The mission of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is "to empower artists at critical stages in their creative lives." Their website has many resources for artists, and the "About NYFA" link includes a list of prominent individuals titled "NYFA Names You Know" of artists who they supported in their early years. Visitors might recognize such artists as Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julie Taymor,...

Although Radcliff, the women's college affiliated with Harvard for over a century, ceased to formally exist in 1999, it became the highly regarded Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Headed by the noted historian Drew Gilpin Faust, the mission of the Institute is "to create an academic community where individuals can pursue advanced work in academic disciplines, professions, or creative arts."...