2020

ANNUAL REPORT

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About Grantmakers in the ArtsA national network of private, public, and corporate arts and culture funders, Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) provides leadership and service that advances the use of philanthropic and governmental resources to support the growth of arts and culture. Through conferences, workshops, podcasts, and webinars; publications including the GIA Reader; research and policy work across the field of grantmaking; and digital communication tools on our website and social media; we strive to better inform funding practices and effectively address the urgent needs facing artists, arts educators, and arts and culture organizations in communities across America.

With a diverse member base including private, family, community, and corporate foundations; national, state, and local governmental agencies, and nonprofit national, regional, and local funders and service agencies, GIA is the only national association of private and public funders that make grants to artists and arts organizations in America.

Table of Contents

About GIA1

Board of Directors2

Staff3

Letter from the Chair4

2020 in Review: Online Learning5

2020 in Review: Workshops& Summits

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2020 in Review: Funders for Black Lives Series

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2020 in Review: Racial Equity Podcast Series

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2020 in Review: Virtual Convening

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2020 in Review: Coronavirus Pandemic Series

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2020 by the Numbers11

Financial Position12

GIA Members13

Funding Partners14

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GIA Board Directors

Ted Russell, ChairKenneth Rainin Foundation

Jaime Dempsey, Vice-ChairArizona Community Foundation

Eleanor Savage, SecretaryJerome Foundation

San San Wong, TreasurerBarr Foundation

Roberto BedoyaCity of Oakland

Bao-Long ChuHouston Endowment

Anita ContiniBloomberg Philanthropies

Randy EngstromSeattle Office of Arts & Culture

Susan FederThe Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Adriana GallegoArts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona

Sharnita C. JohnsonGeraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Amy KitchenerAlliance for California Traditional Arts

Arleta LittleThe McKnight Foundation

Ken MayCentral Carolina Community Foundation

Tariana Navas-NievesDenver Arts & Venues

Emiko OnoThe William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Zeyba RahmanDoris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

Gary SteuerBonfils-Stanton Foundation

Caitlin StrokoschNational Performance Network

Gabrielle StrongNDN Collective

Quita SullivanNew England Foundation for the Arts

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GIA Staff

Steve ClineWeb & Knowledge Manager

Carmen Graciela DíazCommunications & Publications Manager

Nadia ElokdahVice President & Director of Programs

Sylvia JungSenior Development Manager

Champ KnechtDirector of Operations & Finance

George Marfo IIProgram & Administrative Assistant

Sherylynn SealyProgram Manager

Eddie TorresPresident & CEO

Zoë WilliamsDevelopment Associate

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Dear GIA Members and Colleagues,Grantmakers in the Arts presents this report in summary of our 2020, a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic, further highlighting the inequities and violence that disproportionately affect BIPOC communities. Like many other organizations, GIA’s programming looked somewhat different than in previous years.

In 2020, GIA developed entire bodies of new programming, like the COVID-19 Response & Resources page, which includes a blog series, webinars, and podcasts, and the Black Arts & Cultural Funding and Justice Resource Hub, including examples of funding for BIPOC artists and cultural communities, as well as an anti-racist reading list.

As the pandemic put a pause to all in-person workshops and convenings, GIA worked with Rebecca Thomas Associates to bring our Capitalization workshops online, focusing on capitalization during a recession & making them more accessible to more members. We collaborated with cultural strategist Sage Crump to make sure the workshops also explicitly foreground considerations of racial equity as we address issues of capitalization. In our first online convening in November, we were able to highlight the brilliance of Black women as well as how essential it is to work intersectionally, and to foreground disability justice alongside anti-racism.

GIA is grateful that so many of our colleagues have found our work useful during such a difficult time. Thank you to our members, our funding partners, our board of directors, and the members of our team. We look forward to working with you to create the future we all deserve.

Thank you.

Eddie TorresPresident & CEO

Ted RusselChair

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2020 in ReviewOnline Learning

• 9 Webinars reaching more than 4,000 participants

• 89% Distribution of the GIA Reader among membership

• 53 Blog posts & articles

• A special Twitter chat for 2020: A Human-Centered Arts Response

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Workshops & Summits

• Boston: Racial Equity in Arts Funding Workshop

• New Bedford, MA: Community & Capitalization Workshop

• Baltimore: Arts at the Intersection Workshop

• New York: Activism, Culture & Individual Artists Summit

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Funders for Black Lives Series

• 6 Blogs from GIA members reflecting on their hopes for how arts funders can show up and commit to action for Black lives

• 4 Roundtables for Black and BIPOC funders

• 2 Roundtables for White-identifying funders for Black & Indigenous lives

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Racial Equity Podcast Series

• Our first ever racial equity focused series featured:

• 9 Episodes

• 16 Guest artists, funders & organizers

• 2000+ Listeners

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2020 Virtual Convening

• 700+ Participants

• 3 Days of gathering

• 25 Sessions

• 10 Roundtables

• 2 Workshops

• 14 Blog posts capturing sessions, keynotes & workshops

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Coronavirus Pandemic Series

• 2 Webinars featuring 14 voices from the field & reaching 2300+ participants

• 2 Podcasts with 7 guest funders & organizers reaching 800+ listeners

• 16 Blog posts reaching 4,893 readers

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2020 by the NumbersMembers by Type

Members by Region

Members by Annual Grantmaking

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2020 Financial Position

2020 Total Income: $1,806,180

2020 Total Expenses: $1,680,822

Grantmakers in the Arts operates on a January-December calendar for its fiscal year. Income designated for 2020 totaled $1,806,180 and expenses were $1,680,822 resulting in a $125,358 increase in net assets, which fully replenishes the net assets released for its 2018 relocation to New York. GIA was able to maintain its programming virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic, and, with the aid of a Paycheck Protection Program loan, was able to retain its full workforce at 100% of their salaries. Please note that the income chart above includes restricted income of $880,744 received in previous years for use in 2020, and does not include monies received in 2020 but restricted for use in future years.

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2020 GIA Members3Arts4CultureThe Actors FundAkonadi FoundationAlabaster FundAlaska State Council on the ArtsCity of Alexandria Office of the ArtsAlliance for California Traditional ArtsAlliance of Artists CommunitiesThe Herb Alpert FoundationAlphawood FoundationAlternate RootsAltman FoundationAmericans for the ArtsThe Amphion FoundationThe Annenberg FoundationThe Anschutz FoundationArizona Commission on the ArtsArizona Community FoundationArlington Cultural AffairsArrowhead Regional Arts CouncilArt MattersART/New YorkArtadiaArtist TrustArtists' Legacy FoundationArtPlace AmericaArts & Humanities Council of Montgomery CountyArts Education Partnership at Education Commission of the StatesARTS FAIRFAXArts Foundation for Tucson and Southern ArizonaArts MidwestArtsBuildArtsFundArtsWaveAslan FoundationCity of Austin Cultural Arts DivisionAxe-Houghton FoundationThe Azrieli FoundationDexter F. & Dorothy H. Baker FoundationThe William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial FundBarr FoundationStockton Rush Bartol FoundationA Blade of GrassBloomberg PhilanthropiesBlue Rider GroupBoettcher FoundationBohemian FoundationCity of Boise, Department of Arts & HistoryBonfils-Stanton FoundationBooth Ferris FoundationThe Boston FoundationCity of Boston Office of Arts and CultureCommunity Foundation Boulder CountyBoulder Office of Arts + CultureBravo Greater Des MoinesBronx Council on the ArtsBroward County Cultural DivisionBush FoundationCalgary Arts DevelopmentCalifornia HumanitiesCamargo FoundationCanada Council for the ArtsMargaret A. Cargill PhilanthropiesCenter for CraftCenter for Cultural InnovationCentral Carolina Community FoundationCERF+Chamber Music AmericaChapman Cultural CenterThe Charlotte Street FoundationThe Cleveland FoundationThe Coby FoundationColburn FoundationColorado Creative IndustriesThe Columbus FoundationCornerstone Capital GroupCreative Capital FoundationCreative SonomaCrossCurrents FoundationCultural Council of Palm Beach CountyThe Nathan Cummings FoundationDance/USADance/NYCSMU DataArtsChristel DeHaan Family FoundationDenver Arts & VenuesRobert W. Deutsch FoundationThe Geraldine R. Dodge FoundationGaylord and Dorothy Donnelley FoundationThe Richard H. Driehaus FoundationDoris Duke Charitable FoundationThe Durfee FoundationEast Central Regional Arts CouncilEdVestorsEmcArtsFred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation

Fenwick FoundationThe Field Foundation of IllinoisFirst Nations Development InstituteFleishhacker FoundationFord FoundationForum of Regional Arts Councils of MinnesotaFoundation for Contemporary ArtsThe Char and Chuck Fowler Family FoundationThe Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels FoundationFractured AtlasHelen Frankenthaler FoundationFrey FoundationGeorgia Council for the ArtsWallace Alexander Gerbode FoundationThe Getty FoundationThe Howard Gilman FoundationGobioff FoundationJohn & Marcia Goldman FoundationGreater Baltimore Cultural AllianceGreater Columbus Arts CouncilGreater Philadelphia Cultural AllianceJerome L. Greene FoundationWalter & Elise Haas FundHarford County Cultural Arts Advisory BoardThe Harkness Foundation for DanceThe Merrill G. & Emita E. Hastings FoundationThe Heinz EndowmentsThe Helis FoundationThe William and Flora Hewlett FoundationHouston Arts AllianceHouston Endowment Inc.HRK FoundationHudson-Webber FoundationHyde Family FoundationIdaho Commission on the ArtsIFFIllinois Arts Council AgencyIngenuityThe International Association of Blacks in DanceIowa Arts CouncilJerome FoundationThe Joyce FoundationCity of Kansas City, Missouri, Office of Culture and Creative ServicesThomas S. Kenan Institute for the ArtsThe Kimball FoundationKirkpatrick Family FundThe Klarman Family FoundationJohn S. and James L. Knight FoundationKresge Arts in DetroitThe Kresge FoundationKrupp Family FoundationLambent Foundation Fund of Tides FoundationLeeway FoundationDean & Margaret Lesher FoundationMortimer & Mimi Levitt FoundationLiberty GlobalLifetime ArtsLinde Family FoundationReva and David Logan FoundationLos Angeles County Department of Arts and CultureCity of Los Angeles Department of Cultural AffairsLower Manhattan Cultural CouncilThe Henry Luce FoundationThe John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationMaine Arts CommissionThe MAP FundMarin Community FoundationMassachusetts Cultural CouncilThe Pierre & Tana Matisse FoundationMaynor Biggers Artist FundThe McKnight FoundationRobert B. McMillen FoundationThe Andrew W. Mellon FoundationMemphis Music InitiativeMertz Gilmore FoundationGeorge Cedric Metcalf Charitable FoundationMetropolitan Regional Arts CouncilMichigan Council for Arts and Cultural AffairsMid-America Arts AllianceMid Atlantic ArtsMiddlesex County Office of Art & HistoryJames F. and Marion L. Miller FoundationMinnesota State Arts BoardJoan Mitchell FoundationDavid and Leni Moore Family FoundationThe Music Man FoundationMusicians Foundation, Inc.Nashville Office of Arts & CultureNational Arts StrategiesNational Assembly of State Arts AgenciesNational Association of Latino Arts and CulturesNational Coalition for Arts’ Preparedness and Emergency ResponseNational Endowment for the ArtsNational Guild for Community Arts EducationNational Organization for Arts in HealthNational Performance NetworkNative Arts and Cultures Foundation

NDN CollectiveNetwork of Ensemble TheatersNew England Foundation for the ArtsNew Jersey State Council on the ArtsNew Mexico ArtsThe New York Community TrustCity of Newark Arts and Cultural AffairsStavros Niarchos FoundationNonprofit Finance FundPropel NonprofitsNorth Dakota Council on the ArtsNew York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.City of Oakland, Cultural AffairsThe O'Grady FoundationOnassis Foundation USA, Inc.Onion FoundationOntario Arts CouncilOPERA AmericaThe Opportunity FundThe Oregon Community FoundationThe David and Lucile Packard FoundationPBS FoundationThe Peck FoundationWilliam Penn FoundationPennsylvania Council on the ArtsThe Pew Center for Arts & HeritagePhoenix Office of Arts and CultureVirginia G. Piper Charitable TrustThe Pittsburgh FoundationPolk County Community FoundationThe Pollock-Krasner FoundationPosner-Wallace FoundationPrince Charitable TrustsKenneth Rainin FoundationCity of Raleigh Office of Raleigh ArtsRasmuson FoundationRobert Rauschenberg FoundationRegional Arts & Culture CouncilRegional Arts Commission of St. LouisRhode Island FoundationRhode Island State Council on the ArtsRichmond Memorial Health FoundationRockefeller Brothers FundDavid Rockefeller FundRozsa FoundationSacramento Metropolitan Arts CommissionSaint Paul & Minnesota FoundationSan Antonio Area FoundationSan Francisco Arts CommissionCity of San Jose, Office of Cultural AffairsSanta Barbara Office of Arts and CultureCity of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs DivisionSK ArtsThe Scherman Foundation, Inc.Seattle Office of Arts & CultureSilicon Valley CreatesThe Todd & Betiana Simon FoundationSony Pictures EntertainmentSouth ArtsSouth Carolina Arts CommissionSouthCoast Community FoundationSphinx OrganizationStaten Island ArtsStill Water FoundationStuart FoundationSurdna FoundationSustainable Arts FoundationT. Rowe Price FoundationCity of Tacoma, Office of Arts & Cultural VitalityTamizdatTanne FoundationTelluride FoundationTerra Foundation for American ArtThe Steele FoundationTheatre Communications GroupTheatre ForwardLaurie M. Tisch Illumination FundEmily Hall Tremaine FoundationUnbound PhilanthropyUnited States ArtistsUpper Manhattan Empowerment ZoneThe Vilcek FoundationWagner FoundationThe Wallace FoundationWalton Family FoundationKathryn Caine Wanlass Charitable FoundationThe Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual ArtsWashington State Arts CommissionPhyllis C. Wattis FoundationWestern Arts AllianceWestern States Arts FederationWindgate Charitable FoundationZellerbach Family Foundation

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Funding Partners

Donors Providing Multi-Year GrantsBarr FoundationBonfils-Stanton FoundationThe Nathan Cummings FoundationFord FoundationThe William and Flora Hewlett FoundationThe Kresge FoundationThe John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationThe Andrew W. Mellon FoundationRockefeller Brothers FundSurdna Foundation

Leadership Circle$50,000 - $99,999The Nathan Cummings FoundationLambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation

$25,000 - $49,999Doris Duke Charitable FoundationThe Howard Gilman FoundationThe Heinz EndowmentsWilliam Penn FoundationRockefeller Brothers FundSurdna FoundationThe Wallace FoundationWindgate Charitable Foundation

$10,000 - $24,999The Herb Alpert FoundationBonfils-Stanton FoundationBush FoundationThe Geraldine R. Dodge FoundationThe Getty FoundationJerome FoundationMortimer & Mimi Levitt FoundationThe McKnight FoundationMertz Gilmore FoundationThe New York Community TrustPhilanthropy MassachusettsWalton Family Foundation

Donors$5,000 - $9,999Americans for the ArtsThe Cleveland FoundationWallace Alexander Gerbode FoundationKenneth Rainin FoundationDavid Rockefeller FundLaurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Up to $4,999CrossCurrents FoundationThe Richard H. Driehaus FoundationThe Durfee FoundationLinde Family FoundationThe David and Lucile Packard FoundationPrince Charitable TrustsThe Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels FoundationSony Pictures EntertainmentUnbound Philanthropy

Funding Partners are members who choose to make contributions above the amount required by the GIA dues structure.

Funding Partner gifts assist GIA with general operating support as well as designated programs, including the annual conference, the Arts Education Funders Coalition, and information and communication services.

The Leadership Circle is made up of funders making gifts of $10,000 and above. GIA especially acknowledges Funding Partners granting multi-year support. These contributors are essential to the development and sustainability of programs over time.