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Arts for All Executive Committee

Formed by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission upon the Board of Supervisors’ adoption of Arts for All: LA County Regional Blueprint for Arts Education, the Executive Committee guides the implementation of the initiative, leverages community partnerships, and sets funding recommendations for the Arts for All Pooled Fund.

Executive Committee Members

• Yolanda M. Benitez, Interim Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services, Los Angeles County Office of Education
• Danielle Brazell, Executive Director, Arts for LA
• Jon R. Gundry, Los Angeles County Interim Superintendent of Schools
• Rita Hadjimanoukian, Deputy, Supervisor Mike Antonovich
• R. Christine Hershey, President, Hershey|Cause
• Sarah Murr, Community Investor, Arts and Culture, The Boeing Company
• Janice Pober, Senior Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sony Pictures Entertainment 
• Ron Rosen, Commissioner, Los Angeles County Arts Commission
• Raynette Sanchez, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Los Angeles County Office of Education
• Mark Slavkin, Vice President of Education, Music Center
• Gail Tierney, Senior Deputy, Supervisor Don Knabe
• Shannon Wilkins, Consultant III, Educational Leadership Programs, Los Angeles County Office of Education
• Laura Zucker, Executive Director, Los Angeles County Arts Commission

Arts for All Pooled Fund

A key goal of Arts for All is to ensure sustainable funding partnerships for arts education. Conceived by Arts for All Executive Committee member and key leadership partner Sony Pictures Entertainment, the Arts for All Pooled Fund was created in February 2004 to support the implementation of Arts for All: Los Angeles County Regional Blueprint for Arts Education with a lead gift of $500,000 from the Entertainment Industry Foundation. Original contributors included Sony Pictures Entertainment ($30,000), Warner Bros. Entertainment ($50,000 over 2 years), Creative Artists Agency ($50,000 over two years), the J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation ($25,000) and the Jewish Community Foundation ($25,000 over 2 years) for a total of $680,000 over two years. Since its inception, the Pooled Fund has helped raise more than $4 million from 25 funding partners.

Pooled Fund members may choose to contribute to Arts for All through centralized or targeted funding. Centralized funding partners (which include Sony Pictures Entertainment and the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation) provide unrestricted contributions to the fund, while targeted funding partners (such as the Dana Foundation and Los Angeles County) support a specific aspect of Arts for All, such as county-wide artist training programs or implementation costs. Once a contributing member of the Pooled Fund, all members, regardless of whether they are centralized or targeted funders, have an equal voice in setting priorities. All funding decisions are approved by consensus.

More information

Please see the Arts for All Pooled Fund Frequently Asked Questions to learn more about the initiative and how you can contribute.

If you are interested in joining the Pooled Fund, please contact Ayanna Hudson, Director of Arts Education, by email or at (213)202-5858.

2010-2011 Pooled Fund Members
Angell Foundation
The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation
The Boeing Company 
Green Foundation
Herb Alpert Foundation
Jewish Community Foundation
Levitt Family Foundation 
National Endowment for the Arts
Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation
Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
Rosenthal Family Foundation
Sony Pictures Entertainment

 

Past Members
Creative Artists Agency
Dana Foundation
Entertainment Industry Foundation
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
James Irvine Foundation
Target Corporation
Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation
Warner Bros. Entertainment