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Grantmakers in the Arts provides leadership and service that advances the use of philanthropic and governmental resources to support the growth of arts and culture. As a professional association of funders, GIA exhibits leadership by working with our members to define better practice in the field of racial equity. Racial equity is a core value of the organization, and the most popular programmatic offering for those in the arts and culture sector in our online, conference programming, workshops, and other outputs.

Specific themes of our racial equity programming include:

Pro-BIPOC Arts Funding Community of Practice

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Grantmakers in the Arts presents our Racial Equity Theory of Transformation as an articulation of our values as a jumping-off point for experiments in changing grantmaking practice – not as a definitive position that never changes. Please use this to inform your work, even if that includes critiquing and refuting elements of the theory.

"More than a year after the police killing of George Floyd and the avalanche of donations toward racial-equity initiatives that followed, the actual gift amounts and their destinations remain largely unknown, complicating efforts to gauge the effectiveness of the donations and their recipients," reads an article published by The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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In his recent blog post, Backlash: A Sharp Right Turn by a Philanthropy Member Organization, Phil Buchanan, president of Center for Effective Philanthropy, calls out the current critique of pro-BIPOC philanthropy.

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Written materials we referenced

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E. San San Wong, Barr Foundation program director and GIA Board of Directors alumni, wrote recently a piece on why centering racial equity is necessary for achieving Barr’s Arts & Creativity program goals.

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The Joyce Foundation launched recently a new grantmaking strategy through 2025 for its programs, focused on racial equity and economic mobility for culture and other funding areas.