Responding to several years of declining support for artists and new art works, The Columbia Foundation, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, Miriam and Peter Haas Fund, and Walter and Elise Haas Fund launched the Creative Work Fund in September 1994. Since its inception, the Fund has awarded $17 million in grants for collaborations between artists and organizations to create new art works.
Currently, the Creative Work Fund is a program of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund that has been supported by a generous grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Year 30
We will be spending the year in celebration of 30 years of Creative Work Fund grantmaking. Stay tuned for announcements on this site and programs featuring the artists and organizations funded by this program.