About
Adam Fong
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Adam is a creative entrepreneur and community builder working at the intersection of music, culture, and biodiversity conservation. He co-founded and led two arts service organizations: Emerging Arts Professionals (founded 2009) and the Center for New Music (founded 2012). As program officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (2018-26), he originated a portfolio to strengthen the creative agency and economic well-being of artists, and led initiatives supporting equitable grantmaking, organizational adaptation, emergency response and readiness, grassroots advocacy, and policy change. Fong is an active musician and frequent advisor on new music, cultural policy, and nonprofit leadership. He has studied at Stanford University (BA, MA), California Institute of the Arts (MFA), University of Pennsylvania, and Colorado State University. He is currently interim director of Bay Area Cultural Funders for Equity, and a Director of the Zellerbach Family Foundation.
what’s shaking
through-lines and topics of interest that tie together Adam’s work (so far)
Peer Networks
Participatory Grantmaking, Community Creativity, Connecting Across Disciplines
Strategic Innovation
New Strategies & New Paradigms
Alternate Systems
Just Intonation, Network-Based Impact, Cultural Practice as Knowledge Index
Leadership Development
Omnidirectional Mentorship, Next Generation Leadership
Field Building
Arts x Community Development, Culture x Conservation
Creative Conditions
Creative Agency, Economic Well-Being, Cultural Self-Determination