Community Centric Fundraising and Grantmaking in Pittsburgh

The conversation gap between funders and some theatre practitioners is growing; while theatre leaders are doubling down on anti-racist and EDI work at their organizations, many funders are on a similar journey, and some are reimagining the role of grantmaking in a community-centered arts ecology. This session will hear from a selection of grantmakers in the Pittsburgh community who are practicing new ways of working with and for their communities and will speak to their journeys as funders and business leaders in a field in the process of redefining itself.