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Recommended by a multi-disciplinary panel comprised of artists and arts leaders and confirmed by the Jerome Board of Directors, this dynamic group of early-career artists—working across visual arts, music, literature, dance, and more—includes Janani Balasubramanian, Michael Kleber-Diggs, Amanda Krische, Ka Oskar Ly, Migiwa Miyajima, Michael Premo, Ashwini Ramaswamy, and Nicole Sealey.

Lara Mimosa Montes and Melissa Levin will join the Foundation in January 2022.

$168,000 awarded to thirteen early career filmmakers in Minnesota.

$431,640 awarded to 22 early career filmmakers in New York City

See highlights from the year that was, covering May 1, 2020–April 30, 2021.

Helga Davis elected to her first term as a Director, and Sarah Bellamy and Lori Pourier re-elected to their second terms

The Jerome Foundation has committed $1M to support two collaborative funding initiatives, one in Minnesota and one in New York City, for Black, Native American and Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American-Led Arts Organizations.

60 Fellowships from 820 applications chosen for over $3.8M in total support to awarded to early career artists

Philanthropies Condemn Political Violence, Call on Leaders to Protect Democracy and Get Back to the People’s Business

This is as a critical moment for the arts and for our nation. We have been spending time in conversations with artists, arts organizations, our Board and grantmaking colleagues about the role we should play both in the immediate crises and for the long term. Today, we are making a commitment to “the long game.”