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Grantwriting for Artists: Perfecting Your Proposal
Discover how to research funding, decode application questions, and focus artistic career goals during the grant writing process.
Applying to the National Endowment for the Arts
This special presentation will introduce you to the National Endowment for the Arts' mission, programs, and application processes
Funding for Artists and Arts Organizations: Dos and Don'ts for the Written Proposal
In this excerpt from a Meet the Grantmakers program in Los Angeles, a panel of arts funders give us their best advice for artists and arts organizations when it comes to writing the grant proposal.
Trends in Fueling and Sustaining Innovation in the Arts
Learn about the trends that are driving and sustaining arts innovation from Bay-area funders.
Trends in Fueling and Sustaining Innovation in the Arts [Highlights]
4 Bay-area funders discuss how they support diversity in their respective organizations.
Collaborations Among Arts Organizations: Partnerships That Work
Two arts collaboratives discuss how they are making great things happen by working together and proving that partnerships can be successful with the right people and practices involved.
Highlights from Collaborations Among Arts Organizations: Partnerships That Work
Two arts collaboratives discuss how they are making great things happen by working together and proving that partnerships can be successful with the right people and practices involved.
Reality Fundraising: Lessons Learned from Successful Arts Organizations
Hear about what’s really working now for actual arts groups around the country.
The Art of Recruiting and Inspiring Board Members for the Arts
A panel of experts discusses how you determine what your organization needs in its board members, and what it takes to build a truly effective arts board.
Highlights from The Art of Recruiting and Inspiring Board Members for the Arts
A panel of experts discusses how you determine what your organization needs in its board members, and what it takes to build a truly effective arts board.
Individual Artists: The Dos and Don'ts of Proposal Writing
Lori Zook, Development Manager at Quinn Associates, discusses proposal writing for individual artists.
The Art of Hustle with Anthem Salgado
Anthem Salgado, Founder of ArtofHustle.com, discusses how individual artists can maximize the potential of social media for arts marketing.
Dialogue with Donors: Foundation Funding for the Arts [Highlights]
In this excerpt, Will Maitland Weiss facilitates a panel discussion of program officers who passionately support the arts addresses how to choose which foundations to approach; what they are really looking for (and not looking for!); how to make the best case possible; and how to follow up.
Dialogue with Donors: Foundation Funding for the Arts
Will Maitland Weiss facilitates a panel discussion of program officers who passionately support the arts addresses how to choose which foundations to approach; what they are really looking for (and not looking for!); how to make the best case possible; and how to follow up.
Meet the Grantmakers: Picking up Steam with STEM
Learn from a panel of grantmakers about STEM funding in the Bay Area.
3 Critical Steps for Success: An Arts Funder Outlines Key Practices for Grantseekers
Jill Paulsen, director of grants programs from Cuyahoga Arts and Culture (CAC), shares three key practices that prospective grantees should engage in.
Grantseeking Basics for Individuals in the Arts
This course is geared towards individuals involved in the arts and looking to fund any type of arts-related project.
Reality Fundraising: Lessons Learned From Successful Arts Organizations
Marilyn Hoyt, nonprofit consultant and Foundation Center instructor, discusses fundraising for arts organizations in the current economic landscape by looking at three case studies of arts nonprofits.
Arts Funding in Uncertain Times: Will U.S. foundations provide stability for the sector?
Discussion of how foundation arts funding fared during the recent economic downturn, current trends in arts grantmaking, and the outlook for arts giving.
Emerging Arts Professionals: A Conversation with Adam Fong
Adam Fong, Co-Founder of Emerging Arts Professionals (EAP), SF Bay Area, discusses the importance of networking and building community among fellow arts professionals.
Bay Area Arts Grantmaking in a Time of Change
Panelists describe their funding priorities, share current regional arts funding trends, and reflect on best practices for approaching foundations for support during challenging economic times.
Fiscal Sponsorship for Artists and Arts Organizations Webinar
Discussion of the fiscal sponsorship arrangement under which a charitable project without 501(c)(3) status might benefit from the tax-exempt status and administrative support of a sponsoring organization.
What is Fiscal Sponsorship?: A Conversation with Dianne Debicella, Fractured Atlas
Dianne Debicella, Fractured Atlas, defines fiscal sponsorship and discusses why an individual artist or emerging arts organization may opt for fiscal sponsorship.
State of the Arts with Lisa Cremin, Director of the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund
Lisa Cremin, director of the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund at the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, provides insights on recent trends in the arts.
Fiscal Sponsorship for Artists
Learn about fiscal sponsorship arrangements and what an application for fiscal sponsorship might look like.