We're a no-audition community chorus, created by and for those who love to sing in Upper Manhattan. 

ABOUT THE CHOIR
WHCC is a no-audition community choir, one of a handful in NYC and the only one serving Upper Manhattan. We're a lively, diverse, and welcoming group that loves to sing and believes in the power of music to spread joy and build community!

REBUILDING OUR FOUNDATION
Established in 2016 by a local church, we were disbanded in May 2022 due to budget challenges. A resilient bunch, we quickly regrouped and reestablished ourselves as a sustainable, standalone nonprofit. We've been on our feet for nearly a year and are determined to remain standing for years to come!

HELP KEEP THE MUSIC ALIVE
We are supported mainly by choir member dues, but they only cover about 2/3 of our expenses. Money raised will help fill the gap, and go toward paying our Choir Director, accompanist, music licensing, marketing and other administrative costs.

Your donation will keep us singing and help us expand our activities in upper Manhattan!
 
Washington Heights Community Choir operates as a project of Players Philanthropy Fund, a Maryland charitable trust recognized by IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178, ppf.org/pp). Contributions to Washington Heights Community Choir qualify as tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Washington Heights Community Choir

Radio Santisimo Sacramento is a nonprofit organization. It is based in Sacramento, CA. It received its nonprofit status in 2015.

Unir a la comunidad católica hispana de la Diócesis de Sacramento transmitiendo el Evangelio para la salvación de las almas. 

**VISIÓN hasta 2025**

**Somos un instrumento confiable y efectivo de la Diócesis de Sacramento para la salvación de las almas.**
 

***¿Quienes somos?***

 
**Somos una radio DIOCESANA, le pertenecemos y con ellos nuestra principal operatividad debe funcionar en ayudar a la diócesis. COMUNITARIA, somos y hacemos familia de familia, conjunción de movimientos.**
**MISIONERA, Llevamos el evangelio, apoyamos al Obispo en su misión, buscar la santidad de nuestros radioescuchas y somos formadores.**



Radio Santisimo Sacramento

Music library dedicated to collecting, preserving and providing information about popular music from around the world.

The ARChive of Contemporary Music is a not-for-profit music library dedicated to collecting, preserving and providing information about popular music from around the world.    Now in its twenty-eighth year of operation, ARC is the largest and most important popular music collection in the world – with over three million sound recordings and approximately four million  photographs, books, press kits, videos, memorabilia and related ephemera.   Our simple goal is to guarantee that the world’s musical heritage is preserved for future generations to study and enjoy.     We believe that all forms of popular music, jazz, be-bop, bluegrass, country, rock, rap, blues, enka, reggae, calypso, zydeco, and countless other forms are significant cultural expressions.  All musics entertain as well as reveal a people and their values to the rest of the world.

ARChive of Contemporary Music

Stringendo is a 501c3 organization focused on the arts. It is based in Poughkeepsie, NY and received its nonprofit status in 2009.

Stringendo music school nurtures a diverse group of young string players to become passionate musicians and accomplished performers.  Through orchestra concerts and fiddle gigs, in private lessons and summer music camps, students cultivate life skills: the ability to listen, to lead and, above all, to work together to achieve the extraordinary.

Stringendo maintains a generous financial aid program, and no student is ever turned away due to financial need.   We work hard to extend services into areas that have been traditionally underserved, and our most recent partnership with students in the City of Poughkeepsie has been wildly successful. Our PK Strings group offers after-school classes and musical instruments to motivated students in Poughkeepsie’s elementary, middle, and high school grades, teaching the basics and providing transportation to Saturday classes and Summer Camp, as well as instruments and meals when needed.

Tuition is always kept affordable, well below "industry standard," to make string education accessible to all.   As a result, our Saturday Orchestra program, Tuesday Fiddle Program and Summer Camp attract students from all over the Hudson Valley and beyond.   Our student retention rate is extremely high and many of our older students volunteer as mentors/counselors to our younger students as part of our "morning helper" and "fiddle helper" programs.   Once graduated, many of our students return, either as teachers, camp counselors, workshop instructors, or as visiting alumni, creating a strong and vibrant community of string players at all ages and abilities.     Our goal is to continue to expand our reach, to be sure that any child interested in playing a string instrument has the resources and ability to do so.  Donations received will help us continue to provide the high caliber of string education Stringendo has become known for.  

 Please consider helping us in our mission to make a difference in the lives of local youth.

Stringendo Inc

Atlantic Symphony Orchestra is a professional regional orchestra on Boston’s South Shore, under the baton of Maestro Jin Kim, 

Atlantic Symphony Orchestra

Collective of passionate musicians uniting for specific tours in Europe and across the world.

An orchestra committed to creating and sharing exceptional experiences in classical music.  
 
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO) was founded in 1997 based on the shared vision of being a free and international ensemble, dedicated to creating and sharing exceptional experiences in classical music. With 45 members spanning 20 different countries at its core, the MCO works as a nomadic collective of passionate musicians uniting for specific tours in Europe and across the world.

Mahler Chamber Orchestra gGmbH 

KMFA 89.5 is an independent public classical radio station in Austin, TX, home to the 130-seat Draylen Mason Music Studio.

Classical music inspires and restores the human spirit. KMFA 89.5 handcrafts exceptional classical music experiences on-air, online, and in community.

KMFA Classical 89.5

We help students, schools, and communities reach their full potential through the power of making music.

We address the importance of public school music education programs because we believe music should be part of every young student’s well-rounded education.

We partner with public school districts to donate grants in the form of new musical instruments, technology, equipment, and resources for music teachers and school leaders. Grants provide opportunities for schools to jumpstart and support their music programs.

As part of our grants for music education, we support music teachers with special professional development opportunities and long-term program support. We also provide an online resource center for anyone to explore! We've helped over 2,000 schools in states across the U.S. start music programs.

Save The Music Foundation

JME inspires, encourages, and provides opportunities to young aspiring entertainment industry professionals. 

Jr Music Executive prepares today’s youth for successful futures by exposing them to career options and the skills (along with work ethic) necessary to succeed in a 21st-century workplace.

Primary Objectives:
Inspire youth to pursue higher education, set goals, and reach their full potential.
Expose youth to viable STEAM career opportunities in the entertainment industry.
Ensure that youth desiring a music career are informed and prepared.
Provide youth from underserved communities with access to resources.


Jr Music Executive

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Music for Autism is committed to raising public awareness and improving the quality of life of individuals with autism and their families through music. Our charity sponsors interactive concerts, specifically tailored to be “autism friendly” and to enrich the lives of those with autism in the United States and United Kingdom.

Music for Autism

Crossmen Productions, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) musical organization assisting young people on becoming outstanding individuals through the arts.

Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps

GRAMMY-nominated ensemble specialising in Baroque and Classical music, led by Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen.

Arcangelo is one of the world’s leading period performance ensembles, whose collective energy and spirit continue to generate a flood of critical awards and five-star reviews, spark audience ovations, and prompt invitations to the foremost international venues and festivals. The group’s ethos is ruled by a determination to apply the deep listening skills and artistry of chamber music-making to every piece in its repertoire, from trio sonatas to oratorios.

The band, which has taken the musical world by storm since its creation in 2010, comprises outstanding musicians under the dynamic leadership of its Artistic Director and founder Jonathan Cohen, one of the world's leading specialists in Historical Performance who is also from 2023 the 15th Artistic Director of the Handel + Haydn Society based in Boston, MA. 

Arcangelo was the first named Baroque Ensemble in Residence at Wigmore Hall in London (2016-17), with which it maintains a close artistic relationship. It made its BBC Proms debut in 2016 and returned in 2018 (Handel: Theodora) and 2021 (Bach: St Matthew Passion). Arcangelo’s international appearances include Carnegie Hall, the Vienna Konzerthaus, Liszt Academy Budapest, MA Festival Bruges, Dresden Arts Festival, the Salzburg Festival, the Zurich Tonhalle, Oslo Opera House, L’Auditori Barcelona, the Philharmonie Koeln, DeSingel Antwerp, DeBjloke Ghent and Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern.

Arcangelo’s much-decorated discography includes Buxtehude’s Trio Sonatas Op.1 on Alpha Classics, nominated for a 2018 Grammy Award; two Gramophone Award-winning albums with Iestyn Davies MBE on Hyperion; collaborations with violinists Alina Ibragimova and Vilde Frang (Echo Klassik Award); a BBC Music Magazine Award-winning survey of cello concerti by C.P.E. Bach with Nicolas Altstaedt; and a triptych of Bach dynasty Magnificats. Its most recent releases include a studio recording of Handel’s Brockes Passion with soloists Sandrine Piau, Konstantin Krimmel and Stuart Jackson, a second volume of Buxtehude Trio Sonatas (Op.2), and recital and concerto collaborations with Kate Lindsey (Baroque Cantatas on the story of Nero’), Iestyn Davies (Bach Alto Cantatas), Nicolas Altstaedt (Boccherini Cello Concertos) and Tim Mead (Vivaldi Sacred and Profane Cantatas).

As part of its tenth anniversary celebrations in 2020, Arcangelo launched its New Ensemblists programme. The scheme provides innovative and tailored skills training and professional support to outstandingly promising ensemble musicians over a two-year period.

Arcangelo

Empowering young people to build successful futures for themselves through music, technology, and creative employment.

ZUMIX is an East Boston-based nonprofit organization dedicated to building our community through music and creative technology. One of our core beliefs is that music is the most powerful means of developing adolescent self-identity. Our award-winning music and creative technology programming is designed to equip youth with the tools necessary to reach their full potential, while creating a safe space for youth to explore who they are and who they want to be. Through community events, ZUMIX provides access to top-quality arts experiences for a low-income, historically underserved neighborhood.

ZUMIX

One of the most sought-after young artist programs in France 

This Paris-based opera company is dedicated to lyric repertoire from the mid-18th century to the present. Founded and directed by American conductor David Stern, it combines an ambitious young artists program and a versatile instrumental ensemble.  Opera Fuoco has been in existence since 2003 initially as a top-level period instrument ensemble and later as an internationally recognized young artist troupe.  David Stern, Katharina Wolff and the Fuoco team have developed a multi-faceted program to develop young vocal talent at a professional level.  Opera Fuoco offers a unique, custom-made experience to young singers transitioning from conservatory to professional life.  Singers are able to work with Maestro Stern, experienced vocal coaches and stage directors in various contexts ranging from masterclasses and recitals to large-scale performances with orchestra and fully staged opera productions. The repertoire spans not only several centuries but a variety of genres, from baroque to contemporary, including musical comedy and jazz.  Opera Fuoco has shaped its young artist program not as an academy but as a professional company for young singers engaged for a period of three to four years. In its 13 years of existence, Opera Fuoco's Young Artist Program has trained approximately 50 singers from 15 different countries. Our 15 current members come from 5 different countries, and candidates from the last round of auditions represented 34 nationalities. Opera Fuoco's activities are largely Paris-area based, with masterclasses held in prestigious spaces such as the Petit Palais and regular concerts at the Philharmonie de Paris and the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. The company has also enhanced its international reputation by developing regular performance partnerships with the Bachfest in Leipzig, the Beethovenfest in Bonn, the International Telemann Festival, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra as well as the Shanghai Baroque and Beijing Music Festivals in China. 

Opera Fuoco

Outschool.org is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit managed through the Edward Charles Foundation (ECF). 

Outschool.org is a non-profit that provides under-resourced communities the tools to navigate and access non-traditional learning experiences. Outschool.org’s programs prioritize family and learner choice and develop academic achievement, love of learning, and sense of belonging. 

Outschool.org formed in March 2020 to address financial barriers to virtual learning during COVID. Now, we're laser-focused on ensuring access for the 56% of marginalized families who are looking for alternatives and additional resources for their learners. 

We offer programs for families, schools, and community organizations nationwide who serve predominantly BIPOC and low-income learners. Programs include live, virtual classes from the Outschool.com marketplace and other virtual and in-person learning resources.

Outschool.org

Boise Rock School

Angel City Chorale is the most entertaining and spirited choir in LA. Our music truly reflects the energy and spirit of LA.


Now in its 27th year among the premier choral groups in Southern California, Angel City Chorale is proud to represent the spirit and diversity of Los Angeles in its membership, its music, and its outreach activities, thereby fulfilling its mission to “Build Community One Song at a Time.” Celebrated Artistic Director Fink founded the Chorale at world-famous McCabe’s Guitar Shop in 1993 with 18 singers – which has now grown to over 180 talented and dedicated singers, presenting a broad and eclectic repertoire including classical, gospel, jazz, pop and world music.

Angel City Chorale

Nonprofit org that prepares underserved Philly youth for every stage! We provide free and low-cost music programs to help youth succeed in music, school, and life. We serve hundreds of youth every year.

RTTF is a 501(c)3 organization that provides music education to Philadelphia’s underserved youth at no cost to them or their families. Using music, our programs ignite passion and creativity, support academic achievement, and improve self-esteem. Rock to the Future empowers individuals and strengthens communities.

Rock to the Future

Keeping Music Alive in our Schools @hollandsopusfdn #mhopus

The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation (MHOF) was inspired by the acclaimed motion picture Mr. Holland’s Opus, the story of the profound effect a dedicated music teacher had on generations of students. The Foundation keeps music alive in our schools by donating musical instruments to under-funded music programs, and providing vital services to school districts nationwide, giving under-represented youth access to the many benefits of music education, leading them to success in school, and inspiring creativity and expression through playing music.

The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation

Transforms lives by restoring, expanding, and innovating music education in our schools.

Music education changes lives, but only those of the students it reaches.

Sometimes it doesn’t reach students because their school has no teacher or instruments. Sometimes it doesn’t reach them because they can’t see a connection between their music program and music they know and love. Music Will removes these barriers.

We help schools build music programs that are as diverse as the students they serve. Programs that are innovative, inclusive, and culturally meaningful to students . We’ve served over 1,200,000 K-12 students across the country. We know the lifelong benefits that music can bring to students. Our work is to make sure that music will.

Music Will

Programs emphasize sustainable living and immersion in nature; conserving 500+ acres (land trust, wilderness, natural burial)

At the heart of Narrow Ridge is our Earth literacy programs which emphasize: 1) immersion in nature as a deep reminder of who we are at the species level and as a means of nurturing a loving and reciprocal relationship between humans and the rest of the natural world, and 2) experiential learning in sustainable living as participants take up residence in a solar-powered lodge, engage in hands-on learning in the organic garden, assist on eco-building projects, and visit the eco-homes of members of the community land trust. Our programs promote a sense of wonder of and commitment to the natural world and community of life of which we are so privileged to be a part.

Narrow Ridge protects over 500 acres of rural Appalachian land. We demonstrate a variety of approaches to conservation including: our community land trusts**** where folks lease land from Narrow Ridge and agree to conservation restrictions, over 150 acres of wilderness that will never know human habitation, 10 acres of Natural Burial Preserve, and our recently initiated pollinator field and American Chestnut orchard.

Narrow Ridge Center

Bringing music across the planet to those who need it most. Can music change the world? We believe it can.

Keys of Change is a charity formed by individuals who deeply believe that playing music can make this world a better place. Keys of Change aims to advance the lives of children and young people around the world through musical education and access to live classical music performances. The charity was set up in early 2011 by the international concert pianist Panos Karan, who works with three other trustees, all involved in music and/or education, and a growing number of committed volunteers in many countries.  ​ Over the past years, Keys of Change has brought classical music, often for the first time, to deprived or suffering audiences, in remote areas of the Amazon basin, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Kolkata and the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima area in Japan, as well as in Greece, Russia and London. Our music has brought alive emotions - fascination, happiness, tears of sadness – and generated hope and encouragement.  Wherever we go to perform, we also set up and fund musical education projects, working in conjunction with local music teachers. In Ecuador, we organise weekly guitar lessons for young people from deprived backgrounds. In Uganda and Sierra Leone, we have provided instruments and music lessons. In Fukushima and India, we have made regular visits to work with young musicians to improve their playing, and give them the opportunity to perform in joint concerts with Keys of Change musicians. In the case of Fukushima this culminated in the founding of the Fukushima Youth Sinfonietta, and organising for up to 50 young Japanese musicians to travel to London, to give a concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in April 2014, to Tokyo, performing at Tokyo Opera City in August 2015, and Symphony Hall, Boston, in April 2016.

Keys of Change

Over Everything is a non-profit record label and artist empowerment organization. 

Our goal is to help push the industry towards more fair and equitable practices by supplying free music industry education for indie artists and their team, and by offering development & release support to a select group of artists. 

We don’t “sign” anyone, instead we partner with artists on a non-exclusive basis for their releases taking absolutely no earnings along the way. All funds go directly to the creative collaborators (artist/producers/writers). 

Our primary mission is to help artists create sustainable independent careers, maintaining artistic control and ownership along the way. We supply creative & artistic development, legal support, project management services, and often act as a conduit between the artist and potential partners (distributors/labels/tastemaker support/managers/bookers etc).

To check out some of the projects we have released please visit
overeverything.org/projects


Over Everything

MZMF prevents the erasure of African American communities through the responsible practice of public history and heritage tourism.

MZMF serves as a conduit to provide financial and technical support to African American church communities and cemeteries in Mississippi. In addition to providing memorials for Blues musicians without grave markers, we provide historical consulting, research, education, and referrals to descendant communities to prevent the erasure of cultural resources in African American communities. By installing over 25 memorials since 1989, MZMF transforms abandoned cultural resources into international tourist destinations.

In 2021, we re-incorporated MZMF as "The Mt. Zion Memorial Fund for Blues, Music, and Justice," and we won over $100,000 in grant awards from Visit Mississippi, the Hills National Heritage Area, the American Historical Association, the MS Delta National Heritage Area, and the MS Arts Council. In the past year, we have installed memorials for Nathan Beauregard, Jim Jackson, and the St. James Missionary Baptist Church, and we have sponsored the RL Boyce Picnic in Como, MS since 2021.

In 2022, MZMF established the Blues Communities Project, working with church and community leaders in 4 counties to add the names and locations of over 660 cemeteries to our WebAtlas of African American Burial Grounds. Services and activities on the pilot project included informational workshops, invited talks, active discussions, archival research, and the launch of a new Wordpress website, featuring ArcGIS-powered surveys and mapping, digital exhibitions, and an online support portal. 
 
Funding is requested to support MZMF’s general operations. MZMF plans to expand the Blues Communities Project into Leflore, DeSoto, and Noxubee Counties, expanding its coverage to a total of 7 counties. Funding will support the development of informational workshops, conceptualized and designed by people of color to increase local participation, including public lectures on gentrification and the erasure of African American history. The participatory addition of burial grounds to the WebAtlas will allow MZMF to continue its growth, extend its reach into descendant communities, and expand its outreach opportunities.


Mt Zion Memorial Fund For Blues Music And Justice

Harmony Theater is an organization focused on performing arts for people with disabilities based in southeastern PA. 

Harmony Theater

Revolutionizing classical music education by bringing world-class piano lessons to new urban environments

Keys 2 Success was founded by Jee-Hoon Krska, a Juilliard-trained classical musician with a doctorate in Electrical Engineering from MIT.  Launched in 2016 with 12 students at a single Newark public school, Keys 2 Success now teach over 150 student in public housing, gardens, parks, and churches all around Newark. 

Keys 2 Success

The Alliance for Middle East Peace is a network of over 170 NGOs conducting peacebuilding between Israelis and Palestinians.

Alliance For Middle East Peace Inc

Dedicated to igniting positive change through music and education in the lives of young people.

Key to change empowers communities by working alongside students, teachers, parents, and guardians to build consensus, meet teacher needs, and create a holistic environment where students can flourish. Key to Change removes the barrier to entry for low-income students and students of color with an inclusive approach that helps build trust and connection. By offering excellent music instruction below the market rate, Key to Change extends the benefits of a classical music education to a new generation of young musicians.

The Key to Change

WIN Arts aims to preserve and promote Philippine heritage through the arts.

MISSION:
1. To engage in projects and collaborate with other organizations to preserve and promote the Philippine heritage.
2. Develop, train, enhance artistic talents.
3. Mentor potential artists who can individually promote the objectives of the organization.
4. Encourage participation and involvement in the various activities of the organization.


Waraynon Initiative Network

Inspiring children of all ages to reach their full potential.

We help children build confidence, character, and creativity through our unique music and theater productions while instilling the value of community outreach and philanthropy.

The heart of the PPF is about giving back to those in need, our community, and the world while also enriching the lives of our participants through music and theater.

Participants in our various productions learn confidence, creativity, empathy, and how to help others. All the while, becoming part of a loving and supportive environment; one that helps foster positive self-image and lifelong friendships.

Peter Pan Foundation

Sing Democracy 250 is a stirring musical odyssey commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

In a world where division seems to be the norm, we stand united. 

We are musicians, singers, artists, and advocates, all bound by the belief that music can bridge the gaps and mend the divides. 

Our mission is simple yet profound: to bring people together, to celebrate our shared humanity, and to recommit to the promise of a "more perfect union."

Founded by Gary Aamodt and Celia Ellingson, Together In Hope Project, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit organization, serves as the driving force behind Sing Democracy 250.

Sing Democracy 250 

Artists' Television Access is an all-volunteer, artist-run, underground and experimental media arts gallery founded in 1984.

Artists’ Television Access is a San Francisco-based, artist-run, non-profit organization that cultivates and promotes culturally-aware, underground media and experimental art. We provide an accessible screening venue and gallery for the presentation of programmed and guest-curated screenings, exhibitions, performances, workshops and events. We believe in fostering a supportive community for the exhibition of innovative art and the exchange of non-conformist ideas.

Artists' Television Access

c89.5 is listener-supported public radio, playing uplifting dance music and providing career-connected learning for our students.

c89.5 is a listener-supported, non-commercial radio station owned by the Seattle Public Schools and operated by professional adult staff and students in the electronic media program at Nathan Hale High School. The station is almost entirely self-funded: over 87% of its operating revenue comes from listener donations and local businesses. 

c89.5 supports the personal and professional growth of our students, giving them the skills and confidence to succeed in careers in media and other professions. Our students gain practical experience in digital media production, public speaking, and professional presentation. Many of our alumni have gone on to careers in journalism, radio, television, and digital media.

Over 150,000 listeners throughout Puget Sound tune to c89.5 every week for a diverse range of music celebrating individual differences and focusing on the joy in life. The station reaches a broad range of listeners, with a high concentration in both the 18-24 and 45-54 age ranges. Over 30% of c89.5 listeners identify as LGBTQ+.

The station is also a pioneer and worldwide leader in dance music, monitored by Neilsen and by MediaBase, and one of eight stations tracked for the Billboard Dance chart. 

c89.5 has won numerous awards and is recognized as an influential radio station on the cutting-edge of dance music as well as a premier high school broadcast facility.

c89.5 Public Radio

We are the oldest educational institution for the performing arts in Greece, founded as a non-profit organization in 1871. 

The Athens Conservatoire (greek: Odeion Athinon) is the oldest educational institution for the performing arts in modern Greece, founded as a non-profit organization in 1871, by the "Music and Drama Association "Athens Conservatoire - 1871"
The institution played a significant role in the advancement of music studies in Greece since day one. Some of the most renowned international musical personalities have graduated from or taught at the Athens Conservatoire, including conductor Dimitiris Mitropoulos (NY Philharmonic music director from 1951 to 1958), composers Nikos Skalkottas and Mikis Theodorakis, opera diva Maria Callas, pianists Gina Bachauer and Dimitris Sgouros and many others. Today, apart from continuing to offer to its c.700 music students the full range of classical music studies from the earliest stages to the concert diploma, the Athens Conservatoire is constantly expanding into new areas: thus, the Jazz Music Department includes leading Greek jazz musicians among its teaching staff and has already gained significant momentum, the Centre of Early Music offers new insights into historically informed performance to a growing number of students in collaboration with international institutions such as the Leeds University (UK), while a new program of studies leading to a BMus (Hons) degree in classical music performance is being developed in collaboration with Goldsmiths College, University of London (UK). 

Meanwhile, the first Drama School in Greece, also founded in 1871, has had a pivotal role in the advancement of theatrical studies in the country. Today, the Drama School of the Athens Conservatoire, member of the World Theatre Education Alliance (WTEA) – Beijing, is included among the select few top professional drama schools in Greece, officially recognized by the Ministry of Culture. The school students and its staff regularly stage cutting edge performances and cooperate with leading drama institutions abroad.

The Athens Conservatoire School of Dance, although established in the ‘00s, has been constantly expanding ever since and today features one of the few state-accredited Higher Professional Dance Schools in the country, complementing perfectly the Athens Conservatoire's wide portfolio of performing arts disciplines.

The Athens Conservatoire Centre for Research and Documentation, initially founded in 2015 to rescue from oblivion and decay our institution's extensive historical archives, is currently developing a broad range of research and editorial initiatives such as the preparation and edition of the first ever extensive History of Music in Contemporary Greece. The AC Centre for Research and Documentation participates and regularly contributes to international fora like the IAML (International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres), publishes scientific papers and a magazine, and organizes various exhibitions, such as a major exhibition on the composer Iannis Xenakis in collaboration with the Greek National Museum of Contemporary Art.

Many other major Greek arts organizations such as the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre, the Greek National Opera, the Athens & Epidaurus International Festival, the Onassis Cultural Centre, the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron) and many others regularly invite us to participate in leading cultural events.

The Athens Conservatoire iconic building, located in the heart of Athens near the Presidential Palace and the Aristotle Lyceum, is designed by the famous Greek architect Ioannis Despotopoulos (1903-1992) who holds a prominent position within the modernist architectural movement of the 1930s and the Bauhaus School in which he actively participated. His work for the Athens Conservatoire is the only completed part of an ambitious large-scale cultural complex commissioned in 1959 by the then government for Athens. For these reasons, the building is officially designated as a "Modern Architectural Monument" by the Greek Ministry of Culture. Today, this recently renovated building is functioning as a unique and enviable cultural hub for various contemporary artistic and cultural high profile events.

WHY DONATE TO US:

Since our establishment more than 150 years ago, we offer top-class education in the fields of Music, Drama and -more recently- Dance.

However, our main goal is to create a level-playing field for all children and young artists, offering equal opportunities for all interested in performing arts to join our programs, irrespective of their background, financial situation, class, ethnicity, religion or sex. 
We strive to serve this goal via a series of endowments and donations which support many students for the realization of their musical and artistic dreams. 

Therefore, your contributions are valuable since they will greatly help to ensure the seamless continuation of our efforts and programs from one year to the next and will also enhance our capacity to offer unique life-changing opportunities to even more aspiring young artists.



The Athens Conservatoire 

Culture Scholar Corporation teaches principles of self worth through the arts, education, performances, and cultural enrichment.

[Benjamin Barnes](https://benjaminbarnes.com/biography)[Culture Scholar Corp](https://culturescholar.org) [Culture Scholar Corporation](https://culturescholar.org), a **501(c)(3)** **nonprofit organization** established in 2022 by [Benjamin Barnes ](https://benjaminbarnes.com/biography)an [Artist](https://bencasso.org), [Musician,](https://bencasso.net) and [Educator](https://BenjaminBarnes.com/lessons). 

Dedicated to improving self worth through the arts education, [our organization](https://Culturescholar.org) offers transformative classes designed to enhance various aspects of individuals' lives. 

Our curriculum includes: Therapeutic Art, Therapeutic Music (covering instrumental skills and music history), as well as Reentry to Society Coursework and Peer Counseling. 

With a commitment to fostering creativity, healing, and personal growth, [Culture Scholar Corporation](https://culturescholar.org) strives to make a positive impact on the community through its diverse and enriching programs.

Culture Scholar Corporation 501(c)(3)

Celebration Radio KAMB is a Contemporary Christian Music radio station in California's Central Valley, Foothills, & Central Coast.

KAMB's mission is to inspire people to know Jesus personally and challenge them to follow Him faithfully through the creative use of interactive media.

We have all had times, when we pulled away from God. It’s in our sinful nature to walk away from God and toward anxiety, addiction, workaholism and pride. Regardless of the struggle, it’s in those dark moments that we need a reminder of who we are and how to get back on track. 

For Angie, she turned to drugs after losing hope for her future. Deep in depression, her pain got so unbearable that she tried to hang herself. But the rope broke. In a moment of desperation and anger, Angie cried out to God. That’s when she heard KAMB Celebration Radio in the background, and realized that God was there for her all along. That encouragement moved her to get help. Today, she and her daughter listen to KAMB every morning and are reminded that God’s love is enduring, and that life can be abundant.  

Because of KAMB, Angie and her daughter have a new tomorrow; one filled with hope.
Every hour of every day for the last 52 years, people have turned to KAMB. Their reasons vary. Some tune-in because KAMB provides a safe place for their family to listen. Some tune-in to worship God and be encouraged in their walk with Him. Others are exploring their faith; in fact, 30% of listeners to Christian radio do not personally know Christ. Like Angie, some find answers and hope for their pain. 

Regardless of the reason, KAMB is there for them, inspiring them to personally know Jesus 24 hours per day. Whether late into the night or on the drive to work, KAMB is challenging people to follow God faithfully. Wherever listeners are, Celebration Radio is there as well. From Fresno to Modesto, Sonora to Santa Cruz, the KAMB FM signal broadcasts hope to a population of over 2.5 million people. For those out of range, KAMB Celebration Radio can be streamed online. And people are listening too. According to Nielsen, 92% of Americans tune into radio every week, more than any other media platform (television reaches 87%). 

We invite you to Partner with Celebration Radio KAMB to change lives!

Celebration Radio  101.5  KAMB (Central Valley Broadcasting Co., Inc.)

P.S. ARTS is dedicated to advancing equity and opportunity by providing arts education in public schools and communities.


P.S. ARTS is dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing arts education to underserved public schools and communities. P.S. ARTS is the only organization in Southern and Central California that provides yearlong arts education in dance, music, theater, and visual arts to every child in a school during the regular school day. Without our programs, children in these underfunded school districts would not have access to the arts. 

P.S. ARTS also coordinates with school administrators and parent groups to provide community outreach services designed to increase the community’s capacity to advocate for educational equity and to provide critical cultural experiences for the entire family. 

P.S. ARTS programs help level the educational playing field by teaching creative and cognitive skills to students struggling to overcome economic, ability, or literacy barriers that will better equip them to be competitive and successful people. Studies show the arts keep children motivated and engaged, and with the high school dropout rate in Los Angeles County as high as 50% in recent years, the children in our community need the arts!

P.S. ARTS

Celebrating the power of Space to bring the world together, educating and developing the next generation of explorers.

The mission of The SpaceKind Foundation (and associated projects Yuri's Night, Cosmic Odyssey Scholarship, AstroAccess) is to use the excitement and inspiration of space as a catalyst for educating and developing the next generation of explorers. We fulfill this mission through a commitment to empowering leaders, building communities, bridging cultures, encouraging science literacy, and promoting a sustainable and peaceful future. We are also launching a massive movement to get 50 million people to stand in the path of totality for the total eclipse of the sun on Mon April 8, 2024 in a 100 mile wide band from Mazatlan, Mexico to Montreal Canada to LOOK UP. The sight of the sun completely blocked by the moon, letting the stars shine in the middle of the afternoon, is breathtaking and worth driving a few states to see. I hope you will join us! www.eclipsefest.org

The SpaceKind Foundation

We are a community based social enterprise on a journey to build the first sustainable rural city in Uganda. 

Invest in us as we build the sustainable rural city in Africa! 

Our work is premised on the belief that using a holistic and participatory development approach to design and implement community initiatives can empower local communities and create prosperity. Since 2019, our ecosystem of 20 social businesses and community projects serves 10,000 clients through the targeted provision of services/products across the education, health, agriculture, tourism, and finance sectors.  So far, 2,000 learners have benefited from our functional adult education, primary education, early childhood education, and vocational skilling activities. 8,000 patients have been treated at our health facility. 100 women who are members of our Shea butter Coop have seen their daily household incomes triple from under $1 to now $4, etc. Moreover, our interventions are successful because we actively involve the community in discussing their needs, views, and priorities while giving them the tools they need to solve their own challenges. Across and beyond Okere, the impact of our work shines bright and the international media have comprehensively covered our radical approach to rural transformation.  Okere City's initiatives are driven by actual community needs and the implementation of project activities is led by community members. Overall, Okere City strives to be a community organization and social enterprise that creates multiple opportunities for agrarian reforms and rural transformation in Okere Parish by encouraging open and forward-thinking, mobilizing, organizing, and training the rural population through a series of innovative projects, activities, and techniques so that they are able to develop practical solutions to the day to day challenges they face. Okere City seeks to be an enabler for the rural community in the parish to be more imaginative, cooperative, creative, innovative, and enterprising as prerequisites to make them more progressive, empowered, and successful. At the core of our work is ensuring that we strengthen the dignity of our rural community members by providing the support infrastructures that enable them to become responsible for shaping and designing their own futures and destinies.  Our current strategic direction is being guided by the Okere City 2030 Strategy which aims to build the first sustainable rural city in Africa.  
Okere City is certified by NGOsource as equivalent to a U.S. public charity under the International Revenue Service's Equivalency Determination standard. 

Okere Community Development Project

Our top-rated Nonprofit safeguards and shares Himalayan meditation and indigenous knowledge from the ancient Sanskrit heritage.

Self Enquiry Life Fellowship is a nonprofit organization with worldwide outreach guided by the monastic wisdom of the Hansavedas Mission. The Nonprofit, with its headquarters in California, preserves indigenous knowledge from the Sanskrit heritage, including: extant literature on spiritual philosophy that is meaningful to modern inquiry; spiritual practices of Vedic antiquity that bring about peace in our communities through mindful participation; Himalayan yoga-vinyāsa and Ayurveda that promote wellness and mindfulness in daily living; and Himalayan meditation techniques of unbroken lineages which bring about mental clarity and compassion through self-empowerment, ultimately guiding the meditator to liberation.

The organization is enriched with extraordinary guidance from several Vedic monks of ancient monastic orders. It is rare for reclusive Himalayan monks, who have penanced in Himalaya, to become available to seekers or devotees and serve by disseminating precious streams of knowledge. His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda, who is one such ordained Vedic monk of the Giri monastic order, is the spiritual head of the Hansavedas Mission and the spiritual founder of the Nonprofit.

We are committed to the highest level of ethics and have earned the Guidestar Platinum Seal of Transparency. See our profile: guidestar.org/profile/20-3478668. We have also been honoured as a Top-Rated Nonprofit for several years in a row on GreatNonprofits.org.

Hansavedas Fellowship

The International Beethoven Project, est. 2008 as a NFP, celebrates the extraordinary lives & creative music of unique composers.

​​The mission of the International Beethoven Project is threefold: 

1) to celebrate Beethoven's music and humanist legacy

2) to make classical music more engaging, exciting and meaningful for all people

3) to serve as an educational resource 

By showcasing Beethoven as the revolutionary musician he was, we believe we can inspire new generations of listeners, performers and arts administrators to appreciate and engage with this art form. To do this, IBP has used many different approaches, from producing numerous events to making films, recordings and educational media.

Launching the "International Beethoven Day" initiative in 2021, IBP seeks to engage even more people across the world in carrying Beethoven's legacy of humanism and music forward.

Upcoming projects include a sweeping multi-media traversal of Beethoven's epic 32 piano sonatas that will include, in addition to recordings and films of the originals, music by contemporary composers and musicians inspired by the sonatas, along with readings of Beethoven's letters by actors and musicians and visual works of art to accompany the whole.

This project will be presented globally as well as brought to schools around the world.

IBP is also currently organizing the first-ever web3/blockchain/metaverse/NFT conference focused on the classical music sector.

From annual celebrations of Beethoven's birthday every December since 2010 and through his 250th anniversary in 2020, to multi-disciplinary festivals that have brought all the arts and many musical genres together under one roof, we have sought engagement across generations and society. 

"An event of world-class importance" (Chicago Tribune), IBP's Beethoven Festival has served as a showcase for what was possible in the future of classical music.

The International Beethoven Project has also produced several critically-hailed recordings, including a now-legendary album with a first-ever recording of a work by Beethoven, the Trio Hess 47, a top 25 on the Classical Billboard charts in 2010.

In the last few years, IBP has produced several music films and documentaries on Bach and Beethoven and continues to work on future productions. IBP's goal is to leverage the wide-reaching impact of audiovisual media to create novel ways of appreciating classical music's great classics, as well as inspiring contemporary composers and musicians. 


Stay up to date by visiting our website or following on social media.

www.internationalbeethovenproject.com 


International Beethoven Project

Celebrate and share Estonian culture in an architectural jewel in the heart of Toronto, North America's 4th largest city.

Estonian Arts Centre (EAC) is the charity associated with KESKUS International Estonian Centre being built in the heart of Toronto, North America's 4th largest city.  EAC promotes development of KESKUS in Toronto in which to further its charitable objects, and these include promotion and support of the arts, multiculturalism, preservation of literary, musical and visual arts and the welfare and education of artists. 

KESKUS will be a dynamic hub showcasing Estonian heritage and promoting Estonian innovation. It will be a vibrant gathering place for Estonians of all generations and backgrounds to connect, celebrate, and share Estonian culture and achievements with each other and the world. It is scheduled to open in the spring of 2025.

Please sign up for the monthly newsletter at our website and donate today, to help EAC achieve its mission in KESKUS.

KESKUS International Estonian Centre


ACMS offers opportunities to learn the joys of music for all ages and skill levels. 

The Armstrong Community Music School was founded on the principle that a high-quality music education should be available to everyone, regardless of circumstances. At ACMS you might see a small child attending an Early Childhood Music class while across the hall a grandparent goes to her first ever violin lesson. For 20 years, ACMS has provided Central Texans of all ages and skill levels the opportunity to express themselves through joyful music-making.

In conjunction with the excellent music instruction provided in-house, ACMS partners with local organizations to offer free programming for a wide variety of populations. Collectively these programs are known as the Harmony Initiative. Each program in the Harmony Initiative is designed by faculty and staff to meet the intellectual and situational needs of the communities they serve, positively impacting the lives of underserved populations with the power of music. These partnership programs include: 

Early Childhood Music programs and ukulele classes for the children of
The SAFE Alliance, the merger of Austin Children’s Shelter and SafePlace, Austin’s domestic violence shelter

Musical sing-alongs for the families of Todos Juntos Learning Center, an education center for immigrant and refugee families

We Are the Chorus and We Are the Chorus, Too!, choruses for individuals with special needs and their singing buddies

The Veterans Guitar Project, weekly guitar classes and performance opportunities for all veterans

Early Childhood Music classes at Travis and Navarro High School Child Development Centers for the children of teenage parents

Music for All: Creating Yes for Every Family, a collaboration with Education Service Center Region 13 providing twice monthly Early Childhood Music family classes to children with visual and mobility impairments

All Harmony Initiative endeavors share the goal of supporting health and well-being and are tailored to the needs of their populations. Studies indicate that sharing their stories can help veterans cope with post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, and depression, and that arts engagement can aid in suicide prevention. Research has continued to show the developmental benefits of music education. Nevertheless, the decline in arts education is most drastic for underserved minorities. Your contribution to ACMS programs helps to fill the gap and provide individuals all the benefits of music-making.

Armstrong Community Music School

Artisan Global is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that develops sustainable jobs, strategies, and vocational workspaces in Uganda.

We are working together with local entrepreneurs in Uganda to develop the creative industries and address cycles of extreme poverty. Our global team (Uganda and the U.S.) designed the first creative workspace for innovation & impact in Northern Uganda.

Artisan Global

FAB provides funding, promotion, education and credibility to creators working at the intersection of blockchain and creativity.

Foundation For Art And Blockchain

Eagle Ridge Christian School, Inc., is a nonprofit charity focused on education based in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.




EAGLE RIDGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

VISION STATEMENT
Eagle Ridge Christian School endeavors to raise and equip graduates who are academically qualified, spiritually equipped and physically fit. We aspire to produce graduates that are life-long learners and leaders in their fields of endeavor, valuable members of society, who love, honor, respect, and serve God, their country, and their fellow man.

THE MISSION
The mission of Eagle Ridge Christian School is to provide a quality Christian education based upon the Word of God in an environment where students can achieve maximum success academically, spiritually, and physically in the pursuit of God’s call and purpose in their lives.  

HISTORY 
Eagle Ridge Christian School, Inc. (Eagle Ridge) has a long history of success as a major Christian Educator in Southeast Missouri.  The school was founded in 1982, under the direction of Dr. Mark Carbaugh, and has seen over forty years of success in graduating hundreds of students into successful lives and careers.  

The school has grown from three teachers serving 32 elementary children to a student population of over 220 students and 40 full and part-time staff serving 6-week-old infant care through twelfth grade. 

In 1996, Eagle Ridge graduated its charter class. The next month, Eagle Ridge was incorporated as a separate entity from the church as a 501(c)(3) organization on December 22, 1997. 

In June of that same year, a 30,000-square-foot facility was built on twenty acres to house both the school and Rock of Cape Church.  They have since continued sharing space in this same facility.   
 
In the fall of 1998, the school added a 2 and 3-year-old preschool program, as well as, a before and after-care program. In 1999, Eagle Ridge began offering food service including breakfast, lunch, and an afterschool snack.

In 1998, Eagle Ridge Christian School began accreditation with the International Christian Accrediting Association (ICAA) receiving full accreditation in 2000. Eagle Ridge applied for and received accreditation from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) in 2001.  Today, Eagle Ridge maintains accreditation through the International Christian Accreditation Association (ICAA) and Cognia.

Cognia is the parent organization of the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI), Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI).  
 
The school continues to enjoy a growing, interscholastic athletics program through Missouri Christian School Athletic Association (MCSAA), and as an affiliate member of the Missouri State High School Athletic Association (MSHSAA).  This enables the school to compete with Christian and public schools nationwide.

THE NEED
We have never seen such a demand in all the forty years of the school’s existence as we are seeing now. Calls continue to come in for students, but there is not always space to accommodate the requests. We have come to a place in time where the need is great for the school and we must expand to accommodate the needs of the community.   

As Eagle Ridge has flourished in response to demand in our community, we have outgrown our current building.  The church and school presently occupy a 30,000-square-foot building, where both entities share space.  The requirements of the school have forced the Church to occupy less and less space with each passing school year.  Each year the church has given up more space to accommodate the school’s need for more classroom space. 

We believe this to be an opportune time for the school to begin moving forward with a new campus to meet all the needs of this growing ministry.  

A new campus will provide tremendous opportunities for the school to significantly grow in all areas.  Our preschool would immediately add over 100 students to our enrollment, who are presently on a waiting list.  This alone would increase the school’s annual income by $500,000 to the operating budget and provide additional jobs for many families.  

We have a vision to serve more people in our school.  To reach that potential, we must increase the size of our campus and facilities.

NEW CAMPUS VISION
The school has an opportunity to purchase 125 acres of land. This will allow us to build a 65,000 square feet facility that will allow us to fully educate, train, and equip our students’ mind, body and spirit.

The expansion will accommodate growth to more than 450 students, more than doubling our present enrollment.  In addition, the new school building will also accommodate 100+ children on the waiting list in pre-school.

Key Features will include: 
•	Athletic fields for soccer, baseball and track for our successful athletic programs
•	Modern facilities equipped with the newest and latest technologies to assist faculty and students to reach their greatest potential
•	Implementation of the newest school safety and security measures
•	Modern indoor gymnasiums suitable for all types of competitions
•	Resources and spaces to ensure the education for special needs students

ESTIMATED COSTS
The leaders of the school have now begun a capital campaign to purchase land nearby its present location to build a new school building and campus.

This Capital Campaign’s goal is $18.75 million.  This would include the 125 acre land purchase and construction costs for the new 65,000-square-foot campus.

Eagle Ridge Christian School, Inc., is identified as a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) under the Internal Revenue Service and is registered with the State of Missouri.  The Determination is on file and can be requested.    

You can search on “Guidestar.org” for verification of the school’s recognized status with the Internal Revenue Service.  

The school is recognized as an exempt organization under the Charitable Organizations & Solicitations Law, Sections 407.450 to 407.478 RSMo 2000 in Missouri, Registration No:  CO-335-23.

THE APPEAL
Children and youth today are faced with pressures we never knew, and many situations and tests that we find hard to understand. Their phones, social media, and societal pressures present distracting and complicating issues, bombarding them with misleading information, encouraging them to pursue shallow relationships, and offering empty promises.  

Families in our community are seeking morally-based organizations and educational opportunities that will collaborate with them to uphold their traditional values, especially for their children. 

Parents need help, and they are coming to Eagle Ridge because we offer an excellent and rigorous education that is also based on Biblical Truths.  

We prepare young people with the lessons and tools they need to be academically successful, make sound decisions, and achieve a positive difference in our world.
We are asking you to consider supporting Eagle Ridge’s vision and dream.  With your donation, the school can reach its greatest potential.  Investing in the future of young people is one of the greatest joys a person can experience.  

Eagle Ridge is that place, the foundation that will allow you to touch hundreds of students for generations to come.  You would be sending a message through these students to a time you will never see!  What is that message?  It is the Godly values, principles, and morals, with high academic achievements that will create a future where mankind is able to reach its greatest potential.  

Your gift will continue on through a lifetime and beyond, to multiple generations to affect change to people you will never meet.  These students are the lifeline to the future.   

Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6 (NKJV)

EXPANSION USHERS IN NEW ERA
This is your opportunity to begin a new era of Christian education and build foundations into the lives of hundreds of students, raising leaders to serve God, community, country, and mankind.  The impact of what you do with your gift is immeasurable in the number of lives that will be touched and changed.  We will be raising leaders to serve God, the community, the country, and the world for generations to come.

Your gift is one that will keep on giving!  

Just as Nelson Mandela has said, “Education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world.” 

Partner with Eagle Ridge and create a foundation for transforming students’ lives through education and change the world.

Eagle Ridge Christian School
4210 State Highway K
Cape Girardeau, Missouri  63701
http://www.eagleridgechristian.org


Eagle Ridge Christian School Inc

Teatro del Lago's core value is to develop meaningful artistic experiences through the arts.

What makes Teatro del Lago different from other cultural centers is the explicit declaration of its educational mission: the belief that through artistic education and access to the arts, we can contribute to improving people's quality of life. Through its open and socially inclusive educational programs, Teatro del Lago Foundation firmly believes that artistic development can make a difference.

Since its creation in 2010 and through its educational and artistic programs, Teatro del Lago has managed to impact more than 200 thousand children and young people. In addition to this, the Foundation has provided a stage for leading national and international artists.

Located in Chile, in Frutillar, a Creative City of Music, Teatro del Lago has been visited by more than 3 million people. Its architecture and design have been recognized by most as the only private monument of the Bicentennial of Chile as a republic.

The Foundation is also actively involved with the community, part of an innovative and creative ecosystem. Through alliances with various local, national, and international organizations, it seeks to find new ways to face the challenges of the 21st century.

Fundacion Teatro del Lago

Storycatchers Theatre serves justice-involved youth in Illinois through a healing centered performing arts methodology.

Storycatchers Theatre guides young people to transform their traumatic experiences into powerful musical theatre, developing the courage and vision to become leaders and mentors. By creating support for youth within the criminal justice system, Storycatchers prepares them to change their lives and emerge successfully from court involvement.

Storycatchers was founded in 1984 and originally conducted residencies in the Chicago Public School system to create and perform original musicals inspired by the stories of students. In 1990, the company began developing its immersive residential program model for justice-involved youth at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center. It was at this time that the methodology expanded to incorporate the youth into the full process of writing and performing as a way to explore and begin to move beyond past trauma.

Storycatchers initiated a remarkable, longstanding partnership with the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) in 2002 when the company moved into what was then the state’s only secure facility for girls in Warrenville. It was at the Illinois Youth Center (IYC)-Warrenville that Storycatchers established its nationally recognized, award-winning process of delivering creative youth development programs through a trauma lens. Storycatchers has been conducting residential programs in three separate facilities on a year-round basis since 2010. In 2014, in recognition of the need for trauma-informed post-release support, the company expanded into employment for young people returning home to Chicago with the Changing Voices performing arts jobs program. 

Storycatchers structures all programs to guide justice-involved youth to accomplish the following objectives:   
*Create meaningful, entertaining performances that educate the community about the challenges these young people face, and how individual and institutional resources might better meet their singular needs;
*Develop improved behavior management, communication, and leadership skills to navigate court involvement and reentry successfully, and become productive, engaged citizens.
In addition, Storycatchers designs its post-release jobs program to guide each youth participant to develop an action plan to follow upon program completion to next-step education and/or employment opportunities.

Storycatchers designs its programs to address the unique needs of justice-involved adolescents and emerging adults. These youth are disproportionately impoverished, poorly educated, exhibit high rates of exposure to trauma, and lack positive social networks. Their ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) scores range from 4-7, reducing life expectancy by an average of 20 years. They are also overwhelmingly people of color -- according to the IDJJ 2020 internal report, the population of incarcerated youth in Illinois averages 71% African-American, 9% Latinx/Hispanic, and 2% Biracial or Other. Most come from lower-income homes, frequently located in communities affected by decades of structural racism and low public investment. 

A wide range of challenging issues characterizes this demographic, including risk factors for psychiatric disorders and suicide, and high experience rates of verbal, physical, and sexual violence. Their emotional lives have been shaped by disproportional rates of complex trauma. Sources such as the National Child Traumatic Stress Institute and the Northwestern Juvenile Project state that over 92% of youth in the juvenile justice system have histories that include exposure to trauma. Even prior to detention, 74–90% of justice-involved youth have childhood histories that include high levels of maltreatment, victimization, and abuse. This pre-existing trauma is then compounded by the dehumanizing environments of secure facilities, which rob boys and girls of their still-evolving sense of dignity, autonomy, and selfhood. It is unrealistic to expect these young people to work and live productively unless they have access to meaningful support during incarceration and upon release. 

Storycatchers has achieved widespread recognition for its work with justice-involved youth, with profiles on National Public Radio, in the Chicago Tribune and other local media, and in academic studies and documentaries such as the award-winning 2009 film, GIRLS ON THE WALL. Nationally recognized figures such as Shirley Brice-Heath, Professor of Linguistics and English with the Stanford Center on Adolescence, and Ira Glass, host of WBEZ’s THIS AMERICAN LIFE, praise Storycatchers as an example of creative youth development programming that works. The company was honored by the White House in 2013 with a National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Award from the President’s Committee on the Arts & Humanities. Storycatchers’ leadership and innovative programming is consistently acknowledged through fellowships, grants, and other forms of recognition, both locally and nationally.

There is considerable established evidence that performing arts programs are effective at preventing violence and improving behavior, particularly in youth. One of the most significant reports on this subject is Shirley Brice Heath’s “Living the Arts Through Language and Learning: A Report on Community-Based Youth Organizations,” a landmark 10-year study on the effectiveness of after-school community programs. Brice Heath found overwhelming evidence that youth arts programs were more successful than other programs at helping young people develop self-reflection, leadership abilities, and respect for themselves and others. She concluded that participation in the performing arts is particularly beneficial to at-risk youth because these programs demand that youth find a positive way to channel anger and aggression as a condition of participation in the collaborative process.

According to psychiatrist Judy Herman, a pioneer in the understanding and treatment of complex trauma, “Restoration of the breach between the traumatized person and the community depends, first, upon a public acknowledgment of the traumatic event and second, upon some form of community action.” Through Storycatchers, these young people share their experiences without attendant shame and receive public recognition for overcoming their challenges. 

In July 2020, Governor J. B. Pritzker unveiled a plan to transform Illinois’ juvenile justice system, moving detainees from prison-like facilities into more residential-style homes. Storycatchers was specifically named by the governor during his announcement of this policy as an organization that had “dedicated years, if not decades, to lighting the way for the change that we are making.” This transformation will take place over a four-year transition period, and Storycatchers anticipates taking an active role as a resource to young people at all stages of court involvement. The company’s program model is uniquely adaptable and scalable to secure facilities, group homes, and expanding post-release employment.

Storycatchers Theatre’s long-term vision is a statewide network of residential programs and multiple Changing Voices ensembles operating from different anchor sites. The Governor’s Plan for Transformation offers a promising template upon which to pursue that vision. 


Storycatchers Theatre

Lil BUB's Small & Mighty Concert Series:

Intimate performances with huge impact.

Small and Mighty is an intimate live concert series with one-of-a-kind storytelling performances by nationally renowned artists, filmed before a live studio audience. This unique series provides opportunities for transformational moments and community enrichment all while raising money and awareness for special needs pets; focusing on restorative justice, community care, and accessibility.

Small&Mighty Concert Series

ETM-LA restores music to under-resourced schools. We believe all children deserve a well-rounded education that includes music.

Education Through Music-Los Angeles provides sequential comprehensive music as a core subject in under-resourced schools in order to nurture students' social-emotional wellness, academic achievement, motivation for school, creativity, and overall development. We partner with Los Angeles County school districts and leaders to implement school-wide music programs, including music instruments, curriculum, dedicated music teachers, ongoing teacher training, and community engagement for long-term sustainability. ETM-LA commits to furthering racial and social justice through equity in education - ensuring that all children, particularly those from historically marginalized communities, have access to quality music instruction as part of a well-rounded school experience. www.etmla.org 

ETM-LA (Education Through Music-Los Angeles)

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