Founded in late 2020 and launched in spring 2021, BTA’s operations and initiatives are made possible through the generosity of our visionary founding funders, sponsors, partners, and patrons.
Thank you for being an essential part of our first years. Together, we’ll be able to create the changes we wish to see in art museums in our individual communities and across the country.
*Donor listing current as of November 2024
Lead Funders
Ford Foundation
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
Mellon Foundation
Program Sponsors
Ariel Investments
Museum Exchange
Northern Trust
Slover Linett at NORC
Sotheby’s
The Driehaus Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
The MacArthur Foundation
Terra Foundation for American Art
VERGE
Denise Bradley-Tyson
Denise Gardner
Edward Greene
David C. Howse
Brandi Hudson
Pamela Joyner
Victoria Rogers
Terri Holoman
Eraka Bath
Lyndon Barrois
George Wells
Nina del Rio
Patrons
Wemimo Abbey
Sheryl Adkins-Green
Cherry A. McGee Banks
Patricia Banks
Justin Bayless
Alison Berg
Patricia Blanchet, founding
Devin W. Blackburn
Dale Burnett
Darrianne Christian
Warren Colbert, founding
Lane Coleman
Chanel Coney
Erica Crenshaw
Robert C. Davidson
Denise B. Gardner
Eric Greene, founding
Izzy Greene, founding
Nickol Hackett, founding
Carole Hall
Erin Harkey
Marilyn Holifield
A.C Hudgins, founding
Alexia Hudson-Ward, founding
Eric Johnson
Rashid Johnson
Charla Jones
Kent Kelley
Alison Leland
Suzanne McFayden
Raymond J. McGuire, founding
Deryl McKissack
Eric McKissack
Shane Merriweather
Rodney Miller, Sr
Jo Christine Miles
Tom Pegues
Beryl Potter
John Rogers, founding
Victoria M. Rogers, founding
Hassan Smith
Gaby Sulzberger, founding
Tina Walls
Alex Washington
Institutional Partners
Gibbes Museum of Art
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
The Mint Museum
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
The New Orleans African American Museum
Seattle Art Museum
Storm King Art Center
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts