Last year, the arts got little state money. This year, arts groups are watching.
In response to budget cuts, the Gobioff Foundation and the Vinik Family Foundation started the Tampa Bay Arts Bridge Fund.
In response to budget cuts, the Gobioff Foundation and the Vinik Family Foundation started the Tampa Bay Arts Bridge Fund.
Across the region, theaters are scrambling to cope with an unexpected 90 percent slash in state funding last spring – hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Florida is ranked 48th in the nation for funding for the arts. To help remedy this shortfall, The Gobioff Foundation has stepped in to help.
Neil and Gianna Gobioff talk philanthropy beyond check writing, disaster relief for the arts, and keeping a foundation in the family.
Listen to Gianna Rendina-Gobioff and Neil Gobioff discuss the Tampa Bay Arts Bridge Fund on WMNF’s Art In Your Ear.
Tampa-based Gobioff Foundation has stepped forward to help area arts organizations that are facing dramatic budget cuts.
After the state of Florida dropped its funding for all arts organizations statewide, the Gobioff Foundation seeks to sustain local arts organizations as they’re facing catastrophic effects.
When the state drastically cut, the Gobioff Foundation rallied locals to fill the gap.