Purpose of Grant Programs

 

• Use foundation’s resources to invest in artists who are committed to using their artistic practice to illuminate pressing social issues affecting their communities.   
• Build community by expanding the community of artists interested in working at the intersection of art and social change and mentoring new and emerging practitioners.  
• Help artists gain access and entrée by leveraging their affiliation with Leeway to increase the range and variety of resources available (i.e. space, additional funding, mentors, collaborators, and other kinds of support).  
• Elevate the context within which the artists and their practice(s) are profiled and how the work is presented.   
• Help shape the field of Art and Social Justice Philanthropy.