GIFT OF MUSIC FOUNDATION Funding For The Arts
The need for sustainable funding for the arts The pandemic had a complex effect on
es to organizations like Sara J. Bass Gift
funding for arts and culture: While char-
of Music Foundation for Children and its
itable giving to the arts dropped consid-
nonprofit partners.
erably in 2020, many arts organizations were initially bolstered by pandemic relief
To continue to support innovative work,
programs that have since expired. This
creative director Carol Sarber Kessler
has presented new fundraising challeng-
advocates for more sustainable funding
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