Increased public and private funding to artists of color and arts nonprofits and creative businesses led by people of color
Increased policies in public and private institutions that work effectively to close racial disparities
Increased democratic engagement among communities of color
We support projects that interpret and translate the production of creative works to help individuals, communities, and society at large define and understand how to take action.
What We Fund: We fund research institutions that center the learning agendas of communities of color, have the capacity to train community members as researchers, and implement a national program to research Surdna-funded artist projects from the Create portion of our Radical Imagination for Racial Justice strategy.
Accepting letters of intent: No
What We Fund: We fund initiatives and collaboratives that strengthen networks and build infrastructure for cultural critics of color. We support the documentation, interpretation, and critique of racially just practices developed by artists of color in partnership with their communities.
Accepting letters of intent: No
You can see all grants given under our Clarify strategy below.
To view other Thriving Cultures grants, please click here.
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Year Approved
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Organization
|
Status
|
Amount
|
Duration
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 |
Critical Minded
The purpose of this grant is to provide general program support to Critical Minded. |
Active | $375,000 | 36 months |
| 2019 |
Critical Minded
The purpose of this grant is to provide general program support to Critical Minded to build a robust network of cultural critics of color and seed investments that support cultural critics of color having paid positions at mainstream publications. |
Closed | $375,000 | 36 months |
| 2019 |
Highlander Research & Education Center, Inc.
The purpose of this grant is to provide support for the Highlander Research & Education Center to build a shared community-based research curriculum and to train and host up to five fellows per year. These fellows will collaborate on projects supported by Thriving Cultures’s regranting partners and then work to translate the ideas generated from these projects into products that can share knowledge with broad audiences. |
Active | $1,200,000 | 50 months |
| 2019 |
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley
The purpose of this grant is to provide general project support for the Haas Institute For A Fair & Inclusive Society to build a shared community-based research curriculum and to train and host up to five fellows per year. These fellows will collaborate on the projects supported by Thriving Cultures’s regranting partners and then work to translate the ideas generated from these projects into products that can share knowledge with broad audiences. |
Closed | $1,050,000 | 45 months |
| 2019 |
Southwest Folklife Alliance
The purpose of this grant is to provide general project support for the Southwest Folklife Alliance to build a shared community-based research curriculum and to train and host up to five fellows per year. These fellows will partner with the projects supported by Thriving Cultures’s regranting partners and then work to translate the ideas generated from these projects into products that can share knowledge with broad audiences. |
Closed | $1,200,000 | 51 months |
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You can see all grants given under our Clarify strategy below.
To view other Thriving Cultures grants, please click here.
|
Year Approved
|
Organization
|
Status
|
Amount
|
Duration
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 |
Critical Minded
The purpose of this grant is to provide general program support to Critical Minded. |
Active | $375,000 | 36 months |
| 2019 |
Critical Minded
The purpose of this grant is to provide general program support to Critical Minded to build a robust network of cultural critics of color and seed investments that support cultural critics of color having paid positions at mainstream publications. |
Closed | $375,000 | 36 months |
| 2019 |
Highlander Research & Education Center, Inc.
The purpose of this grant is to provide support for the Highlander Research & Education Center to build a shared community-based research curriculum and to train and host up to five fellows per year. These fellows will collaborate on projects supported by Thriving Cultures’s regranting partners and then work to translate the ideas generated from these projects into products that can share knowledge with broad audiences. |
Active | $1,200,000 | 50 months |
| 2019 |
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley
The purpose of this grant is to provide general project support for the Haas Institute For A Fair & Inclusive Society to build a shared community-based research curriculum and to train and host up to five fellows per year. These fellows will collaborate on the projects supported by Thriving Cultures’s regranting partners and then work to translate the ideas generated from these projects into products that can share knowledge with broad audiences. |
Closed | $1,050,000 | 45 months |
| 2019 |
Southwest Folklife Alliance
The purpose of this grant is to provide general project support for the Southwest Folklife Alliance to build a shared community-based research curriculum and to train and host up to five fellows per year. These fellows will partner with the projects supported by Thriving Cultures’s regranting partners and then work to translate the ideas generated from these projects into products that can share knowledge with broad audiences. |
Closed | $1,200,000 | 51 months |