Who we are.
The Orange County Business Committee for the Arts is a nonprofit organization committed to supporting the arts, stimulating new and increased support from the business community, and providing business with the resources and services needed to develop partnerships with the arts. The OCBCA was founded in 1981 by David S. Tappan, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Fluor Corporation; Founding Executive Director Betty R. Moss; and a group of Orange County business leaders.
"The OCBCA is an organization that puts together its corporate members with the not-for-profit arts community to help encourage increased business support of the arts in Orange County. What does that mean? As a facilitator, the most important thing that we do is to act as a matchmaker, helping to identify the needs of the arts organizations and then working as a go-between to bring these two interested parties together. This creates the synergy that results in executive board participation, project underwriting and employee volunteer opportunities. We serve business as a partner to make these things happen. As the founder of the OCBCA over 25 years ago, I’m as excited today as when I started. The times have changed, but the arts are timeless. Our members embrace this concept and work with us to strengthen the arts community."
-Betty R. Moss, Founding Executive Director, OCBCA
What we do.
The Orange County Business Committee for the Arts:
- Encourages businesses throughout Orange County to support the arts.
- Counsels businesses that want to begin an arts support program.
- Assists businesses interested in developing special arts support projects such as corporate art collecting, sponsoring opportunities and many other partnerships between business and the arts.
- Counsels businesses in restructuring philanthropic programs for the arts and expanding existing art support programs.
- Compiles information and statistics on all county not-for-profit arts organizations in master files for business use, opportunities and reference.
- Provides the business community and public with information and statistics about business support to the arts.
- Encourages communication and cooperation between business foundations and private sector groups interested in supporting the arts.
- Produces and Publishes studies of "The Economic Impact of Nonprofits Arts on Orange County" in collaboration with Chapman University's A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research to analyze the arts' impact on the economy.
How we do it.
The Orange County Business Committee for the Arts:
- Develops partnerships between individual Business Committee for the Arts members who provide technical and managerial assistance to arts organizations and boards that wish to increase their operating effectiveness.
- Honors corporations and businesses for their outstanding efforts in support of the arts through the Orange County Business in the Arts Awards held annually in November.
- Publishes newsletters and brochures to encourage and to assist business support to the arts.
- Presents an annual award to an arts organization in recognition of its innovative work in developing a productive business/arts partnership.
- Cooperates with foundations and private sector groups interested in supporting the arts.
- Consults with directors of county-wide arts organizations to help them achieve their long-term organizational goals with accounting, legal, and computer expertise by engaging OCBCA members in the process.
How to contact us.
Orange County Business Committee for the Arts
695 Town Center Dr., Ste. 1200
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
ocbcamail@yahoo.com
714-754-0866
Betty R. Moss, Founding Executive Director
