Arts, Culture & Humanities
August 7, 2015 at 1:47 pm
Starting Monday, Aug. 10, the Knight Foundation is accepting applications for ideas that engage and enrich the community through the arts in Akron, Ohio. The Knight Arts Challenge will award $1 million in its first year in Akron as part of a $3 million, three-year initiative. The beauty is that anyone can apply—individuals, organizations, students,…
August 4, 2015 at 2:03 pm
Spaceworks, a nonprofit devoted to providing artists with affordable, accessible studio space throughout New York City, has just been promised $10 million from the city to continue its efforts in the Bronx. In its largest-scale project yet, the Brooklyn-based organization is due to renovate 50,000 square feet of future studio space and community art facilities…
July 30, 2015 at 12:39 pm
Houston, the Smithsonian has a problem—or at least it did. Its National Air and Space Museum wanted to display Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit in July 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, but traditional fundraising methods had not proved adequate to support the project. In response, a museum complex founded in…
July 22, 2015 at 12:34 pm
The world famous Smithsonian Institution has launched its first crowdfunding campaign in the hope that science fans will help preserve an iconic piece of space memorabilia. Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit has seen some wear and tear over the decades, however, for the moonwalk's 50th anniversary, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space museum wants to…
July 20, 2015 at 1:30 pm
After an all-out four-day weekend in Los Angeles, Anime Expo closed its doors for another year on July 5. Finally, Marc Perez has a few moments to breathe. “The hours are very nice a couple of months out of the year,” the CEO of the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA), says of his…
July 14, 2015 at 1:46 pm
While a handful of independently owned Blockbusters and other independent video shops remain in operation across the U.S., they feel more like museums than anything else. It's fitting, then, that Video Fan, a rental shop in Richmond, Va., has been granted nonprofit status.
June 26, 2015 at 12:48 pm
Americans’ donations to arts and culture rose 9.2 percent in 2014, the highest increase in nine categories tracked by Giving USA, an annual report on charitable contributions. Overall, however, arts and culture commanded a modest share of the philanthropic pie. Estimated gifts to arts and culture totaled $17.2 billion, according to the report compiled by…
June 25, 2015 at 1:47 pm
As a part of its continued mission to transform the lives of southern Nevada students through arts and education, the Rogers Foundation, Las Vegas, has granted nearly $300,000 to two Clark County schools and one community organization. On June 2, grant presentations were made to the winners of the inaugural grants distributed by The Rogers…
June 15, 2015 at 1:44 pm
Goodwill Manasota, Sarasota, Fla., has taken to the airwaves to share stories of philanthropy and good corporate social responsibility throughout Sarasota and Manatee counties. Through the “Tell Me Something Good” radio show on WSRQ, hosted by Goodwill Foundation vice president Veronica Brandon Miller and director of community outreach Rick Hughes, and the “Good News” show…
December 30, 2013
The Maryland Youth Ballet, a nonprofit arts institution that provides pre-professional dance training to more than 900 children and 700 adults, has lost more than $10,000 in revenue in recent weeks because of performance and class cancellations from early winter storms. Hoping to generate a surge of publicity that will translate into a surge of gift-giving, it has invited three dignitaries who have shown support for the organization to participate in its 2013 performances of "The Nutcracker."
