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The most powerful stories in America are the ones that haven’t been told yet. The places mainstream philanthropy has overlooked hold its most concentrated sources of creative energy.
The model MAP360 has developed since 2017 is not place-specific. It is place-responsive.
From the Rust Belt to Appalachia, the conditions that make MAP360 powerful in Montgomery, AL exist across a much wider landscape of American communities that have been overlooked, underestimated, and underserved by mainstream philanthropy.
At MAP360, we do not view "Artist" and "Entrepreneur" as separate categories. We believe the artist is the essential first-mover in any successful community-led development.
The South is where much of the American cultural canon originates. From the blues and jazz to the voices of Alice Walker and William Faulkner, the South has shaped the nation’s story.
60 years ago, the 54-mile corridor between Selma - Montgomery changed America and altered the trajectory of American Democracy. It is where ordinary citizens ignited federal transformation — and where the Voting Rights Act was won.
The gap between the cultural significance of this corridor and the resources directed to it is one of the most striking mismatches in American philanthropy:
The momentum is real.
The talent is present.
Sustained philanthropic investment in cultural infrastructure is the catalyst.
For more information, please contact us:
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The glory of art is that it can not only survive change, it can lead it.
--Robert Redford, actor, activist, philanthropist