
DARRYL CHAPPELL FOUNDATION
Empowering Afrodescendant artists to achieve their highest potential. Global focus, local impact.

Darryl Chappell
Founder, President & CEO
Purpose Statement
The Darryl Chappell Foundation exists to empower Afrodescendant artists to achieve their highest potential. We accomplish this by funding Artists-in-Residence, by curating an online Artists Marketplace, by facilitating Artists Talk Series, and by providing funding for public commission art through the Fund for Community Art program. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Vision
To build a community of artists who impact the world in exciting and mind-altering ways through art
Mission
To empower Afrodescendant artists to achieve their highest potential
Structure
Funding
Approach

Intensely focused on assisting aspiring artists

Active partner with museums, art patrons, community foundations and other nonprofits globally

Approach grantmaking with a design, innovation-oriented, mindset

Listen intently to our individual donors and art patron beneficiaries

Gadiel Rivera, Darryl Chappell Foundation Artist Apprentice at Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (2022-2023)
Core Values
- Integrity
- Collaborate with others
- Helping others
- Value aesthetics
- Get the Right Things Done Right
- Financial Self-Sufficiency
- Continuous improvement and learning