Philanthropic practice

Lessons Learned So Far on GIA’s Journey toward Racial Equity in Arts Philanthropy

July 8, 2015 by giarts-ts-admin

Grantmakers in the Arts released its Statement of Purpose for Racial Equity in Arts Philanthropy in March 2015. It did not spring from thin air. Members concerned with social justice have been active within GIA for nearly a decade. Over the past six years, members have shown an overwhelming interest in equity issues facing their communities. Racial equity was deliberately selected four years ago for a thought leader forum in order to go deeper into one area of social justice.

What’s the Big Idea in Arts Education?

July 8, 2015 by giarts-ts-admin

Presentations and white papers presented at Grantmakers for the Arts Every Child, Every School forum for funders in Minneapolis, May 7, 2015, can be found here.

June 30, 2015 by giarts-ts-admin

On June 2, 2015, Kenny Leon presented the following as a keynote address at the Grantmakers in the Arts Racial Equity Forum in Atlanta, Georgia.

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.

Tomorrow,
I’ll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the kitchen,”
Then.

Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed —

I, too, am America.

March 26, 2015 by giarts-ts-admin

The annual GIA conference brings us, in our respective roles as foundation founder-trustee and staff, inspiration for the work of the year ahead, highlights new developments and trends in the arts and funding, challenges conventional thinking, and provides opportunities to exchange ideas with our peers. It is a true highlight of the year for our work as arts funders, and we think it could be for other trustees as well.

March 21, 2015 by giarts-ts-admin

The opportunities to connect communities through culture and to use that cultural engagement to educate one another are simultaneously compelling and challenging to cultural foundations and philanthropists. Recent reports and research provide strong arguments and preliminary insights into ways that culture can advance engagement across boundaries, both geographic and societal. But the most challenging efforts may be those intended to connect the United States to Muslim populations abroad.

February 5, 2015 by giarts-ts-admin

February 2015, 31 pages. TDC, 31 Milk Street, Suite 310, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109. (617) 728-9151, www.tdcorp.org.

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October 20, 2014 by giarts-ts-admin

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Redefining Expectations for Place-based Philanthropy (10.2 Mb)

This article discusses how The California Endowment has used a midcourse strategic review to refine Building Healthy Communities, aiming to provide insight for other place-based initiatives and to add to the body of knowledge about how to support transformative community change.

September 25, 2014 by giarts-ts-admin

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Critical Steps Toward Capital Health in the Cultural Sector (61 Kb)

GIA’s National Capitalization Project

September 25, 2014 by giarts-ts-admin

The full version of this report is available here

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Valuing Labor in the Arts: A Gathering

September 25, 2014 by giarts-ts-admin

The struggle to ensure that art work is recognized as real work and compensated accordingly is an essential one, and it continues through the efforts of art collectives and organizations, the actions of artists, and countless individual decisions to accept or reject engrossing but unpaid jobs.

— Elyse Mallouk, “On Laboring for Love”