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Jeff Chang, executive director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University, announced he will be leaving this summer that position to join Race Forward: The Center For Racial Justice Innovation, where he will be their first Vice President for Narrative, Arts, and Culture.

The finding is not surprising: wealthier children are about twice as likely to visit a cultural institution or historical place or see a play or concert during the summer, as compared with children from lower-income families, points out an article by Chalkbeat.

For the month of June, GIA’s photo banner features work supported by The Helis Foundation.

The Helis Foundation is a private foundation based in Louisiana, established and funded by the William Helis Family with a mission of advancing access to the arts and continuing a family legacy of philanthropic support to the New Orleans community.

How to achieve a healthier working capital? Through questions and answers, the National Center for Arts Research at Southern Methodist University (NCAR) addresses some of the steps organizations should take to make possible the "breathing room" arts leaders seek.

The Los Angeles County Arts Commission voted unanimously to create the first-ever LA County Department for Arts and Culture. The motion instructs the County to transition the LA County Arts Commission to a stand-alone County department starting July 1 and to complete the transition by fiscal year 2019.

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.

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"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.

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.

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.