Headlands Center for the Arts
For A Strategic Planning Process
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Amount$24,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/30/2009
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
The Headlands Center for the Arts (Headlands) is a 27 year-old multi-discplinary residency program located 15 minutes north of the Golden Gate bridge on Golden Gate National Recreation Area property in Marin County. Supported by the Hewlett Foundation since 2004 the organization provides studio space in an idyllic location and time for emerging and established artists to develop new works of performing, literary and visual art. In the last year Pulitzer prize winning local author Michael Chabon has been a resident as has the 2008 Macarthur Genius award winning sound-artist Walter Kitundu. Physically housed in former military barracks on a decommissioned army base, Headlands has significant ongoing capital costs and while it continues to gain support from the region’s leading institutional funders – including recent grants from the Irvine, San Francisco and Gerbode Foundations – the organization acknowledges that it’s operating business model needs review and updating. With an organizational effectiveness grant the current acting Executive Director, Sharon Maidenburg, will work with two highly regarded Bay Area consultants (Amy Kweskin and David Gluck) on a five month planning process that will consist of:
1) analyzing of Headland’s business model and financial systems,
2) assessing the organization’s capital needs
3) conducting an environmental/competitive scan
4) completing a 3-5 year strategic plan including a prioritized list of agreed upon priorities tied to benchmarks and linked to trackable measurements of impact and progress
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.headlands.org
Address
944 Simmonds Road, Sausalito, CA, 94965-2608, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Headlands Center for the Arts is a multidisciplinary arts center housed at the historic Fort Barry in the Marin Headlands since 1984. Each year it provides residency programs, fellowships, and awards to approximately 100 local, national, and international artists working across all disciplines. Its public presentations — including events, open houses, workshops, nature walks, exhibitions, conversations, and community meals — engage more than 13,000 people annually at its historic campus in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, in partnership with the National Park Service. Support for Headlands Center for the Arts aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s Artists strategy.
for general operating support
Headlands Center for the Arts is a multi-disciplinary, international arts center dedicated to supporting artists, the creative process, and the development of innovative ideas and artwork. Each year the organization provides more than 85 artists with residencies, subsidized studio space, public presentation opportunities, and other forms of professional support. Its public programs engage more than 12,000 people each year at its historic campus in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, in close partnerships with the National Park Service.
