Artists, advocates, allies! Join our May session of Philanthropy Club for a discussion on securing arts grants in Illinois. Our panel will feature diverse perspectives on the arts funding scene – an artist, a funder, an advocate – and offer insights, strategies, and tips for navigating the current grants landscape in Illinois.
Speakers
Chris Guzaitis, Director of Grants and Awards, Poetry Foundation
Monica Rickert-Bolter, Artist, Journalist, Co-founder of the Center for Native Futures
Jonathan VanderBrug, Nonprofit consultant, former Deputy Director, Arts Alliance of Illinois
Moderator
Kerri Covey, Senior Director of Development, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
“The Philanthropy Club of Illinois’ mission is to build a bridge between society’s haves and have-nots. Philanthropy is compassionate kindness with a sense of justice—love with a must. Its moral obligation is to sustain high quality education, art, medical assistance, social services, and so much more for all in society, especially for the truly helpless and the needy.” – Gus Wilhelmy (Philanthropy Club founder and Safer Foundation co-founder).