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Thanks to You All

Grantmakers in the Arts is grateful to the funding partners and members who have helped us make 2015 a stellar year for programming and service to those who provide support to ensure the arts are part of everyone's life. We are fortunate to work in a field of innovative artists and arts groups, and courageous grantmaking colleagues who continue to seek new answers to on-going challenges and to celebrate the arts that connect us all.

Your GIA Staff

December Web Conference: Advocacy and Lobbying

The next GIA Web Conference, Advocacy and Lobbying: How Foundations Can Change Public Policy, will be held on Tuesday, December 8, 2:00pm EST / 11:00am PST. It will be presented on December 8 by GIA’s own President & CEO Janet Brown.

Arts and culture practitioners, funders, and community leaders made up nearly one-third of the participants at this year's National Rural Assembly…

The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an arts diversity motion that directs the Arts Commission to establish an advisory group of arts and community leaders…

A message from ArtsReady: Last week’s horrific events in Paris remind us that cultural gathering spaces can be targets of violence. While we hope you will never experience an act of violence at your organization…