GIA Blog

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Carmen Graciela Díaz

Out of 44 national applications, four labs were chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to conduct research programs investigating the value and impact of the arts in both arts and non-arts sectors.

Posted on May 23, 2018 by giarts-ts-admin

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Posted on May 22, 2018 by Carmen Graciela Díaz

"Race is a social construct that has deep societal impact. Our nation’s history of racism has been codified through systems such as slavery, education, and housing — all issues that the social sector seeks to address. As such, the social sector has a mandate to eliminate racism at all levels on which it exists and shift its axis towards race equity." This statement sets the tone and context for a report by Equity in the Center, which tackles how organizations can begin the race equity journey in their respective institutions.

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Eddie

At the EDGE Funders Alliance 2018 conference, I had the experience of sitting next to a stranger at lunch and introducing myself as President & CEO of Grantmakers in the Arts. He asked me, “Why don’t funders fund just plain art anymore?” When I asked what he meant, he responded with a story.

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Carmen Graciela Díaz

The Minneapolis Foundation recently announced it raised more than $100 million in charitable gifts during the fiscal year that ended on March 31, a record for gifts made to the Foundation in a single year.

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Carmen Graciela Díaz

Roadblock Analysis Report, by Open Road Alliance, has found that funders are contributing to disruptions to project implementation and therefore threatening the impact of their own investments.

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Carmen Graciela Díaz

In an atypical approach to support for the arts, the Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative (SFC) recently announced $3.15 million in grants supporting 81 high-quality summer programs that serve youth from low-income families living in Baltimore City.

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Carmen Graciela Díaz

Through a $43 million multi-year initiative, Bloomberg Philanthropies expanded its Arts Innovation and Management (AIM) program to seven new cities. The program seeks to strengthen the organizational capacity and programming of more than 200 small and midsize cultural organizations in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Denver, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C., Bloomberg Philanthropies announced in a press release.

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Carmen Graciela Díaz

From presidents, to directors, to curators, women have taken the torch in leadership changes at museums as a recent article in The Guardian addressed.

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Carmen Graciela Díaz

The National Center for Arts Research at Southern Methodist University (NCAR) has found the majority of arts and cultural organizations have "precariously low levels of working capital," or resources available to cover day-to-day operating needs.