This volume details a variety of innovative programs of support for the arts and artists and emphasizes giving by small family foundations and family programs that make grants under $10,000. The purpose of this book is to share inspiring examples of creative giving in the arts with other grantmakers, especially families and family foundations as they develop programs of support to maximize the impact of their resources.

Profiles include foundations of various sizes, public nonprofit charitable organizations and family groups that make grants through other entities. The giving programs themselves include informal commissioning clubs, fellowships, eventure philanthropyﾝ grants, as well as traditional grantmaking.

Preface.
Introduction.
Foundations and Giving Groups:

The ArtCouncil, Inc.; Behnke Foundation; The Cemala Foundation; The Copen Family Fund; The Durfee Foundation; fifty over fifty; Geraldine C. Ford and Emory M. Ford Foundation; The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation; The Norma Green Family Foundation; Heathcote Art Foundation; Jaech Family Fund; Kirkpatrick Foundation Inc.; LEF Foundation; The Minnesota Commissioning Club; The O'Grady Family Foundation; Rasmuson Foundation; The rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation; and Tanne Foundation.

Resources.
About Grantmakers in the Arts.
About the Authors.