Thousands of Art Nonprofits Command Billions in Assets. A New York Conference Sheds Light on an Under-Studied Sector

Spanning the globe, there are uncounted thousands of nonprofit arts organizations, with varying missions, budgets, and staff sizes. While there are many regular reports that cover the art market and the museum world, it may be that private arts foundations are less studied, perhaps partly because they are so varied. Clare Hindle and Meagan Ryan, cofounders (with creative director Hilary Wolfe) of the Stoa Foundation, released an inaugural report this winter and have organized conferences to