Resources for Grantmakers

Welcome! This is a resource for people who are invested in improving the lives of artists everywhere.

We have three pages for resources geared towards your work:

• Resources for Organizations Working With Artists
• Resources for Individual Artists
• Resources for Grantmakers

Networks

• Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers
• Funders Network - Helps grantmakers across North America advance strategies to create fair, prosperous, and sustainable communities.
• Peak Grantmaking - Member-led organization by and for grantmakers.
• National Network of Fiscal Sponsors - Promotes the understanding and professional practice of fiscal sponsorship.
• Grantmakers for Effective Organizations - Community dedicated to effective philanthropy.

Reports

• Essential Skills & Strategies for New Grantmakers
• Measuring What Matters in Nonprofits - On measuring success in nonprofits.
• And the Winner is… Philanthropists and Governments Make Prizes Count McKinsey & Company, 2009.
• Review of Scholarly Research on Artist Support - Surveys of the literature on individual artists’ sources of support and related topics.
• Supporting Individual Artists - Concise report about the choices grantmakers can consider when giving.

Legal

• IRS Grants to Individuals
• Streamlining Your Due Diligence
• Legal Issues for Grantmaking Professionals

Other

• National Center for Family Philanthropy - National non-profit dedicated to families who give and those who work with them.

Books

• Splendid Legacy 2: Creating and Re-Creating Your Family Foundation - Professional handbook for managing family-run foundations.