Founders

A coalition of leading foundations — Ford, Rockefeller, Prudential and Rasmuson — realized the need for supporting artists in America and in an unprecedented private investment, launched United States Artists in September 2005 with $22 million in seed funding. Their initial investment allows our organization to fund the USA Fellows program, which annually awards $50,000 unrestricted grants to 50 artists across the country. These four foundation presidents became the founding USA Board of Directors.