Funders Collaborating to Build Capacity of Arts Organizations by Leah Goldstein Moses

Five foundations,  McKnight Foundation, in partnership with the F.R. Bigelow, Mardag, Saint Paul, and Bush, have recently renewed support for Arts Midwest’s ArtsLab program. The program builds on Minnesota’s rich arts environment by bringing together several small arts organizations to learn from each other and strengthen their work. For example,  Springboard for the Arts, used funds and financial support from ArtsLab to engage us to help them develop a learning and evaluation strategy that reflected their values of outreach, engagement and fun.