Current & Past Clients
Nonprofit
Sustainability
Initiative
The Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative (NSI) is an LA-based fund that invests in nonprofit organizations during moments of transformation, such as strategic restructuring or executive transition.
The mission of NSI is to leverage philanthropy’s collective impact to embrace moments of transformation and organizational activities which often go under-resourced — funding effective and just practices, enabling organizations to thrive through periods of change and advance their missions for our community, and creating opportunities for funder learning and growth.
Since its inception, the NSI has granted over $5 million to assist more than 290 nonprofits in over 100 partnership negotiation processes and 50 agreement implementations, and in 2021 it launched a pilot executive transition cohort - serving seven organizations experiencing the departure of a founder or long-tenured leader. Read more here.
The LA Arts
Recovery Fund
Initiated by the J. Paul Getty Trust and administered by the California Community Foundation, the Fund is a collaboration of local and national philanthropy and is the largest-ever pooled private investment for arts in Los Angeles County. The Fund is designed to sustain community organizations, promote cultural and economic recovery, and restore community health and wellbeing.
In May 2021 the LA Arts Recovery Fund granted a total of $36.1M for post-pandemic rebuilding. The 90 nonprofit grant recipients represent small to mid-sized cultural organizations—spanning visual arts, theater, music, dance, literary arts, and arts education—all demonstrating exceptional regional or local significance in LA County. Read more here.
Sustained
Collaboration
Network
The Sustained Collaboration Network serves nine community-based funder initiatives supporting enduring nonprofit collaborations around the country. For each initiative, funders have come together to offer the strategic option of sustained collaboration as a way to strengthen capacity and maximize impact in the sector. Each fund serves to support nonprofits and funders around this capacity-building tool and to financially support nonprofits wishing to explore or implement such collaborations. Read more here.
Fellowship for
Visual Artists
The Fellowship for Visual Artists is designed to support Los Angeles based visual artists so they can advance to the next level of professional development. Professional artists play a significant role in connecting communities, bridging cultural barriers and in celebrating the rich cultural diversity of Los Angeles County.
The Fellowship, which awards individual artists $40,000 unrestricted grants, is administered by the California Community Foundation and made possible by a collective of arts funders. Read more here.