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Transforming Transit: NEA Grant Boosts Arts and Culture in Essex County

Transforming Transit: NEA Grant Boosts Arts and Culture in Essex County

We are thrilled to announce that the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded a $125,000 “Our Town” grant to the Essex County Community Foundation's Creative County Initiative, Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, and Merrimack Valley Transit. This generous grant...

Moving the Needle on Systems Change in Arts Philanthropy 

Moving the Needle on Systems Change in Arts Philanthropy 

Moving the Needle on Systems Change in Arts Philanthropy ResearchArticle Lisa Payne Simon, MPH, Stratton Lloyd, MBA, and Karen Ristuben The field of place-based arts philanthropy is at an inflection point. Place-based foundations are being asked to lead and do more to...