FUND FOR THE ARTS INC
623 W Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202 fundforthearts.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Mission Statement: To maximize the impact of the Arts on economic development, education and the quality of life for everyone by generating resources, inspiring excellence, and creating community connections. Vision Statement: We envision a Greater Louisville in which the arts enrich the lives of everyone in our community, in every neighborhood, every day.

Vision Statement: Together through the Arts we create a great American City. Mission Statement: To maximize the impact of the Arts on economic development, education and the quality of life for everyone by generating resources, inspiring excellence, and creating community connections.

Fund for the Arts ("Fund") supports the arts by providing grants to more than 700 schools, community arts organizations and artists ("Arts Partners") across the region and directly offers a range of community arts services designed to advocate for and extend the reach of the arts to the whole community. During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Fund continued focus on the strategic plan based on a community-wide cultural plan, "Imagine Greater Louisville 2020". The strategic plan adopted the five strategic priorities identified by the community stakeholders: Access, Cultivation, Education, Promotion and Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI): (Total Expenditures $6,426,126). During FY2020, the Fund provided support in serving 2.1 million people with 536,000 free or discounted admissions to 9,000 arts opportunities across 855 locations in 83 counties. ACCESS- Arts, cultural and creativity are fully integrated into daily life and accessible to everyone in every neighborhood every day. More art, for more people, in more places. Initiatives included Cultural Pass - provide children ages 0 to 21 with free access to arts and culture organizations during the summer with the goal of reducing summer learning loss and increasing access and participation for low-income families; Arts in Health - support integration of the arts into healthcare facilities to improve the overall health and well-being of patients, families, caregivers, and medical professionals; Arts in Aging - provide senior citizens with access to free arts experiences to improve overall health and wellness and reduce feelings of isolation. The Imagine Mural Festival celebrated the rich history of the Smoketown neighborhood with the creation of 14 murals. CULTIVATION: Greater Louisville is a magnet for artists and creative professionals, where arts and culture organizations and creative industries, both institutional and emerging, are thriving. Initiatives included: Sustaining Impact Grants - operating support to arts organizations that exemplify commitment to the Imagine 2020 priorities of Access, Cultivation, Education, Promotion and Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Partnership Grants - working with donors to fund arts partner organizations; Awards in the Arts - celebrates the extraordinary arts community in the Greater Louisville region and the arts tremendous contribution to the unique cultural landscape and artists themselves, their talent and passion, to create, produce and present transformative and inspiring works of arts, in and for the Louisville community; Awards in the Arts was cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19. Professional Development Scholarships - provide artists and arts organizations with access to professional development opportunities that will enhance their professional and organizational growth. De Vos Capacity Building Intensive - provide training and resources led by the De Vos Institute to 24 Arts Partners to build their fundraising, programmatic, and operational capacity. COVID-19 Emergency Relief - In response to COVID-19, provide grants to artists, arts and culture venues, and restaurants to help cover fixed expenses. During FY2020, the Fund awarded grants to 102 artists and 112 organizations. EDUCATION: Every child in the community has the opportunity to experience and participate in the arts and culture through experiences in-school, out-of-school and with their families. Initiatives included: EVERY CHILD Arts Education Initiative (including Teacher Arts Grants program) enabling teachers to request funding to allow their students to attend arts events or supplement their classroom with residency arts programming often with a math/history/science curriculum, the "5 x 5 Initiative" where the goal is for every child to have an arts experience during each of their first 5 years of school, and "School's Out=Art's In" developed in conjunction with Louisville Metro Parks to provide arts based activities during out-of-school time such as summer and spring breaks; Arts in Kindergarten Readiness - provide equitable access to the arts for early childhood education to improve students' readiness for kindergarten, including their academic, physical, and social-emotional development; Arts for Kosair Kids - deliver the healing, transforming, inspiring power of the arts to support the health and well-being of special needs youth of the community; Cultural Pass - provide children ages 0 to 21 with free access to arts and cultural organizations during the summer with the goal of reducing summer learning loss. More than 300,000 Arts in Education experiences were provided by Arts Partners during FY2019 with 85,000 of those directly funded by the Fund. These experiences were provided in more than 450 different schools and 45 out-of-school locations in 83 counties. PROMOTION: Greater Louisville is recognized nationally and internationally as a leading city of arts and culture attracting talent to live and work and tourists to play and stay. In FY2020, the Fund reached 2.1 million people through its Arts Partners. The Fund maintains a social media presence through Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, promoting all things "arts" in the community and hosts the free app "Louisville Arts Link". The Fund also produces an electronic newsletter that has more than 21,000 subscribers. Other initiatives included: Awards in the Arts/Opening Night - celebrates the extraordinary arts community in the Greater Louisville region and the arts contribution to the unique cultural landscape and quality of place. Awards in the Arts and Opening Night were cancelled in FY20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; Busker Program - providing both locals and visitors a unique arts experience while touring the city. EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION: Cultural equity is leading the way to a more equitable, diverse and inclusive community improving the social connectivity and cultural vitality of the region. Initiatives included: Arts for Kosair Kids - deliver the healing, transforming, inspiring power of the arts to support the health and well-being of special needs youth in the community; Cultural Pass - provide children ages 0 to 21 with free access to arts and culture organizations during the summer with the goal of reducing summer learning loss and increasing access and participation for low-income families; In FY2020, the Fund made 35 grants to schools, community centers, arts and culture organizations, and artists to foster a more equitable and inclusive arts and culture sector and community. Additionally, it granted general operating support to 5 organizations located in West Louisville serving more than 700,000 people throughout the community. In FY2020, the Fund hosted its first Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion summit, providing a day-long training opportunity to more than 150 people.

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