GIA Reader (2000-present)

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.

As part of an upcoming Thought Leader Forum titled Every School, Every Child, I was asked by Janet Brown, CEO of Grantmakers in the Arts, to spend some time with their newly released report Foundation Funding for Arts Education: An Update on Foundation Trends by Steven Lawrence, director of research, and Reina Mukai, research manager, both from the Foundation Center.

Paul Bonin-Rodriguez. 2015, 208 pages, Palgrave Macmillan; Houndmills

BFAMFAPhD. 2014, 15 pages, BFAMFAPhD. http://bfamfaphd.com/#artists-report-back

Denise Montgomery, Peter Rogouin, and Neromanie Persaud. 2013, 136 pages, The Wallace Foundation, New York

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Holly Sidford and Nick Rabkin. 2014, 10 pages, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.

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Edited by Don Ball. 2014, 90 pages, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.

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Jeff Chang. 2014, 403 pages, St. Martin’s Press, New York, NY

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.