Flipping the script

KhotootinBlue by Neshat Neishabouri, Trajectories of Now Exhibition, June 2024. Image by Jahmal Nugent

Who We Are

Welcome to Foundation for Leadership, Imagination, and Place (FLIP). We are a movement that stands with emergent art leaders who are flipping the script on outdated funding systems, shifting the flow of resources to equity-deserving communities.

Believing in a transformed future

Dreamers transform systems and build a world in which creativity disrupts the status quo, emergent art leaders reshape inequitable funding systems, and financial activists catalyze change.

Our mission is clear: challenge barriers that impede emergent art leaders and mobilize capital to fuel change.

SUSTAIN 2026

Applications are now open for SUSTAIN, a 12-month fellowship offering a $12,000 stipend to cultural leaders driving social change through the arts.

Igniting change

FLIP nourishes and amplifies the work of emergent leaders — especially QT & BIPOC — who are activating the transformative power of the arts.

Art is more than creativity; it’s a tool for truth-telling, building meaning, and sparking movements. By supporting emergent leaders, we amplify their work and enable them to drive change from the ground up.

Fostering community; leading change

True impact comes from collective action. We are creating a culture of collaboration, support, and inclusion—one where emergent leaders are active creators of change. FLIP’s impact is loud and clear in the stories of leaders we support.

There is no future that is not transformative.

- Researcher John Robinson

What They Say

We need to build together, what could FLIP look like. Holding space for people to bring in ideas. FLIP is gonna be one of those spaces. FLIP is so next level. The FLIP process is thoughtful and grounded in knowledge base and experience.
- Research Participant
How I felt the first time I entered FLIP was safe enough to share myself. This is the type of leadership that I value the most. This is the most important work, the transformation that happens in building connection and trust. We get to heal here.
- Cluster Participant
Being in the Cluster with you all reminded me of who I was and my purpose and my value and contributions I could make. Everywhere else felt like I was being extracted from.
- Cluster Participant

Take action; choose transformation

We’re calling on social impact investors who are ready to be a part of something bigger: creating real, lasting change.

If you are driven by a strong sense of justice and committed to real transformation, channel that energy through FLIP and help create a ripple effect that will resonate for generations.