Grantmakers in the Arts’ Newest Member

GIA is pleased to introduce our newest member, Creative Many. Welcome!

GIA at PNY Equity Speaker Series: Exploring Racism in America with Titus Kaphar

As part of its Equity Speaker Series, Exploring Racism in America, Philanthropy New York presents a discussion with Titus Kaphar, internationally-renowned artist and 2018 MacArthur Fellow, and a screening of his short film, The Jerome Project, a multimedia investigation into the criminal justice system. The Jerome Project began as Kaphar was researching his father's prison records, which led him to find the mugshots of many other African-American men who shared his father's first and last name. Moderated by GIA President & CEO Eddie Torres, Kaphar will discuss his recent work and how art can inspire philanthropic support of justice reform.

Open to grantmakers, this event will take place Tuesday, November 20, at 5:00pm. More details here.

New Reader Available Online

The Fall 2018 issue of the GIA Reader is now available online, with a special spotlight on the work of local Oakland voices and the city’s grassroots arts organizations of color. Authors include Corrina Gould, Michelle LaPena, discussions between Moy Eng and Shelley Trott, and Leila Tamari and adrienne maree brown, Oakland’s youth poet laureates, and many more.

“The Value of a PSO” Webinar

Philanthropy-serving organizations (PSOs), often referred to as affinity organizations (AO) or membership organizations (MO), hold a unique position in the nonprofit-sector. These types of organizations gather insights and aggregate information on both the nonprofit field and the funder-response to those needs. Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) provides information, resources, and leadership to funders of artists and arts organizations. A 2017 United Philanthropy Forum study revealed that national and regional PSOs reported a median 93 percent membership renewal rate, but why?

Join us to hear from David Biemesderfer, president and CEO, United Philanthropy Forum and Tatiana Hernandez, senior program officer, The Kresge Foundation’s Arts & Culture Program and a GIA board member. They will discuss the value of membership organizations, their impact, and why you should be a part of one! “The Value of a PSO” will be held Tuesday, December 4, at 2:00pm EST / 11:00am PST. Details and registration available here.

For The Benefit Of All: The CMA’s Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Plan is the name of the 19-page report that came about after a nine-month period, in which the The Cleveland Museum of Art facilitated in 2017 over 100 meetings with over 400 people in Cleveland…

As you may know from GIA’s previous webinar “New Horizons in Arts Education: The Student Support and Academic Enrichment program,” the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) program, authorized under Title IV, Part-A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) established flexible formula grants to support the following three areas of activities – well-rounded educational opportunities, which include the arts as defined by ESSA; safe and healthy students; and effective use of technology…

In a recent blog post, Phil Buchanan, president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, reflected on the role of the Council on Foundations and how a strong voice for foundations is needed, in Washington and with the public, “to articulate the unique role of institutional philanthropy”…

An article on the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco scans a research commissioned by ArtPlace America that had the goal of better understanding how arts and culture can help provide solutions to public health challenges that communities (especially low-income, immigrant, rural, indigenous, and communities of color) are facing across the United States…