Grantmakers in the Arts
For General Operating Support
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Amount$120,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/17/2015
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Grantmakers in the Arts is the only national association of private and public funders that make grants to artists and arts organizations in the United States. With a mission to provide leadership and service to advance the use of philanthropic resources on behalf of arts and culture, it has more than 1,300 members: private, family, community, and corporate foundations; government agencies; and national service organizations. The association’s programs include a well-regarded annual conference, a web conference series, and thought leader forums. Grantmakers in the Arts has also taken a leading role in arts education advocacy in recent years, convening the Arts Education Funders Coalition, which is supported by the Hewlett Foundation. Renewed support would allow Grantmakers in the Arts to continue to provide members with networking opportunities and research from the field through high-quality convenings, as well as the implementation a new communications plan.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.giarts.org
Address
522 Courtlandt Avenue, First floor, Bronx, NY, 10451-5008, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for institutional membership to Grantmakers in the Arts 2022-2025
Grantmakers in the Arts is North America’s only national association of private and public funders that make grants to artists and arts organizations. Grantmakers in the Arts has more than 450 members: private, family, community, and corporate foundations; government agencies; and national service organizations. Its programs include an annual conference, a web conference series, thought leader forums, and publications. This grant will support the Hewlett Foundation’s organizational membership in Grantmakers in the Arts for the next three years, through 2025. It advances the Performing Arts Program’s strategic framework by connecting the program to a community of other grantmakers that support arts and culture.
for the Arts Education Funders Coalition
Grantmakers in the Arts is North America’s only national association of private and public funders that make grants to artists and arts organizations. Grantmakers in the Arts has more than 1,300 members: private, family, community, and corporate foundations; government agencies; and national service organizations. Its programs include a well-regarded annual conference, a web conference series, thought leader forums, and publications. The Arts Education Funder’s Coalition is an affinity group for its members with an interest in policy change that might broaden access to arts education in public schools. This grant to Grantmakers in the Arts, for its Arts Education Funder’s Coalition, advances the Performing Arts Program’s Youth strategy through the Policy and Advocacy substrategy.
