Nonprofit organisations
New venue for video, sound and other durational art forms coming to Manhattan
Helmed by the philanthropist Robert Rosenkranz and the founding director of Mass Moca, Joe Thompson, Canyon will open on the Lower East Side in 2026
Forge Projectnews
Forge Project art space in Upstate New York transitions into a non-profit
The Indigenous social-justice art initiative has transferred ownership as part of an organisational restructuring
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs announces $52.2m in grants to more than 1,000 organisations
The Cultural Development Fund distributed grants to 76% of eligible applicants throughout the city's five boroughs
New York Citynews
‘We want to have romances with many people’: art space focused on forging alliances to open in New York
The Center for Art, Research and Alliances, or CARA, will launch in June with a series of public events at its West Village headquarters
Emergency grantsnews
Grants multiply as government agencies and foundations seek to rescue US cultural organisations amid pandemic
Latest allocations include $32.8m from the National Endowment for the Humanities and $47.1m from New York’s Department of Cultural Affairs
Philanthropynews
Citing devastating coronavirus impact, five US foundations plan to increase payouts to strapped nonprofits by $1.7bn
In a novel strategy, at least three of the foundations will borrow money to finance giving