1.
The Member Groups and Programs of the Fund for the Arts
include; 15 Member Groups:
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
Kentucky Opera
Kentucky Shakespeare Festival
Louisville Bach Society
Louisville Ballet
Louisville Theatrical Association
Louisville Visual Arts Association
Louisville Youth Choir
Louisville Youth Orchestra
Music Theatre of Louisville
Stage One
The Louisville Orchestra
Walden Theatre
* West Louisville Performing Arts Academy
* Associate Member
9 Programs:
Arts Showcase Louisville
Black Achievers Arts Scholarship Program
W.L. Lyons Brown Theatre
Clark Memorial Hospital Ogle Center Series
Community Arts Partnerships
Scholastic Arts Awards
Teacher Initiated Grants Program
YUM! Brands Inc. Fund for the Arts Family Series
Whittenberg Young Artist Scholarships
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2. What is the Fund for the Arts?
The Fund for the
Arts is the oldest united arts fund in the country, allocating
funds to 24 member groups and programs, including grants
to more than 200 community organizations and schools across
this region.
This includes, grants and resources to neighborhood groups
which offer cultural opportunities to minorities and in
under-served areas, as well as supporting school arts programs,
bus subsidies for schools to attend arts events, and the
Fund’s annual Arts Leadership Institute, which supplies
a framework for professional development of those whose
leadership skills and commitment are needed to shape our
arts and to ensure their future in the next decade. Last
year a total of 194 grants were distributed in Kentucky
and Southern Indiana.
In addition,
the Fund for the Arts administers the six-member Youth Arts
Council, which was established in 1993 to serve as a facilitator
and catalyst for youth arts programs and to provide exceptional
performance opportunities for young people, and supports
the Arts cluster of the YMCA’s Black Achievers Program
by underwriting scholarships for arts study.
Regional participation from: 32,000 donors, 275 employees
campaigns and over 500 businesses.
Click here for the History
of the Fund
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3. Why is
there a Fund for the Arts?
The Fund for the Arts provides a focal point for the arts
in our community. As the central fundraising source, the
Fund for the Arts helps maintain an amazingly collaborative
arts landscape where the various groups work together to
enhance the community to a degree unrealized by other cities
around the country.
- Only through the Fund for the Arts can you assure that
the whole community is reached by your single arts gift.
- Only through the Fund for the Arts can you support
a broad range of arts groups and community projects through
our 24 Member Groups & Programs.
- Only through the Fund for the Arts can you assure the
highest level of stewardship through critical community
volunteer oversight.
- Only through the Fund for the Arts do you leverage
others to follow your lead in support of the arts - almost
30,000 donors to be exact.
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4. How does the Fund impact you
and the community you live in?
- The Fund for the Arts is the oldest arts fund in the
country, celebrating 54 years of service
- We support member groups and programs that entertain
over 1 million patrons every year
- We enrich the lives of more than 450,000 children directly
through arts programming in the schools
- We provide more than 200 community arts grants to schools
and organizations throughout the region
- We help create an arts landscape which is responsible
for nearly $100 Million in annual economic impact, making
Louisville one of the top 10 most livable cities
- We provide exciting homes for our arts groups, leading
the development of the Kentucky Center for the Arts, Artopia,
Walden Theatre, the revitalization of the West Main Street
cultural district and the renovation of the Brown Theatre
- We provide training for arts professionals through
our annual Arts Leadership Institute
- The Fund for the Arts is the engine that drives our
Arts Community.
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5.
How Much Should I give?
- No one can or should tell another person what his or
her gift should be. The Fund for the Arts is grateful
for every donation, no matter the size. We encourage giving
at every level.
For only $1 a day….$365 a year YOU ensure;
- 30 kids attend a Stage One play
- A whole classroom of kids are thrilled with a visit
by the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival
- One child receives training from the Youth Choir,
Youth Orchestra or Walden Theatre for a whole year.
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How does the Fund build a brighter future for me, my kids
and my grandchildren?
- The arts enrich the lives of more than 450,000 school
children every year
- Expanded regional initiatives for educational arts
programming serving Southern Indiana, Oldham County, Shelby
County, Hardin County and Nelson County
- Special classroom education initiatives from: Kentucky
Shakespeare Festival, The Louisville Orchestra, The Kentucky
Museum of Arts & Design, Actor’s Theatre and
the Broadway Series
- Children will have the opportunity to develop their
talents through the Fund Youth arts programs and classes
provided by: The Louisville Youth Orchestra, Louisville
Youth Choir and Walden Theatre, Louisville Visual Art
Association, Louisville Ballet and Stage One
- Family-friendly arts programming will create memories
you can share with your children:
- Artopia provides classrooms and dance studios where
families can explore the arts together.
- YUM!'s Fund for the Arts Family Series features
Stage One, the Louisville Youth Orchestra, Louisville
Youth Choir and Actors Theatre.
- The Ogle Center Series at Indiana University Southeast
includes performances by Kentucky Shakespeare Festival,
Stage One and the Louisville Orchestra and the Louisville
Ballet School.
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How does Fund for the Arts support economic, cultural and
educational strength in this Community?
- We are the community’s arts leader, operating
the only community-wide fundraising campaign for the arts
region
- We host an Arts Council and Youth Arts Council, advocating
for and extending the reach of our arts to the whole community.
- We publish Majic, an arts journal, listing arts highlights
and a calendar of events, emailed exclusively to donors
- We offer only to our donors the ArtsCARD, extending
special “members only” prices for selected
arts performances and events every month
- We sponsor the revitalization and continued development
of the historic Brown Theatre
- We offer annual youth scholarships for students pursuing
a career in the performing and visual arts
- We are a national arts leader and a model for communities
around the world
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8. Who Decides How the Money Raised
is Spent?
The Fund for the Arts is guided by its Board of Directors
and a volunteer group comprised of a number of our community’s
most important leaders; such as the coordinators that work
with the Fund for the Arts throughout the year to raise
the money in their workplace. The Board makes its decisions
concerning allocations based on a wide array of criteria
and is always working with the integrated interests of the
entire arts community in mind.
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9.
How Can I Support the Fund for the Arts?
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