OVERVIEW: The Jerome Foundation supports individual artists and arts organizations of all kinds in Minnesota and New York City, with additional grants especially for film and video production. IP TAKE: The Jerome Foundation is a respected arts … [Read more...] about Jerome Foundation
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Strategy Meets Perseverance: Takeaways from Grantmakers in the Arts’ Latest Conference
Arts Funders Want Things to Go Back to Normal. Here’s What They Can Do Until Then
Takeaways From Our Deep Dive on Writing and Literature Funding
MAP Fund’s David Blasher on the End of Its Grantmaking for Individual Artists
“The Theater Is My Favorite Church.” MAP Fund Supports Artists Through Cash and Coaching
Founded in 1988 and launched by the Rockefeller Foundation, MAP Fund is one of the nation’s longest-running private grantmakers for new performance pieces, and a somewhat rare example of an arts funder focused on individual creators, artist duos or … [Read more...] about “The Theater Is My Favorite Church.” MAP Fund Supports Artists Through Cash and Coaching
Backed by a Sobrato Heir, This Funder Is Working at the Intersection of Film and Social Change
Media and storytelling have always been powerful ways to inform, persuade and generate empathy — key ingredients in bringing about social change. Not too long ago, I wrote about Pop Culture Collaborative, which focuses on harnessing viral videos, … [Read more...] about Backed by a Sobrato Heir, This Funder Is Working at the Intersection of Film and Social Change
IP Briefing: What’s Going on With Philanthropy for Visual Arts?
In a sentence: In a philanthropic field long dominated by extraordinarily wealthy individual donors, some grantmakers and nonprofit leaders are boldly seeking change. What’s going onPublic funding for the arts has been dwindling for decades in the … [Read more...] about IP Briefing: What’s Going on With Philanthropy for Visual Arts?
Funder Spotlight: Created by an Oscar Winner, the Jerome Foundation Backs Film and More
IP Funder Spotlights provide quick rundowns of the grantmakers on our radar, including a few key details on how they operate and what they’re up to right now. Today, we’re catching up with the Jerome Foundation, which supports early-career artists, … [Read more...] about Funder Spotlight: Created by an Oscar Winner, the Jerome Foundation Backs Film and More
“Shifting the Narrative.” A Seasoned Leader on the State of Funder Support for Native-Led Organizations
In 1995, philanthropist and Native American activist Jennifer Easton founded First Peoples Fund as a donor-advised fund at the Tides Foundation to support Native artist-entrepreneurs and culture bearers. In 2003, the organization was established as a … [Read more...] about “Shifting the Narrative.” A Seasoned Leader on the State of Funder Support for Native-Led Organizations
McKnight, Other Minnesota Funders Answer Ford’s Call With Millions for BIPOC-led Arts Groups
Last year, Ford and several partner organizations launched America’s Cultural Treasures, a $156 million-plus, two-phase national initiative to save BIPOC-led arts organizations from becoming casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide them … [Read more...] about McKnight, Other Minnesota Funders Answer Ford’s Call With Millions for BIPOC-led Arts Groups
Next Phase: A Pooled Fund Aims to Transition LA Arts Organizations from Survival to Recovery
In February, the California Community Foundation (CCF) announced the launch of the LA Arts Recovery Fund to support organizations with a pre-pandemic operating budget of under $10 million. The J. Paul Getty Trust initiated the fund, which then … [Read more...] about Next Phase: A Pooled Fund Aims to Transition LA Arts Organizations from Survival to Recovery
“Recover and Reinvent.” An Influential Arts Funder Looks Beyond the Pandemic
Like many other arts grantmakers, the St. Paul, Minnesota-based Jerome Foundation helped the artists and organizations it supports survive a tumultuous 2020 by repurposing grants to general operating support, extending commitments and allocating … [Read more...] about “Recover and Reinvent.” An Influential Arts Funder Looks Beyond the Pandemic
Corporate Giving for Performing Arts is Scarce—Here’s How One Bank Has Made it a Priority
Corporate giving has “never been a great panacea” for performing arts organizations, said Zannie Voss, director of the National Center for Arts Research at Southern Methodist University, in an interview with American Theatre. She was being generous. … [Read more...] about Corporate Giving for Performing Arts is Scarce—Here’s How One Bank Has Made it a Priority
Looking Back on the Legacy of a Small but Influential Funder of Independent Film
This is the story of one small, specialized foundation that has made significant social impact across a range of issues and themes. In July of 1995, the thermometer in Chicago hit 106 degrees. The city recorded 739 heat-related deaths. In early 2020, … [Read more...] about Looking Back on the Legacy of a Small but Influential Funder of Independent Film
Geek Chic: How a Funder Uses Film to Get the Public Jazzed About Science
In 2003, before funders began giving millions for STEM education or calling on Americans to view scientists the way they value athletes, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Sundance Institute began a collaboration focused on highlighting “the … [Read more...] about Geek Chic: How a Funder Uses Film to Get the Public Jazzed About Science
“An Important Missing Ingredient.” How Can Funders Boost Equity in the Arts?
In 2017, a study on arts philanthropy from the Helicon Collaborative and the Surdna Foundation found that “despite important efforts by many leading foundations, funding overall has gotten less equitable. Cultural philanthropy is not effectively—or … [Read more...] about “An Important Missing Ingredient.” How Can Funders Boost Equity in the Arts?
“Of the Community.” How a New African-American Giving Circle is Gaining Steam
As part of our ongoing coverage of giving circles across the country, we’re always on the lookout for emerging groups that advance the philanthropic power of women, people of color, and other disenfranchised groups. Often, these giving circles are … [Read more...] about “Of the Community.” How a New African-American Giving Circle is Gaining Steam
Intervention Points: Behind a Fellowship to Support Diverse Documentary Filmmakers
News out of Harlem suggests that niche funders aren't sitting around waiting for Hollywood to do more to support underrepresented filmmakers. They're perfectly capable of doing it themselves.Firelight Media, the production company co-founded 18 years … [Read more...] about Intervention Points: Behind a Fellowship to Support Diverse Documentary Filmmakers
Mind the Gap: Can Hollywood Do More to Support Underrepresented Filmmakers?
The saga of the Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' FilmCraft and FilmWatch grant programs provides an instructive look into how funders are working to boost diversity in a film space—and how much work still needs … [Read more...] about Mind the Gap: Can Hollywood Do More to Support Underrepresented Filmmakers?
Exposure and Support: A Foundation Looks to Diversity the Ranks of Visual Storytellers
Last month's news that the MacArthur Foundation's Journalism and Media program announced $5.7 million in grants to seven organizations to support nonfiction media makers from diverse backgrounds is important for two reasons. First, it suggests that … [Read more...] about Exposure and Support: A Foundation Looks to Diversity the Ranks of Visual Storytellers
Meet the Renegade Positioning the Southwest as a Magnet for Filmmakers
Roughly three years ago, in a post looking at George R. R. Martin's donation to start a screenwriting award at the New Mexico Film Foundation, I referenced a 2011 New Yorker article describing how his fans send him scathing letters for taking too … [Read more...] about Meet the Renegade Positioning the Southwest as a Magnet for Filmmakers
May the Force Be Less White: A Movie Mogul’s Commitment to Diversity in Film
George Lucas' recent philanthropy increasingly resembles his filmmaking. Some gifts look to the future, while others evoke the past. Recent news points to an example of the former.In October of 2015, he made a $10 million endowment from the George … [Read more...] about May the Force Be Less White: A Movie Mogul’s Commitment to Diversity in Film
