Darryl Chappell Foundation
Empowering Afrodescendant Artists to Achieve Their Highest Potential
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Aspiring artists (nascent, emerging or established) of African descent do not have adequate resources nor informed, connected mentors, to achieve their highest potential as self-sustaining artists on the world stage. The absence of adequate resources (financial, network connections) and mentorship (trusted advisors) blocks the visibility of career trajectory of Afrodescendant artists.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Artist-in-Residence (3 residency programs)
The Foundation supports three Artist-in-Residence Programs, one in Puerto Rico at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, one at Light Work in Syracuse, New York, and a third residence at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans
a) complete art project and exhibition
b) advance education and professional development of artist through coaching and mentorship
c) coach and direct aspiring art students (high school, university level)
d) develop professional relationships with art patrons and arts organizations
e) provide access to art patrons for the artist-in-residence
f) provide art resident with access to a global scale through artists talk series
g) exhibit outcome of artist-in-residence with open call to the public to attend and learn
Artists Talk Series
Platform for artists to share their career life experiences, highlight obstacles along their path and demonstrate how they were able to confront and overcome those obstacles. Artists also frequently depict their latest work highlighting how the work came about and its meaning to them personally. Last there is a moderated question and answer segment where the audience asks questions either through live zoom audio questions or via chat feature on Zoom or on YouTube live. Artists Talk are either livestreamed through YouTube and Zoom with a recording posted to the Foundation's YouTube channel within one week of airing or held in person with recording made available post the event.
Artists Marketplace
The Foundation curates an online artists marketplace showcasing Afrodescendant visual artists. Artist statements, profile of artists and priced works of art on sale to the general public are depicted. No service fees nor commissions are charged for artists to display or sell their works of art through the Artists Marketplace.
Fund for Community Art
Provide financial resources to artists to create public artwork through the Foundation's nonprofit partners across the United States and Puerto Rico.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Filantropía Puerto Rico 2022
National Creative Youth Development Funder's Forum 2022
grantmakers in the arts (gia) 2023
External reviews

Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of artists receiving unrestricted financial support
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People of African descent
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Artists receiving cash awards either through artists-in-residence; compensation for participating on an artists talk series; contracted as a mentor to an artists; received emergency cash grant.
Total dollar amount of grants awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People of African descent
Related Program
Artist-in-Residence (3 residency programs)
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
2022 MAPR $20,000 11th Street Bridge $8,000 Light Work $11,200 2021 Light Work $10,000 Ogden Museum $13,800 Arts+Public Life $11,500 2020 Emergency Funding $25,500
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our goal is to increase the visibility of Afrodescedant artists; to provide artists with access to artist-in-residencies, artists talk opportunities, an opportunity to showcase their work on the Foundation's artists marketplace connecting them with crucial art patrons looking to purchase work, or to participate in the Fund for Community Art by providing a commissioned work of art.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
- Develop strong alliance of partner organizations (other nonprofits, museums, universities, technology industry professionals) to collaborate on design and execution of programs for visual artists
- Establish a community of artists where introductions are made, experiences shared and a safe culture is established to allow visual artists to mutually exist each other to face obstacles, challenges and to share successes
- Amplify the message of the Foundation through video stories of visual artists; through face-to-face visit with influential art patrons and to expand the access to resources for visual artists
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
- Network of existing partnerships across the United States and Puerto Rico
- Board of Directors with financial management and investment skills and legal expertise
- Access to high net worth art patrons interested in engaging with visual artists to purchase their work
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Launched an art residency program for a Afrodescendant Puerto Rican artist who will not only work on a project for public exhibition but also mentors young students of the arts at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR) in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Established two Darryl Chappell Foundation Artists-in-Residence at Light Work in Syracuse, New York
Established a photographer-in-residence at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans; Provided photographer-in-residence with an experienced mentor located in Houston, Texas; Public exhibition from December 2022 - January 2023 as a part of PhotoNOLA in New Orleans
Provided emergency response funding to 36 visual artists averaging $1,000 per artist in 2020 and 2021
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Darryl Chappell Foundation
Board of directorsas of 11/27/2023
Darryl Chappell
Darryl Chappell Foundation
Term: 2019 - 2023
Molly Brown
Emmanuel Kayode
Darren Sharpe
María Reinat Pumarejo
Nadia Sulayman
Darryl Chappell
Steven Bennett
Royal Alley-Barnes
John Guess, Jr.
Alex Christopher Williams
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.