Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
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Headquarters Location: Baltimore, MD
Founded: 1979
Mission: Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation supports the richness and diversity of the region’s arts resources and promotes wider access to the art and artists of the region, nation and world. The Foundation serves the states and territories of Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, the US Virgin Islands, Virginia, and West Virginia. Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation was established in 1979 to promote and support multi-state arts programming.
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national, arts & culture, grantmaking, resource services, field support, artist support, advocacy
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Leadership
Alan Cooper.
Alan Cooper is Executive Director of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in Baltimore, MD. He is a member of the U.S. Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission Working Group for Education, Sports, Culture, and Mass Media. Previous positions include Associate Director of the North Carolina Arts Council, Executive Director of the Winston-Salem (NC) Symphony and Associate Director of Development for Special Gifts at…
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Financial Data
Overhead Ratio:
13.91%
Total Revenue:
$7,165,812
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Contact Info
Website:
E-Mail:
info AT midatlanticarts.org
Phone:
410-539-6656
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Address:
201 N Charles St
Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Story:
Want to learn more about what the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation does?
The Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (MAAF), headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, is one of six not-for-profit regional arts organizations funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Founded in 1979, MAAF works to "promote and support multi-state arts programming". The organization works in partnership with the state or territorial arts councils of Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, the US Virgin Islands, Virginia, and West Virginia.
The mid-Atlantic is a region that is particularly rich in the arts. One-half of the acknowledged “major museums” in the U.S. are located in the region. Twenty-four percent of the artists in the U.S. labor force work in the mid-Atlantic region.
(Read more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_Atlantic_Arts_Foundation)
Expert Reviews of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Evidence of Impact Summary:
United States Artists International receives praise for aiding touring companies that spread the arts across the country.See expert comments.
Organization Strengths Summary:
Experts consider both high-level leadership and staff to be assets. Furthermore, the organization's operations program design receives high marks from respondents.See expert comments.
Areas for Improvement Summary:
One expert noted a need for more funding and greater funding process transparency. Others noted areas in which program's focus could be sharpened.See expert comments.
Expert Comments: Evidence of Impact
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They are one of the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations that ably and consistently serves their base region while offering programs of real use to other parts of the U.S. | ||
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They provide support for touring nationally and internationally. | ||
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As a regional service organization and re-grantor for the arts, they serve 11 populous states with distinctive programs. Its work in artists' residencies, in touring the performing arts, and recently in jazz, have all had significant impact on access to the arts, and on the livelihoods of artists. | ||
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United States Artists International, a program within MAAF, funds US touring companies to tour to international festivals. They are literally the only funding available on the global market for US artists. | ||
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Their leadership guides the organization to set clear and attainable goals that have to do with genuinely serving art distribution and engagement. The organization also fully understands the power of cultural exchange in a global context and is taking steps to become more active in this vein. | ||
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They have strong leadership in support of need-based artists of all calibers. | ||
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They have a strong, knowledgeable staff, marketing, and operations. | ||
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Stable leadership and committed senior team. They have exploited the capacity to mix public and private funds by raising significant sums from foundations alongside NEA and state funding. They have a clear identity and good marketing of programs. They evaluate programs regularly. | ||
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I am thrilled that they took over the Arts International role of supporting international exchange for artists. Besides the work of being a regional organization, this move made them impactful to artists/organizations outside of their region. | ||
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They are cataloguing US artist’s tours abroad. They know who has been where. | ||
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They could work more on establishing the cultural identity of their large and sprawling region. They could be more prepared to pursue discontinuous, innovative change in response to the rapidly changing environment. | ||
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They could use more money - the funding is never enough! They need to fund 85% of our requests, as opposed to 45%. I mean in terms of dollar amounts, not in how many applications. They also need to open up their criteria to include any international engagement instead of getting stuck on "festivals." | ||
Leadership
Alan Cooper
Executive Director
Executive Director
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