Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Grantees Of $30 Million Arts Innovation And Management Program
Through this two-year initiative, Bloomberg Philanthropies provides unrestricted grants to 262 organizations around the country to help strengthen their operational and programming efforts and offers arts management training in fundraising, audience development and board member engagement. All selected nonprofit cultural organizations are locally or internationally recognized groups that have been in existence for at least two years.
Bloomberg Philanthropies worked with local funders in each city to identify the grantee cohort of small and midsized arts organizations. In addition to strong programmatic activities, selected grantees exhibited a potential for growth in their organization's management capacity. Together, the grantees comprise a thriving and robust arts community in each city, provide a total of over 1,700 jobs and collectively serve more than 10 million residents....