foundations

Funder as Supplicant

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Artists and arts organizations are owed the respect from funders to be treated professionally as peers. With candor and directness, I find these conversations to be substantive and informative as potential grantee and grantor learn more about each other’s work.

Ruby Lerner Talks About The Creative Capital Foundation

In 1999 we spoke with Ruby Lerner, the Executive Director of the (then) recently-launched Creative Capital Foundation to tell us more about how the Fund will work for the national media arts community.

Alyce Myatt of the MacArthur Foundation Talks with NAMAC

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Helen DeMichiel
In between finishing the new 1998 "Support for Media Centers" Funding Guidelines and leaving for New York to attend the Independent Feature Project Market, Alyce Myatt, the newly appointed Program Officer for Media at The John D. and Catherine T.

When a Funder Comes Knocking: What Makes a Relationship Between a Foundation and a Grantee Tick?

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Julie Mackaman
What s the single hardest thing about raising money?

You are not alone if your answer is the often uneasy relationship you have as a grant seeker, especially if your organization really needs the money and a particular grantmaker holds the power over whether or not you ll get funded. This complex relationship may seem all the more unnerving if you or your organization is a relative newcomer to fundraising.

For this article, we decided to take a closer look at an example of a healthy relationship between one of our member organizations and one of its funders.