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¹Not Just Money: Equity Issues in Cultural Philanthropy, (New York: Helicon Collaborative, 2017), 5 -8,
http://notjustmoney.us/.
²Eddie Torres, “Arts Grantmakers’ Changes in Practice: Present and Future,” Grantmakers in the Arts,
November 5th, 2020, https://www.giarts.org/blog/eddie/arts-grantmakers-changes-practice-present-and-future.
³"2020 estimates of racial equity funding off by as much as two-thirds,” Alliance Magazine, October 6th, 2021,
https://www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/2020-estimates-of-racial-equity-funding-off-by-as-much-as-two-thirds-
actual-figure-far-less-finds-research/.
Nonprofits thrive by fostering
authentic, transformational
connections and partnerships
with community members,
external donors, and
institutional funders alike.
Nonprofits survive by
engaging in transactional
relationships that give
outsized power and
influence to high net-
worth donors and funders.
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Toward Autonomy, Accountability, and Abundance: Three Narrative Shifts
Supporting Racial Equity in Arts & Culture Fundraising (Interview Findings)
The interview findings section of this report centers the voices of twenty resource builders, the
majority of whom identified as POC and/or worked for a POC-led arts organization based in
the US. Through three narrative shifts, the report explores the“why” and “how” of CCF.
⁴Thekla Morgenroth, Teri A. Kirby, Michelle K. Ryan,
and Antonia Sudkamper, “The Who, When, and Why
of the Glass Cliff Phenomenon: A Meta-Analysis of
Appointments to Precarious Leadership Positions,”
Psychological Bulletin 146, no. 9 (July 2020), 1 -
100, DOI:10.1037/bul0000234
Fundraising success
equals cultivating and
stewarding funding in ways
that are accountable to an
organization’s mission, values,
and community.
Fundraising success equals
increased funding,
regardless of who provides
the money, how it’s
secured, or how it’s spent.
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For examples of organizations paying forward money, social
capital, and other resources, see report pages 78 - 82.
Resources are abundant and
community ecosystems thrive
when nonprofits engage in
reciprocity and collaboration
Resources are scarce and
nonprofits must compete
against each other for their
organizations to survive.
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