan dubbed the Knight Foundation’s long-serving CEO and president "The Futurist" for good reason. The foundation has been working for years to help key institutions in U.S. society navigate an age … [Read more...] about Stuff That Works: A Funder’s Valuable Advice for Public Libraries
False Alarm: The (Relatively) Good News Behind a New MacArthur-Funded Documentary Project
The MacArthur Foundation recently announced a new investment in documentary film with a four-year, $5 million grant to the International Documentary Association to establish the IDA Documentary/Journalism Project. Normally, this would be an innocuous … [Read more...] about False Alarm: The (Relatively) Good News Behind a New MacArthur-Funded Documentary Project
