{"id":13594,"date":"2021-01-06T16:20:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T16:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/?page_id=13594"},"modified":"2022-08-29T15:41:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:41:36","slug":"advancing-innovation-the-leagues-american-orchestras-futures-fund","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/learn\/grant-programs\/advancing-innovation-the-leagues-american-orchestras-futures-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing Innovation: The League\u2019s American Orchestras\u2019 Futures Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Futures Fund program has ended.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 2017 \u2013 2022, the American Orchestras Futures Fund awarded nearly $6 million in grants, allowing 65 League member orchestras to pilot new and innovative work, thanks to the generous support of the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation.  From a movable performance tent to a performance given by musicians playing together on both sides of the U.S. \/ Mexican border, Futures Fund grantees tested new ideas and approaches that challenge our assumptions about what an orchestra can be.  In the process of creating new art, finding new audiences and developing new revenue streams, grantee orchestras reported a welcome ability to adapt to the ever-changing demands of our time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The primary goal of the Futures Fund was to encourage a culture of learning and innovation in orchestras of all sizes, structures, and locations. Toward this end, the Futures Fund offered two-year grants to a select number of orchestras that were making investments in innovation and exploring new ways of working that demonstrate impact within the organization and its audiences and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grants from the American Orchestras\u2019 Futures Fund supported projects that proposed innovations that were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n