A dancer in a white skirt poses in the foreground. A drummer watches on from the background.
Jean Appolon Expressions

Advancing and constructing innovative cultural models and systems

The arts are not only a reflection of culture; they are an engine of collective imagination and civic leadership.

We strive for long-term changes to policies and practices, cultural models and systems that access the full potential of arts and creativity. In collaboration with leaders across the arts and creativity field, we sponsor research and champion new approaches that enable all communities to thrive.  

Our grantmaking priorities are to: 

  • Support arts advocacy to foster policy change that builds a more thriving and robust field.  
  • Advance new narratives about the power and possibilities of the arts as essential to thriving, just communities

Grantmaking in Advocating for the Arts

Literary Arts Fund

To provide funds to be regranted to nonprofit literary arts organizations and nonprofit publishers

Essex County Community Foundation, Inc.

To help offset the cost of attending the GIA 2025 Conference

Greater Lowell Community Foundation, Inc.

To help offset the cost of attending the GIA 2025 Conference

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