This piece was originally published in the inaugural issue of Nonprofit Wakanda Quarterly, an independent and free space for Black people who work or who are involved in the nonprofit sector to dream, aspire, interrogate, and express, freely.
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The GIA Library is an information hub that includes articles, research reports, and other materials covering a wide variety of topics relevant to the arts and arts funding. These resources are made available free to members and non-members of GIA. Users can search by keyword or browse by category for materials to use in research and self-directed learning. Current arts philanthropy news items are available separately in our news feed - News from the Field.
The Associated Press reported recently corporate giving to racial equity causes has far outpaced donations from foundations and individual philanthropists since Floyd’s killing in May, according to the philanthropy research organization Candid.
New York, NY - Wednesday, March 24. Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) just released Solidarity Not Charity: Arts & Culture Grantmaking in the Solidarity Economy, a report that explores how the grantmaking community can support culture-workers and artists through an increasingly just economy.
The Boston Foundation Arts & Culture team, the Barr Foundation and the Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture center racial equity, transparency and accountability join forces in a new approach to grantmaking.
In a recent piece, Adam Fong, Program Officer in Performing Arts at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, reflects on a cluster of "adaptation grants" Hewlett put in place to help ensure Bay Area arts organizations "have sufficient resources to adapt to challenges both arising from and exacerbated by the pandemic."
Grace Nicolette, vice president, Programming and External Relations of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, wrote recently that her observation from working in philanthropy for more than 15 years "is that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are often left out of conversations around race, either purposefully or by neglect."
Conflict can sometimes arise in our discussions and reflections of society and the philanthropic field, whether we are virtual or in person.
GIA is committed to addressing structural inequities and increasing philanthropic and government support for African, Latine, Asian, Arab, and Native American (ALAANA) artists and arts organizations. Racial equity is a lens through which GIA aims to conduct all of its work, as well as a specific area of its programming.
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What can I expect from the GIA Racial Equity Workshop? How is this different from the in-person workshops?
The GIA Virtual Racial Equity in Arts Funding Workshop has been designed to translate our in-person racial equity workshops into a virtual learning environment.
GIA’s workshops are currently at capacity. To be added to the waitlist, please email us at gia@giarts.org so that we can let you know of cancellations for this workshop or reserve a spot for you for an upcoming workshop in the Spring.