The Fund for the Arts is a united arts fund in

Louisville, Kentucky Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border ...

, United States. Mayor

Charles R. Farnsley Charles Rowland Peaslee Farnsley (March 28, 1907 – June 19, 1990), a Democrat, served as mayor of Louisville, Kentucky and as a member of the United States House of Representatives. Life Farnsley was born in Louisville and attended Male Hi ...

, served as

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of the City of Louisville from 1948 to 1953, and first conceived of the Fund for the Arts in 1949. He based its structure on that of the Community Chest, now known as

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. The 2011 campaign raised more than $7.3 million, an increase from its first campaign in 1949, of $99,000. The Fund currently provides financing, facilities and administrative support for twenty-nine

Louisville Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. ...

area arts groups and programs. In addition, it awards over 200 community access grants annually to community groups and schools in

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and Southern

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. Other Fund sponsored activities include the annual Whittenberg Young Artist Scholarship. Conceived of and directed by the Fund for the Arts,

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, the W.L. Lyons

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and the Fifth Third Conference Center are owned by the Fund for the Arts Properties Foundation, Inc., a Fund for the Arts partner corporation. For 35 years, the Fund for the Arts was headed by president and CEO, Allan Cowen, who retired in 2012. Barbara Sexton Smith, was named president and CEO in April 2012 and announced her retirement as of June, 2014.

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