Artful Impact

Founded in 2013, VIA Art Fund is a nonprofit organization where art patrons join forces to support (V)isionary (I)nitiatives in (A)rt. VIA partners directly with artists, curators, and cultural institutions around the world to sponsor various innovative public artistic endeavors—including the production of new work for exhibition, institutional acquisition, symposia, educational programs, publications, and scholarly journals. Since its inception, VIA has awarded over $4 million in grants to a growing number of groundbreaking artists and leading cultural institutions.

Founded in 1999, Artadia is a national nonprofit organization that finds innovative visual artists and supports them with unrestricted financial awards and connections to a network of opportunities. Artadia was started by a group of philanthropic art collectors who understood that visual artists could benefit greatly from financial and professional support. Since its inception, Artadia has awarded over $5 million in unrestricted funds and has provided grants to over 300 artists across multiple cities.

For over thirty-five years, the public art program Mural Arts Philadelphia has united artists and communities through the collaborative process of mural-making. Mural Arts engages communities in fifty to a hundred public art projects each year. Its program empowers youth to be leaders, transforms communities divided by the criminal justice system, and strengthens community wellness. Since 2017 through the Mural Arts Institute, Mural Arts has also helped to guide a wider range of communities in the engaging and inspiring mural-making process.

Founded in 2004, Carbonfund.org is a leader in the fight against climate change. Carbonfund.org makes it easy and affordable for any individual, business or organization to reduce and offset their climate impact and quicken the transition to a clean energy future. The fund achieves its mission by investing in climate change education, global third-party verified carbon offset and reduction projects, and public outreach. Since its inception, Carbonfund.org has purchased 38 billion pounds of CO2 offset and planted over one million trees around the world.