Funding for a Competition
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- timtastic
My company is trying to start an art/design competition in Boston. Winning entries will be posted on billboards around the city.
Anyone know of any foundations/organizations who might be willing to fund such an endeavor?
- GreedoLives0
The Massachusetts Lottery Fund provides a lot of funding for art project, also the Mass Cultural Council ( http://www.massculturalcouncil.o… ), Boston and Cambridge both support arts, although Cambridge gives way more to public projects.
You could also try the national endowment for the arts ( http://www.nea.gov ), or go directly to the billboard owners to see if they'd donate their space
http://www.clearchannel.com/Outd…
http://www.bostonbillboards.com/…better take a crash course in grant writing tho.
- timtastic0
Thanks, GreedoLives. I believe we've already been talking to the media companies - space donation is not going to be a problem, our real issue is paying for the films and other equipment to actually paste the stuff up there.
Also, thanks for the reccommendations, but I've got the main local art foundations down - looking for private/international funds that I don't know about.
Here's a list of what I have so far:
http://www.lef-foundation.org
http://www.nefa.org
http://www.massculturalcouncil.o…
http://www.cityofboston.org/arts…
http://www.tbf.org
http://www.gunk.org
http://www.nea.gov
- Woolhouse0
Hey tastic:
This a great idea!!!
If you need any help I'd willing to put in some man hours. Feel free to shoot me an email.Why not contact WGBH and speak with someone in their fundraising office. I'm sure they might have some good contacts. You might look to Fidelity or TIAA CREF. I know that they dole out money every year towards the arts. I might have a connection over at Fidelity that could be of help. He's definitly a persuasive.
Anyways I'm here if you need help. Love to know what the theme of the posters are going to be.
-Matt Woolhouse