Brin Jewish Arts Endowment records

Collection

Identifier: umja0189

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Materials in this collection include applications and correspondence for each donation cycle, as well as finiancial statements, photos, and newsclippings.

Dates

Majority of material found within 1930-2020

Conditions Governing Access

Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.

Copyright

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Biographical / Historical

The Brin Endowment Fund was established in memory of the prominent Minneapolis couple Howard B. Brin and Ruth F. Brin. They believed that the arts are an essential way to enhance Jewish identity. Recognizing the challenges to artists and communities to foster and to support Jewish creativity, their family set up the Brin Endowment.

Howard B. Brin (1919-1988) helped establish the Minneapolis Jewish Community Center and was a prominant businessman who took over Brin Glass when his father died in 1947.Ruth F. Brin (1921-2009) was an author of 13 published books.

The Endowment serves to encourage artistic creativity within a Jewish context by aiding individual artists or organizations in creating works with a Jewish theme. Over the years the Brin Endowment has awarded more than $150,000 to nearly 130 projects in support of Jewish arts in music, dance, theater, puppetry, literature, visual arts, photography, and film. The Endowment is a designated fund of the Minnesota Jewish Community Foundation.

Biographical information found at: Foundation grants (no date) Minnesota Jewish Community Foundation. Available at: https://mnjcf.org/foundation-grants (Accessed: November 8, 2022).