The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation Announces Open Call for 2017 Grant Applications

Thursday, April 7, 2016

The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation Announces Open Call for 2017 Grant Applications Under Art and Social Justice Initiative

The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation is pleased to announce its open call for 2017 grant applications under the Foundation's Art and Social Justice initiative for non-profit organizations serving the five boroughs of New York City. Grant applications are now being accepted through September 15, 2016 on the Foundation website www.sdrubin.org, and applicants will be notified of the Foundation's decision in January 2017.
 
The Foundation's Art and Social Justice initiative, now in its second year, supports art and culture with the belief that art is a cornerstone of cohesive, resilient and engaged communities. Through this initiative, the Foundation provides crucial funding and programmatic support to organizations promoting art as a mechanism for positive social change in New York City, the Foundation's headquarters. 

Funding specifically encourages organizational and institutional engagement with pressing social and cultural issues. Potential grantees should provide one or more of the following to audiences in New York City: arts education, public art, art in community and service centers, artistic activism, community-based museums, expanded access to art, art in the service of social justice or change, and the promotion of under-recognized artistic practice...

 

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