What’s happening

Don’t miss out on the latest and greatest events and gatherings at the Stoa. Make your reservation now
 for one of our upcoming workshops, discussions or symposiums.

In person gatherings

May
8 Venice
  1. At the Stoa: Venice @ SMAC
September
10 Calgary
  1. Stoa Table with ESKER Foundation
  2. A powerful discussion on succession planning
15-17 New York
  1. At the Stoa: New York
  2. A deep dive into community, and counsel
  1. Workshop
  2. Is your Endowment mission-aligned?
  1. Workshop
  2. A discussion on what's broken in the grant-making field
  1. Workshop
  2. A deep dive into how to make new technology work for you
October
26 & 27 London
  1. Stoa Table with Bagri Foundation
  2. Building cultural legacy without financial fragility
  1. Workshop @ Bagri Foundation
  2. Shifting the grant-making model for today's world
  1. At the Stoa: Torino
  2. Extending global reach with partnerships for initiatives

Online discussions and workshops

Open discussions: Share ideas. Ask questions.
20 May
24 June
22 July
19 August
23 September
Workshop sessions:

June: How to keep up with environmental regulations

July: Extending global reach with partnerships for initiatives

August: A deep dive into how to make new technology work for you

What to expect from a workshop?

Our workshops are places for learning, sharing and creating opportunities.

In-person and online, the Workshop programme invites a deep-dive into foundation-specific issues. With professionals from outside and colleagues from within, it is a trusted space to ask real questions and to find practical solutions.

What is The Stoa table?

A small, casual private gathering with no agenda, just an opportunity to talk with your peers, hear their ideas and share your own.

The resource library: new releases

  1. The Stoa Report: Winter 2026
  2. Case study interviews:
  • Esker Foundation, Canada
  • EWERK Luckenwalde, Germany
  • Fondation Maeght, France
  • Fondation d’enterprise Martell, France
  • Terra Foundation for American Art, USA
  • Art Bridges Foundation, USA
  • Terra Foundation for American Art, USA
  • Art + Water, USA
  • Brihatta Art Foundation, Bangladesh
  • Holt-Smithson Foundation, USA
  • James Howell Foundation, USA
  • PHI Foundation, Canada
  • PIVO, Brazil
  • Lassonde Art Trail Foundation, Canada
  • Ree & Jun Kaneko Foundation, USA
  1. The Download:
  2. At the Stoa Paris: Risk-taking, change-making and stewardship
  3. Online - Cultural exchange
  4. At the Stoa Venice: Hidden in plain sight: Art foundations in the biennial landscape
    1. Workshop notes:
    2. Strategic Partnerships
    3. Governance
    4. Financial stability

      What’s happening.

      Insight Survey

      Lend your voice to the conversation.

      At the Stoa: Venice

      Hiding in plain sight: Art foundations in the biennial landscape. Friday 8 May, SMAC

      The Stoa Report

      The first-ever report on the global private art foundation sector. Register here for your copy.

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