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NYC Cultural Innovation Fund (CIF)
2007 INAUGURAL CIF GRANTEES
The goal of the Rockefeller Foundation's NYC Cultural Innovation Fund is to recognize and support programmatic innovation and new opportunities in the cultural arena that will strengthen and advance the role the creative sector and the arts will play in the future of the City.
The Rockefeller Foundation is committed to contributing to the cultural vitality, energy and diversity that define New York, the Foundation's home since its founding in 1913. New York City is currently experiencing tremendous economic, demographic, and social transformation, opening new possibilities to enhance the City’s traditional role as a global capital of creativity, culture and diversity and to ensure the future vitality of its cultural sector.
To help ensure that NYC Cultural Innovation Fund projects demonstrate a high potential for innovation and creative engagement, the Rockefeller Foundation has named three leaders from the fields of innovation and the arts to serve as advisors to the fund.
- Lowery Stokes Sims, Curator, Museum of Art & Design and former President of the Studio Museum in Harlem
- David Thorpe, Senior Partner and Global Director of Innovation, OgilvyOne Worldwide
- Andrew Zolli, Founder, Z + Partners, a consulting firm specializing in analyzing cultural, technological and global trends, and curator of the annual Pop!Tech Conference
To qualify, organizations must meet the following criteria:
- organizations must have tax exempt or other charitable status
- organizations must be located within the five boroughs of New York City
- Programming and premieres of new artistic work that demonstrate innovation and can activate new directions in the artistic breadth and depth of institutions in the visual, performing and media arts
- Creative engagement with the issues shaping New York City’s future cultural and civic agenda
- New partnerships among cultural organizations, community-based institutions, universities and the private sector
- Interventions designed to confront longstanding bottlenecks and limitations on the expansion of cultural vitality with fresh approaches and solutions.