Arts Loan Fund
The Arts Loan Fund (ALF) is a collaborative philanthropy enterprise housed at NCG. The ALF Steering Committee meets regularly to consider loan proposals from arts and culture organizations throughout the Bay Area, and to engage in professional development that focuses developing a deeper understanding of the Bay Area arts community.
ALF Committee members make a non-specified financial contribution within a year of joining. Contributions are pooled into the ALF general fund.
To learn more about the ALF, contact Jamie Schenker, NCG Peer Networks and Collaborative Philanthropy Program Specialist at 415-777-4111 ext. 27 or jschenker at ncg dot org.
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Committee Resources
Other Resources
- Ben Cameron Speaks on Arts Funding
February 2010 Council on Foundations Family Philanthropy Conference Also available as an excerpt on Vimeo on the Council on Foundation's channel. - Spotlight on Arts Grantmaking in California
This report published November 2009 by the Foundation Center illuminates the current needs, practices, and issues around the funding of arts organizations in California. Findings show the contrast between types of support that grantmakers award compared to what arts groups say they need most. Report includes an analysis of arts grantmaking in 2007, including a list of the 10 largest California arts funders by total giving.
Links
- Funder Collaboratives: Why and How Funders Work Together
In this guide, contributors share strategies for structuring a collaborative to fit its purpose, building strong relationships and resolving conflicts, and figuring out if the collaborative you're in is working. - Money and Mission: A Foundation’s Effort to Transform Arts Groups
An interview Ben Cameron, program director for the arts at Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, about a program administered by Nonprofit Finance Fund and financed by Duke to give these groups access to capital, while also helping them generate revenue for their operations. - On the Money
This publication highlights the financial challenges nonprofits face and the ways in which grantmakers are both improving the situation as well as perpetuating the problem - How Arts Groups Are Faring in the Troubled Economy
Transcript of Live Chat at the Chronicle of Philanthropy - Are funder collaboratives good for grantees?
GrantCraft asked 1,200 readers this question and came up with interesting results plus five lessons
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