Mosaic Network and Fund

The Mosaic Network & Fund is a first-of-its-kind collaborative between 27 donors that aims to provide more equitable funding for African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native American (ALAANA) arts groups in New York City.

In 2017, The Trust and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation co-commissioned a report from Yancey Consulting to understand the health and viability of African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native American (ALAANA) arts groups in New York City (see link below). Using data on groups’ finances, operations, and programmatic outputs, the study demonstrated an urgent need to address ALAANA arts groups’ ability to thrive. Soon after, in 2018, the Mosaic Network and Fund (the Fund) was established to direct more resources to arts groups that are led by, created for, and accountable to ALAANA people. With values rooted in racial equity (and acknowledgement of the need to also address other forms of oppression), the Fund aims to:

·  create a learning community of arts funders and practitioners who pre dedicated to helping ALAANA arts organizations thrive;

·  provide flexible and strategic support that strengthens the organizational capacity of ALAANA arts organizations in New York City;

·  advocate for more equitable policies and practices for ALAANA cultural workers;

·  shift the narrative around ALAANA arts groups and racial equity in the arts; and

·  increase overall philanthropic support for city-based ALAANA arts groups by facilitating funder commitments to new grantees.

Mosaic Network and Fund activities are currently on pause as the Fund prepares to operate independently.

·         Altman Foundation

·         Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

·         Mellon Foundation

·         Lily Auchincloss Foundation

·         Ford Foundation

·         Miranda Family Fund

·         Bloomberg Philanthropies

·         Howard Gilman Foundation

·         The New York Community Trust

·         Booth Ferris Foundation

·         Mertz Gilmore Foundation

·         Rockefeller Brothers Fund

·         Joseph & Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts

·         Grantmakers in the Arts

·         David Rockefeller Fund

·         Nathan Cummings Foundation

·         Harman Family Foundation

·         MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett

·         Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

·         Jerome Foundation

·         Stavros Niarchos Foundation

·         Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation

·         Lambent Foundation

·         Surdna Foundation

·         Doris Duke Foundation

·         Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation

·         Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund