Grubstreet Selected As Grantee Of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Arts Innovation And Management Program

BOSTON - Sept. 29, 2015 - PRLog -- GrubStreet today announced that it is a grantee recipient of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Arts Innovation and Management (AIM) program. Through the two-year initiative, Bloomberg Philanthropies is providing $30 million across 262 small and mid-sized nonprofit cultural organizations around the country to help strengthen their operational and programming efforts, including training in fundraising, audience development and board member engagement.

“We are so grateful to be receiving such vital support at this important moment in our development as a nonprofit arts organization. Bloomberg Philanthropies has designed a truly remarkable program that combines funding support, mentorship, and first-rate management training. It’s a dream come true for a small organization,” says Eve Bridburg, GrubStreet’s founder and Executive Director.

The invitation-only program supports nonprofit cultural organizations based in six cities: Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles and San Francisco. All organizations are locally or internationally recognized nonprofits that have been in existence for at least two years. The grantees are required to participate in a management training program; secure matching funds; ensure 100% board participation in fundraising; and maintain up-to-date information in the Cultural Data Project, an online financial & data collection platform that assists arts organizations across the country to collect, learn from, and use data effectively. The grants are unrestricted so that recipients can use them to address their greatest needs.

GrubStreet will use Bloomberg funding to build the vital organizational capacity needed to expand and develop programs that serve the widest possible constituency of writers. Such investments will ensure that GrubStreet’s next chapter is the most exciting and impactful it its history.

Bloomberg Philanthropies is partnering with the DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the University of Maryland to develop curricula and conduct trainings for the AIM program in each city. The comprehensive workshops engage organizations around activities that strengthen their long-term health and goals and include consultations and implementation support for arts managers and their boards.

First piloted in New York City, Bloomberg Philanthropies supported 245 grantees through AIM from 2011-2013. Participating organizations reported improvements in audience development, board engagement and fundraising over the two-year program.

Located in downtown Boston, GrubStreet is one of the leading nonprofit literary arts centers in the country. GrubStreet’s mission is to transform lives and build community through the creation, production, and elevation of creative writing. We accomplish this by offering the highest quality classes and services for writers at all stages of development; by educating writers through the entire writing process from inspiration to publication and promotion; by opening our arms to as many writers as possible through generous scholarships and free outreach programming; by creating fulfilling work for writers; by connecting people and ideas through writing; and by empowering writers to fully embrace the new opportunities ushered in by the digital age.