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Arts and Culture

The Flinn Foundation currently has two emphases in its support of arts and culture in Arizona.

One is the Initiative for Financial and Creative Health, a grants program that aims to identify priority capitalization needs among Arizona’s largest arts-and-culture organizations, and design strategies to impact those needs.

The other is DataArts, formerly the Arizona Cultural Data Project, a statewide component of a growing national program to use standardized financial and organizational data to strengthen the effectiveness of arts-and-culture organizations, advocates, and funders.

The Flinn Foundation began funding the arts in 1984 and is one of Arizona’s largest private funders of the sector.

News and Updates

Arts and Culture

Actor, writer, Flinn Scholar Paul Michael Thomson’s first full-length play hits the stage

By Brian Powell Flinn Foundation Paul Michael Thomson remembers as a 12-year-old acting in “Lost in Yonkers” on stage at the Arizona Jewish Theatre. He auditioned, was paid, and afterward read positive reviews about his performance. At that moment, acting became more than just a childhood hobby. Thomson, a Class of 2011 Flinn Scholar, continued […]

Arts and Culture

Flinn Foundation convenes Arizona arts-and-culture leaders to learn, share successes

By Brian Powell Flinn Foundation What happens when a museum curator asks patrons what they want in an exhibit? How does a performing company’s repertoire evolve with careful study of a changing subscriber base? Since 2013, the Flinn Foundation has worked with nearly 20 of Arizona’s major performing-arts organizations, museums, and cultural pillars through a […]

Advancing Arizona - 2018 Foundation Report

Arts and Culture

Out of Many, One

President & CEO’s Message | Foundation Report 2018 By Tammy McLeod President & CEO Almost as long as I have lived in Arizona—now nearly half my life—I have admired the Flinn Foundation’s mission and leadership in our state. When I began to consider moving my career from a corporate to philanthropic environment a few years […]

Arts and Culture

With Gratitude to a Steward of Flinn—and Our State

Board Chair’s Message | Foundation Report 2018 By David J. Gullen, M.D. Chair, Board of Directors Jack Jewett has always understood and cared deeply about Arizona. And for more than eight years, we were privileged to witness that commitment up close. He was a graduate of the University of Arizona, a fixture in the Tucson […]