Led by an initial investment of $50 million from the Ford Foundation—with leadership support from Bloomberg Philanthropies and Barbara and Amos Hostetter, and additional support from the Abrams Foundation, Alice L. Walton Foundation, and Tom and Lisa Blumenthal—the national component of the initiative will provide $81 million in operational and general support funds to an initial cohort of 20 organizations that are significant national anchors for artistic and cultural diversity in America. National grants will range in size from $1–6 million, representing a significant portion of each institution’s operating budget. In addition to the grant funds each grantee will receive up to $100,000 for organizational capacity building, particularly in key areas including digital strategies and other needs.

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The 20 organizations are Alaska Native Heritage Center, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Apollo Theater, Arab American National Museum, Ballet Hispánico, Charles H. Wright Museum, Dance Theater of Harlem, East West Players, El Museo del Barrio, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Japanese American National Museum, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Museum of Chinese in America,  National Museum of Mexican Art, Penumbra Theatre, Project Row Houses, Studio Museum in Harlem, Urban Bush Women, and Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience.

MoCNA is dedicated to increasing public understanding and appreciation of contemporary Native art, history, and culture through presentation, collection and acquisition, preservation, and interpretation, and is recognized as the preeminent organizer of exhibitions devoted exclusively to the display of dynamic and diverse arts practices representative of Native North America. The Museum is open Wednesdays through Sundays, 12–5 pm at 25% capacity.

To visit the museum in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico, purchase a timed ticket from www.iaia.edu/store or in person at the MoCNA museum store.

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