Kyle Marinshaw - Project Lead
Kyle (he/him) has over 15 years of experience in the nonprofit sector and has worn many hats, including consultant, program officer, performer, researcher, arts administrator, and public servant. As a consultant, Kyle partners with a range of nonprofit organizations, private foundations, and government agencies to support strategic planning, program evaluation, capacity-building, and market and community-based participatory research.
Kyle also works for the Phoenix-based nonprofit Instituto Lab as the Data & Research Specialist. In this role he leads data and research initiatives to support statewide non-profit, civic engagement and advocacy organizations, as well as designs and leads capacity-building initiatives with partner organizations to equip them with skills in data analytics, community-based research methods, and technical training in various tools and software.
Prior, Kyle was a program officer at the San Francisco-based Koret Foundation where he managed a grant portfolio that supported more than 75 Bay Area organizations across a variety of initiatives. Kyle designed and launched a $10 million, multi-year initiative to increase access to cultural participation through a holistic intervention that focused on arts education, audience development, and organizational capacity. Before Koret, Kyle worked for the San Francisco office of WolfBrown, an arts and cultural management consultancy, where he led a range of projects with a diverse roster of clients that included The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Arts Midwest and the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, LA County Music Center, the City of Madison, and the City of Sacramento. Kyle also has experience in the public sector and worked at Arlington Cultural Affairs in Arlington County, VA where he supported the Cultural Grants program and helped community and heritage arts organizations access county-managed spaces and technical services
Kyle also has broad volunteer and leadership experience and served on the steering committee of the Arts Loan Fund of Northern California Grantmakers, was a grant panelist for the San Jose Arts Commission, provided strategic guidance as an advisory board member for AvenueE of UC Davis, and was a grant panelist for the City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture. Additionally, Kyle served as a facilitator in Peru with the Community Economic Development program of the United States Peace Corps.
Early in his career, Kyle was a dancer and performer and had the privilege of performing with Theatrical Mime Theatre at the Shanghai International Arts Festival, Giordano’s Jazz Dance Chicago (formerly in Evanston, IL), and collaborated on and performed in the world premiere of Moments of Being during the inaugural home season of Hope Mohr Dance in San Francisco, CA.
Kyle has been partnering with Create Today since 2020 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. He holds an MA in Arts Management from American University in Washington, DC, and earned his BFA in Dance at University of Arizona.