What was the Creative Work Fund?
From 1994 to 2024, the Creative Work Fund awarded grants for artists and organizations to create new art works through collaborations. It celebrated the role of artists as problem solvers and the making of art as a profound contribution to we-making and artistic innovation that strengthens communities. Artists were encouraged to collaborate with organizations of all kinds: nonprofits, fiscally-sponsored collectives, schools, and public agencies.
Four principles guided the Fund:
- Artists’ creativity merits philanthropic support.
- Individual creativity is the source of cultural richness, diversity and belonging.
- The arts can be a powerful vehicle for problem solving and community renewal.
- Collaborative efforts among artists, organizations, and their communities can generate a productive exchange and bring the arts to new and intersectional audiences.
What’s Ahead
Based on our 2024 learnings from community engagement, and planning to celebrate 30 years of Creative Work Fund grantmaking, we are concluding the Creative Work Fund and launching a new phase of grantmaking that serves individual artists and their community partners. We expect to announce program details in June and will be reaching out to all.
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