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NEFA’s Strategic Plan for 2025-2030, A Mission Forged in Collaboration, is a product of the generous input and feedback offered to us by hundreds of participants including our constituents, funders, board members, and staff. This plan directly incorporates that feedback and charts a course that builds upon NEFA’s strengths while embracing evolution and responsiveness.
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A Mission Rooted in Social Impact
NEFA’s new mission states: “As a social impact organization, NEFA builds, sustains, and fights for arts and culture through grantmaking, partnerships, and advocacy in New England, the nation, and beyond.”
The organization’s new vision envisions a world where the arts and culture ecosystem thrives, artists flourish, and the transformative power of the arts is valued as essential to a more vibrant and equitable society.
Three guiding values—Cultural Rights and Responsibilities, Reciprocity, and Adaptability—affirm NEFA’s commitment to dismantling inequities, building authentic partnerships, and responding with agility to evolving needs.
Goals for the Next Five Years
The plan outlines three interconnected goals that will guide NEFA’s work through 2030:
1. Cultivate a Collaborative Arts and Culture Ecosystem
Strengthen connections among artists, organizations, and communities to ensure access, reciprocity, and shared growth.
2. Amplify the Power of the Arts
Elevate artistic expression as a force for empathy, civic health, and systemic change, positioning artists at the center of public discourse.
3. Build Capacity and Strengthen Organizational Stability
Invest in NEFA’s long-term resilience, ensuring the organization can adapt to shifting cultural and political landscapes.
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Funders
Our strategic plan was made possible with support from Barr Foundation.
