Who can step forward?

As more and more arts and education dollars are siphoned away from our schools and communities, it is becoming increasingly important that the private sector step forward to fill the gaping holes left in the programming of our cultural institutions.  My question is this:  who will be the Rockefeller Foundation for Iowa?  For more information on their program support (at least in 2010) look here.

It is obvious that we cannot rely upon the Iowa Arts Council; Governor Branstad's budget axe is certain to behead much of its funding and as the state goes, so do local arts entities that rely on matching state dollars.  Maybe what we need is a Prince Esterhazy or an Emperor Joseph II.  Oh wait, we threw out the monarchy with the Declaration of Independence....Damn that Boston Tea Party!  <snark>