New Grant Programs and Partnerships Support Artists, Professionals of Color

Under Stepping Forward, the REACH through the Arts pilot grant program and BIPOC Cohort for Nonprofit Leadership program have launched

October 01, 2021

Under Stepping Forward, the Racial Equity and Creative Healing (REACH) through the Arts pilot grant program was developed in partnership with the Arts Council of Greater New Haven. Seventeen local art projects were selected by a panel of peers to receive $600,000.

A second new grant program created in partnership with the University of Connecticut expands career development opportunities for 10 nonprofit professionals. The two-year BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and Persons of Color) Cohort for Nonprofit Leadership course offers current nonprofit middle managers training for future leadership positions and grants totaling $300,000 to the agencies they represent.

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Participants of the BIPOC Cohort for Nonprofit Leadership. The two-year course offers current nonprofit middle managers training for future leadership positions and grants totaling $300,000 to the agencies they represent. Photos Dexter Atlas Photographer