BCP is a group of exceptional musicians! They are truly world-class professionals. At every concert, I am blown away anew by their musicality, the subtle communication between players as they perform, and the inspiration I get as an amateur musician myself. I really appreciate being able to attend their concerts closer to home rather than having to trek to a bigger city. This group is an East Bay treasure!

Why go into San Francisco when you can hear top notch musicians play incredible music right here in the East Bay? We are blown away by every performance. Kudos to a group that makes both classical and new chamber music accessible and affordable!

Kathy and I gave because we want to offer opportunities for children to enjoy palying music.

I know whatever Mari & Gary put their hearts & minds into, they will achieve. I'm excited to follow the success of this endeavor!

I am donating to supporting ASP’s Student Matinee Series & Youth Scholarships.  A wonderful program,

Founded in 2006, the Benicia Chamber Players’ mission is to provide a classical chamber music concert series to underserved East Bay areas including Benicia, Lafayette, Piedmont and Vallejo. Our aim is to cultivate a community of local and other world-class professional musicians with a love of playing chamber music who are dedicated to sharing that love with audiences.

Benicia Chamber Players

The mission of Shelter Music Boston is to provide access to the dignity, creativity, and passion of classical music to those who are homeless.

Shelter Music Boston presents classical chamber music concerts in area homeless shelters & recovery centers. The concerts, performed at regular intervals to the highest artistic standards, promote community, creative interaction, and therapeutic benefit.

Shelter Music Boston

Since 1968, providing quality fine arts experiences for students and our community through our summer camps and year round events.

Shell Lake Arts Center Inc

Inspiring a Cultural Change to Transform Human Health

**ALSAE'**s (pronounced "All Say") is a nonprofit foundation whose mission is to unite longevity science and the arts through collaborations with creators and scientists, inspiring cultural change and accelerating progress in curing age-related diseases—such as Alzheimer’s, cardiovascular disease, and cancer—ensuring everyone can enjoy longer, healthier lives.

Alliance for Longevity Science, Arts & Entertainment

ASP is an award­-winning professional theater company with extensive education, youth and community programs.

Actors’ Shakespeare Project, founded in 2004, is an award­-winning professional theater company with a [Resident Artist Company](https://www.actorsshakespeareproject.org/about-asp/resident-acting-co/) and extensive [education](https://www.actorsshakespeareproject.org/project-education/insideschools), [youth](https://www.actorsshakespeareproject.org/project-education/outside-schools/), and [community](https://www.actorsshakespeareproject.org/project-education/community-events/) programs.

ASP performs and works in found spaces, schools, theaters and neighborhoods to present and explore robust language, resonant stories, and deeply human characters.

Our work is ensemble-­based and focused on intimacy, storytelling, language, relationships, voice, risk and artistry within and throughout the Boston area.

Actors' Shakespeare Project

supports impactful initiatives for women and children, with a special focus on Mexico and projects that promote arts and education

**Education From The Heart**

We believe education is more than knowledge, it’s the chance to create, express, and belong. Our fund opens doors for children through access to education, music, and art, while also empowering women in the arts to share their voices with the world.

Corazones Unidos

We plant the seeds of freedom by cultivating students' creativity and harvesting mutual empathy for a peaceful, prosperous future.

[**Rai·son d'ê·tre**](https://icaf.org/about/why-icaf)

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit with EIN 52-2032649, ICAF has served American children since 1997 as their national arts organization. ICAF seeds their imagination, cultivates creativity, and grows mutual empathy among them (for “a more perfect union”) and with their peers worldwide (for a peaceful future).

Creativity is now more crucial than ever before as a career skill, while empathy is considered humanity's survival skill. 

What young people contribute or create in their lives depends on their self-identity. The development of a holistic student identity underlies ICAF’s theory of change.

Through its free school art program, ICAF promotes the Artist-Athlete Ideal, which embodies a creative mind and a healthy body (*mente sana in corpore sano*). This holistic identity awakens a student's dormant “inner artist” or the slumbering “inner athlete,” helping mitigate obesity risks and creativity slumps.

At its World Children's Festival, ICAF's methodology infuses creativity with empathy, motivating students to become "creative empaths" who can work together to shape a brighter future.

[**Research & Publications**](https://icaf.org/resources/publications)
ICAF’s seminal research has been published in several leading journals, including [The Lancet](https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673606699157.pdf) and [Dynamische Psychiatrie](https://icaf.org/resource/pdfs/CreativeEmpaths.pdf). Since 1998, ICAF has published the ad-free quarterly, the ChildArt magazine. Please preview the [AI & Art ](https://www.icaf.org/AI&Art/)magazine and the [Human Security ](https://icaf.org/resource/flipbooks/HumanSecurity/)magazine.

[**The Arts Olympiad**](https://icaf.org/mission/arts-olympiad.)
ICAF’s Arts Olympiad has evolved over the years into the world’s largest school art program. Its structured lesson plans culminate in art contests on the theme "My Favorite Sport." ICAF selects the most exceptional artworks and invites the young Artists-Athletes as delegates to the World Children’s Festival. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has granted ICAF an exclusive license to utilize the "Arts Olympiad" mark.

The 7th Arts Olympiad, currently taking place in the United States and nearly fifty countries, is projected to benefit more than half a million students worldwide. For more information about the program in select countries, please click [here](https://icaf.org/resource/pdfs/Arts-Olympiad-Stories-Texas.pdf).

[**World Children’s Festival**](https://WorldChildrensFestival.org)
The World Children’s Festival (WCF) offers a transformative experience, infusing creativity with empathy to give them hope. While learning is a biological process that creates new neural connections, developing empathy necessitates unlearning ingrained biases and prejudices to activate the “mirror neurons” that underpin empathetic responses. As empathy flourishes, divisions diminish, polarization lessens, consensus emerges, nations come together, and the world becomes more peaceful. The educational programming for this three-day public celebration of children's talents is rooted in STEAMS education, an innovative approach developed by ICAF that integrates Arts and Sports into the STEM disciplines. For an overview of the WCF, please click [here](https://www.icaf.org/resource/flipbooks/Creativity,DiversityandUnity/).

The 7th World Children’s Festival, held at the National Mall from June 30 to July 2, 2026, will also serve as the children's celebration of America's 250th birthday. 

**Other Art Programs**
ICAF occasionally organizes [Peace through Art Programs](https://icaf.org/mission/peace-through-art) to restore the trust in humanity of children in conflict zones and [Healing Art Programs](https://icaf.org/mission/healing-arts-program) to revive faith in nature of child victims of natural disasters. ICAF also pays attention to [climate change](https://icaf.org/mission/climate-change) because of its impact on children’s lives.

**Sport Art Exhibitions**
As the largest children’s art organization, ICAF curates exhibitions worldwide to bring its unprecedented collection to significant venues and museums. ICAF exhibitions embolden children and kindle the inner child in professionals. Please watch this [3:22-minute clip](https://youtu.be/0Cv7qHQM7fM?si=XFAHo8MZDs2Sj7e_).

**Art & Sports Online Contests**
To engage children worldwide in the LA28 Olympics, ICAF has launched an online art contest for students aged 8 to 20. This inclusive platform allows participants to create artwork about their favorite sport, share it with family and friends, and receive votes from any sports fan or art lover, contributing to the selection of the winners. https://MyFavoriteSport.org. 

[**Partnerships**](https://icaf.org/about/partnership)
ICAF has worked with the United Nations, the National Institutes of Health, the International Society for Education through Art, the World Bank, and the World Health Organization. 

ICAF’s sponsors have included corporations and grant makers such as the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, and several private philanthropies.

International Child Art Foundation

**You Make Music Without Borders Possible** 

Your gift helps establish a lasting U.S. presence for one of Mexico’s leading orchestras.

You are at the heart of Sinfónica de Minería, a leading Mexican orchestra that unites, inspires, and transforms lives. From composers like Pulitzer laureate John Adams and Mexico’s own Gabriela Ortiz, to concert hall-packing virtuosos like violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Gabriela Montero, to Grammy-winning conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto and an all-star roster of symphonic musicians, we bring together the best of the Americas with performances at home in Mexico City and on tour across the United States:

- In 2023, we ignited audiences across the U.S. 
- In 2024, we became the first-ever Latin American orchestra invited to the Bravo! Vail Festival.  
- In 2025, we returned to Vail by popular demand and attracted capacity crowds for each concert. 
- And in 2026, we’ll embark on a coast-to-coast U.S. tour, sharing musical brilliance across borders. 

**Your support make this possible, for today’s audiences, and for generations to come.** 

**Why Your Gift Matters** 

- **Commission the Future** – fund fresh scores by emerging Mexican composers. 
- **Teach Without Barriers** – world-class artists mentoring kids who can’t afford lessons. 
- **Record Cultural Treasures** – the complete orchestral works of Silvestre Revueltas. 

**Why Give as an American Friend** 

- **Cultural Diplomacy** – strengthen U.S.–Mexico ties through art.  
- **Diversity & Inclusion** – amplify Latin voices in a field that needs them. 
- **Tax-Deductible Impact** – American Friends of Minería is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit — your donation is tax-deductible in the U.S. 

**Key Facts & Highlights** 

- Founded: 1978 
- Music Director: Carlos Miguel Prieto (Grammy-winner) 
- Latin Grammy (2023): Concerto venezolano by Paquito D’Rivera 
- Grammy Nominee (2009): Korngold Violin Concerto with Philippe Quint (Naxos) 
- Modern Classics Premiered: Gabriela Ortiz’s Concierto voltaje, Mario Lavista’s Ficciones, Manuel Enríquez’s Sonatina 
- Season 2025 Spotlight: Pulitzer laureate John Adams conducts his own Violin Concerto with soloist Augustin Hadelich 
- Community Mission: Year-round educational programs that use music as a social tool 

Music Unites Us. Every gift brings us closer to a future where music transcends borders and connects all of us. 

Join us. Be the bridge that connects cultures through music. 

Sinfónica de Minería | Academia de Musica del Palacio de Mineria A.C.

The Together In Hope Project is a nonprofit organization focused on changing lives through music with a purpose. 

The Together In Hope Project is a nonprofit organization focused on changing lives through music with a purpose. We create unique, music-anchored projects on issues of our shared humanity to promote healing and reconciliation.

Together In Hope Project

The Bay Area’s Adventure-Seeking Orchestra! We aim to make awesome orchestral adventures accessible to musicians and the public.

We hold free reading sessions about once a month. Part performance, part open rehearsal, we're open to all musicians and all audiences. Awesöme Orchestra Collective plays everything from Björk to Stravinsky in fun spaces all over the San Francisco Bay Area.

IT STARTED WITH A MUSICAL EXPERIMENT

In the spring of 2013, conductor David Möschler called up a bunch of Bay Area musicians for an experiment — an open music reading session, with Beethoven, Bolero, and free beer. Over fifty people showed up. They realized immediately that they had created something special: a musical group dedicated to being awesome and accessible on every level.

What began as a small collective of friends playing music together has grown into a community that spans the Bay Area. Today, over 2,000 local musicians have played in Awesöme Orchestra. We hope that you’ll join us at our next musical adventure as a player or an audience member!

Our mission is to make awesome orchestral adventures accessible to musicians and the public. Our vision is to create a new model for orchestras to represent, serve, and inspire their communities.

Our core values: we strive for accessibility, community, and excellence in all that we do. We believe music sounds better when everybody is having a good time.

We recognize that orchestras have long been complicit in the systemic oppression of marginalized communities while passing off this exclusion as "tradition." We are aware these inequalities are deeply systemic and will take years to undo, and our organization remains committed to combating these injustices with the following actions and goals:

- Amplify voices of marginalized communities
- Form deeper partnerships with communities and organizations.
- Create more equity and representation at every level of our organization.

Awesöme Orchestra Collective

Making Chipping Campden a global hub for music & literature with concerts, events, and programs supporting young talent & culture

**The History of Chipping Campden Music Festival**

**The Chipping Campden Music Festival** is an International classical music festival based in the ancient town of Chipping Campden, ‘the jewel of the Cotswolds'  nestled in the heart of rural England in an area of outstanding beauty.  The Music Festival was established in 2002 over a bottle of wine between friends in the kitchen of the Festival Founder, Charlie Bennett,  and since then has grown into one of the UK’s most prestigious Classical Music events.T he Music Festival runs for a fortnight annually in May, stages around 20 concerts, performed by some of the world's greatest musicians to an audience totalling over 5000 people. The majestic 800 year old St James' Church is our concert hall and it is the extraordinary acoustic in this historic building that attracts both musician and audience from around the world, an acoustic described by Sir Alfred Brendel as “*one of the finest acoustics I encountered in my 60 year career”.*  

The Music Festival firmly believes in supporting and inspiring the next generation of musicians and integrated into and around the Festival are several well established, long term schemes dedicated to this aim. 
We have built a highly acclaimed side by side teaching orchestra, **The Chipping Campden Festival Academy Orchestra or CCFAO** (est. 2008) for Conservatoire graduates on the cusp of their professional career who spend a week at the Festival working alongside seasoned pros hand-picked from Europe's best orchestras. This unique scheme (50% experienced professionals and 50% students) creates a bespoke orchestra each year, auditioning around 200 graduates for the 25 student chairs. During the Festival the CCFAO performs 3 concerts to sell out audiences, sharing the stage with world class soloists in concerto performances. Many of our alumni now work in orchestras around the world. The whole community supports this scheme offering accommodation, refreshments, transport, and a listening ear to the 50-member orchestra during their stay in the town. 

For younger musicians, we have developed a **vibrant, immersive year-round education programme** reaching around 700 children annually, offering local students free instrumental lessons from experienced musicians, a tiered youth orchestra scheme, free Festival concert tickets and inspirational workshops from Festival performers. 

For the wider community, we have established and support the **Campden Community Chorus** (est. 2013) with around 60 members ranging in age from 17 - 87, meeting weekly and performing regularly to local audiences.

In 2010, **The** **Chipping Campden Literature Festival** was founded as a complimentary Festival to the Music Festival, and takes place in the week prior to the Music Festival. It is renowned for presenting a series of thought provoking, original, and wide-ranging events featuring some of the world's greatest writers. Since 2010 the Literature Festival has grown in size, reputation and popularity, now attracting over 3000 audience members to over 50 events - a mix of intimate and large scale talks, lectures and discussions, held in venues around the town of Chipping Campden and reaching into the heart of the community.

The two Festivals are overseen by the same board of Trustees under the umbrella of The Chipping Campden Music Festival Charity.

**Our Charitable Objectives**
Promotion and arrangement of concert performances, literature events and music educational activities. 

**Governing committee**
The Chipping Campden Music Festival received Charitable status in 2005, and is governed by a board of Trustees who are: 
Ailsa Scott, David Roberts, Arthur Cunynghame and Suzanne Smith. 

Suzanne Smith was appointed in 2024 to replace Richard Stephens, one of the original trustees who stepped down in 2023, due to age and health. Founder Charlie Bennett was an original Trustee, but stood down when he became Festival Director in 2007. 

More information about us on The Charity Commission of England and Wales website can be found [here](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4000425/governance?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=4000425)

**Current Management**
Festival Founder, Charlie Bennett served as Artistic Director of the Music Festival until 2023 when he stepped back to focus on the Literature Festival. The Music Festival is now run by Charlie’s two colleagues, Jessica May (Co Director) and Thomas Hull (Artistic Director). Tom and Jessica have both been closely involved in the Festival from the early days and are supported by a seasonal team of 6 paid members of staff and a network of over 20 volunteers who offer their services as front of house, hosting and catering staff. Their first two Festivals (2024 and 2025) have been met with universal approval, growth in ticket sales and increased financial support from key donors. 

The Literature Festival is run by Charlie Bennett (Co-Artistic Director) and Vicky Bennett (Co-Artistic Director and Founder) supported by a seasonal team of 2 paid members of staff and a network of over 15 volunteers who help with the day to day operations of the Literature Festival. Since 2023, the ticket sales and audience size has doubled from c1600 - c3100 due to a more ambitious and wide-reaching programme of events as well as the opening of a new community theatre with a bigger auditorium and a perfect venue for the spoken word.   In 2025, the Literature Festival produced their first play – Samuel Becket’s Waiting for Godot – to great acclaim. The success of this production will pave the way to similar projects from the Literature Festival team. 

**Our Mission**
To build on our achievements and reputation to date and establish Chipping Campden as a world-renowned centre of music and literature excellence, providing world class concerts and events with the development of young talent at our heart. 

**Music Festival Core Value**s
- Excellence in all we do – not compromising on quality of performance and keeping music at the core of our output. 
- Artistic Integrity – working with world class artists and emerging artists on the cusp of major international careers. Curating thought provoking and beautiful programmes and bringing the best musicians in the world to this pocket of rural England. 
- Cultural Development – stimulating and developing the minds of our youth, our community, our audiences and our performers.
- Mutual Respect – treating all with respect and consideration.

**Music Festival Short/Medium term Goals** 
- To build on our reputation as an internationally recognised festival and continue to bring the very best musicians to the region.
- To continue to stage concert performances of the highest quality to our supporters in the Cotswolds.
- To develop a programme of practical and inspirational musical education for local students of every level.
- To inspire confidence in future donors, by demonstrating tangible and successful outcomes from these projects and securing funding for long term goals. 

**Education Ambitions** 
- To sustain a long-term programme of practical and inspirational musical education for local students through the support of benefactors aligned with this as a focus. 
- To inspire greater uptake in classical music instrumental lessons for next generation performers.
- To see young musicians in the region go through a 15 cycle:  learn an instrument through involvement in CCMF projects; study at Conservatoire/Tertiary Education; return as student of CCFAO or young artists scheme; become a music professional and ‘pass it on’ to the next generation.

**Literature Festival Goals**
To continue to bring a diverse range of literature events and people to engage with audiences in Chipping Campden.

**Past and Current Activities**
The programme for the [May 2026 Festivals can be found here](https://www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/). 

Student applications for the May Orchestra can be submitted between September and November 2025. We will audition all candidates in January and February 2026. 

Our past Festivals can be found via this link [https://www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/music/past-music-festivals ](https://www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/music/past-music-festivals )

Currently we have 7 schools involved in our education work, involving over 700 children. Our  education work can be found here: [https://www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/music/community](https://www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/music/community)

Future planned activities

In addition to the May Festival planning, we are exploring the possibility of a summer performance of West Side Story in St James Church, reconvening our May orchestra, building a youth/community chorus alongside world class soloists. 

This will provide more opportunities for our players, students and give our audiences a thoroughly exhilarating summer show. 

**Last word from a legend**
Sir Bernard Haitink, the late Maestro and long-time supporter of the Festival said the following, just a year before he left us.  *“The Chipping Campden Music Festival brings world class artists – and also young musicians starting their professional journeys – to a wonderful venue. After a long lifetime as a performer, having the chance to be part of the audience and to hear concerts of outstanding quality in such a setting is the purest joy”.* 

Chipping Campden Music Festival

The Civic Circle empowers students students to understand and participate in democracy through music and the arts.

The Civic Circle launched in 2018 to empower low-income students with civic skills, lift youth voices through the arts, and close a well-documented equity gap in civic learning and engagement.

Since then, we’ve reached more than 5,000 underserved students with our after-school workshops, assembly shows and community civic events. The heart of our program is seven civic skills we call “steps to democracy”— Listen, Learn, Choose, Join, Speak, Act and Lead. In other words, be a compassionate, informed, engaged citizen.

Civic learning correlates to better school performance, and college and career readiness. Students in our programs do Social Studies and service-learning activities, and work with teaching artists to create and perform their own civic songs, poems, and art pieces. Along the way they build literacy, confidence, self-expression, and social and emotional skills.

Our innovative, multicultural program equips students with the civic skills they will need to become voters and leaders in their communities, a mission that is increasingly crucial both for student achievement, and for our success as a democratic society. For more information, please contact info@theciviccircle.org, or visit www.theciviccircle.org.

The Civic Circle

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 2026

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

A catalyst for creative freedom and cultural vitality across the Arab world.

As the largest fund for independent artists and cultural institutions in the Arab world, AFAC serves the collective necessity to pursue bold ideas, reclaim space, and share stories from our region on our own terms.

Culture shapes how we see ourselves, how we remember the past, and how we imagine the future. Independent voices are being silenced by war, repression, and economic collapse. Youth, who represent the region’s largest demographic, are largely excluded from cultural production and denied platforms to shape their futures. The threat of talent drain and cultural fragmentation has never been higher.

Since 2007, we have supported over 2,400 projects across 22 countries and their diasporas, awarding over $40 million in grants. Our model sustains not only the production of art but the long-term resilience of the cultural ecosystem. 

AFAC stands at the forefront of expression—investing in independent storytellers, visionaries, and institutions who challenge convention, spark dialogue, and preserve the richness of our collective narratives. We must act now to preserve cultural sovereignty and ensure that artists continue to imagine, question, and build the future of the region.

Our support spans cinema, music, literature, performance and visual arts, documentary photography, research, and critical training, reaching emerging talents and established voices, from the heart of the region to the edges of the diaspora. 

AFAC is more than a funder. We are a platform for connection, advocacy, and continuity. Through open calls, mentorship, strategic partnerships, and direct support to institutions, we create ecosystems, for the region and by the region, that allow independent culture to thrive.

At a time when global attention often overlooks the nuance of Arab realities, AFAC helps ensure that our stories—rooted in diversity, contradiction, and creative force—are not just told, but heard, remembered, and felt. We invite you to imagine a world where every voice can create, connect, and contribute to the cultural future of the region.

**With your support, AFAC can:**

- Sustain and expand critical funding for artists and institutions
- Launch bold new programs in underserved geographies
- Build a long-term ecosystem for Arab cultural philanthropy

Arab Fund for Arts and Culture

Inspiring emerging opera singers to achieve their full artistic potential through world class training programs and performances. 

Classic Lyric Arts Inc

South Pasadena Educational Foundation is a nonprofit that raises vital funding for the public schools in South Pasadena, CA. 

*The mission of the South Pasadena Educational Foundation is to support educational excellence in the public schools of South Pasadena. We do so by raising funds to supplement the school district’s budget and providing enrichment programs for local students.*

Since its inception, SPEF has provided much-needed support to South Pasadena students in all their educational needs,  including curriculum, science and technology, library services and support, visual and performing arts, foreign languages, character development,  critical thinking, career preparation, counseling, and athletics. Donations to SPEF support the schools and students within the public schools. 

South Pasadena Educational Foundation

Kids’ Club supports underserved youth in our community by awarding grants for programs for kids from birth to age 18 and beyond. 

Kids’ Club of Tarrytown & Sleepy Hollow provides support for underserved youth.  As a community organization, we marshal resources, increase local awareness, advocate for programming, and strengthen services to improve the lives of children and families. We collaborate with a variety of community organizations to identify needs, close gaps in services and provide opportunities for children.

*Through our close ties to the community, we are able to find, fund, and facilitate programs we believe will have the greatest impact on the lives of those we serve.* 

At Kids’ Club, we are all volunteers; we have no paid staff.  We all live or work in the community or surrounding areas. **Administrative costs are covered through the generosity of our Board members, enabling 100% of every dollar you donate to Kids’ Club to help the children and families we serve.** 

Kids' Club of Tarrytown & Sleepy Hollow, Inc.

Hiphop Scholastics is a nonprofit organization focused on arts, culture, or humanities. It is based in Los Angeles, CA. It received its nonprofit status in 2017.

Hiphop Scholastics

Pollinator is a growing network of aligned peers.

The inaugural Pollinator Program launches in October of 2025.

The Pollinator Program is like a virtual residency of mutual support. Participants get matched with a small cohort of compatible peers, and work on your new website in good company.

**How it Works**

1. Get invited to join: All members are alumni from our network of vetted residencies, fellowships, and cultural institutions.
2. Match with an aligned peer circle: We place you in a dedicated cohort with five other members. These are your people. (One might even be your creative soulmate?)
3. Learn a new goal-setting method: Join video calls with your circle each week, guided by our curriculum.
4. Make real connections, and real progress: join the next Program cycle to continue cross-pollinating.

**Network**

Pollinator supports interdisciplinary practitioners across art, technology, ecology, and social impact. We are currently accepting alumni of over 50 institutions and programs. See https://pollinator.coop for the full list of institutions.

**Team**

We build collaborative technology for artists, by artists. We believe in the magic of human-to-human intelligence and see Pollinator as a way to strengthen cultural ecosystems through peer-to-peer connection.

Pollinator Co-Directors Caroline Woolard and Or Zubalsky are artists, educators, and technologists who have been collaborating for 15 years. From 2008-2018, they built and maintained TradeSchool.coop, an international peer-to-peer learning platform that was used in 30 cities internationally. Caroline Woolard is the co-founder of Art.coop, a national network of art and design cooperatives, and the co-author of Making and Being, a book about collaborative pedagogy. Zubalsky and Woolard have taught for over a decade at The New School, Rhode Island School of Design, Cooper Union, the School of Visual Arts, the University of New Mexico, Bennington College, George Washington University, and the University of Hartford. Learn more about Zubalsky here and Woolard here.

Zubalsky and Woolard got together to build Pollinator with a team of aligned engineers in 2024. The team at Minima has worked together since 2014 to deliver cutting-edge software-based solutions for corporate clients. Minima has built and managed widely used web, mobile, and server-side applications, including Apple's Music TV. Minima builds complex systems that scale, are maintainable, and cost effective. Minima prioritizes the end user across axes of accessibility, security, communication, and simplicity.

**Praise**

“We need more networks to connect us to share resources at this time.” —Wendy Woon Artist, former Edward John Noble Deputy Director for Education, MoMA

“Pollinator is something all artist-serving organizations want to offer but struggle to pull off alone. It's an investment in all the artists [and aligned peers] we're supporting across all 40+ organizations.” —Blair Benjamin, Assets For Artists

“We have been gathering artists and technologists across borders for over a decade. Finally, Pollinator can help us to connect people in small groups at scale on an international level.” —Mechu Rapela, Tenthaus Oslo

“Pollinator is a great idea because it takes existing networks of fellows and says: We’ve been missing an opportunity to interconnect Fellows. What if we did this in a meaningful way?” —Cate Fox, Center for Cultural Innovation

“The world doesn’t need another big tech platform; it needs pollinators— something fluid, alive, and relational. Circles foster interconnection, cross-pollination, and shared growth.” —Martin Pettis, YMCA

“Pollinator is another example of what the founder has been doing for the last fifteen years - finding ways to connect people in the arts so that they can support one another. She is persistent in her dedication and vision.” —Samuel Hoi, former president of Otis College of Art and Design and Maryland Institute College of Art

Pollinator

Elm Shakespeare Company is a nonprofit organization based in New Haven, CT that brings people together through Shakespeare. 

At Elm Shakespeare Company, we believe in the transformative power of storytelling to bring people together. Since our founding in 1995, we have been a cornerstone of our community, offering free performances, educational programs, and partnerships that create spaces where everyone—regardless of background, identity, or ability—can connect, reflect, and celebrate our shared humanity. Inspired by Shakespeare’s universal themes, we make theater accessible and relevant for today’s audiences, fostering dialogue and understanding across differences. Whether it’s gathering under the stars for a summer performance or empowering young people to find their voices through creative expression, Elm Shakespeare Company is dedicated to building a vibrant, inclusive community where everyone belongs.


Elm Shakespeare Company

We're a no-audition, adult community chorus, created 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!

BUILDING A LASTING FOUNDATION
Founded by a local church in 2016, we disbanded in May 2022 due to budget cuts but quickly regrouped and reestablished the choir as an independent nonprofit. Now two years strong, we aim to become a lasting part of our community.

HELP KEEP THE MUSIC ALIVE
Choir membership dues cover about 70% of our expenses. Your donation helps bridge the gap, supporting our Choir Director, accompanist, music licensing, marketing, space rental, insurance, and other administrative needs. 

With your help, we can keep singing and grow our presence in Upper Manhattan!

Washington Heights Community Choir is a project of Players Philanthropy Fund, Inc. a Texas nonprofit corporation 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](https://ppf.org/pp)). Contributions to Washington Heights Community Choir qualify as tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Washington Heights Community Choir

Harmony & Healing brings live music to patients via Zoom, lifting spirits & spreading joy in hospitals, hospices & rehab centers.

Harmony & Healing artists deliver **professional live musical performances via Zoom or in-person** for patients, their loved ones and caretakers wherever they may be in the world!

Harmony & Healing performances lift spirits and take people's minds off their challenges with music. Anyone who is invited, anywhere in the world can share in a Harmony & Healing “Virtual Visit” with the proper Zoom capabilities at the facility or in the private residence. We can even provide a recording of the event for posterity.

Harmony & Healing is *not* formal “music therapy”, but rather a soulful, connective journey into the most pleasant memories and associations of patient’s lives. Music lowers stress levels, brings about positive associations, speeds healing, and brings happiness to patient’s lives and the lives of their loved ones.

Facilities, patients and families are **never charged for these services**; we are entirely supported by corporate  donations, private donations and planned giving.

Harmony & Healing was founded by former BOSTON guitarist and co-lead vocalist, David Victor.

Harmony & Healing

At LPTM, Black and Brown boys express themselves; navigate life challenges; mentor their peers; and transform their communities.

Life Pieces To Masterpieces (LPTM) provides opportunities for Black and Brown boys and young men ages 3-25 to express themselves; navigate the challenges in their lives; teach and uplift others as mentors; and contribute positively to their communities. 

Boys enter the program as early as age three, with programming including a daily afterschool arts and education mentoring program from 3:00-7:00, which involves transportation and a meal, a college- and career-prep Saturday Academy for high school young men who also serve as mentors, a full-day six-week summer program, and family and community engagement. All programs are free for all youth and families. 

In all programs, LPTM provides an environment of love, security, and expression. Black boys and young men, from pre-school to grad-school and beyond, discover their authentic selves; awaken to a sense of purpose; have their brilliance and humanity valued and nurtured – and see themselves as the beautiful Masterpieces they are. In their artwork, advocacy, and model of mentorship, our Black boys and young men are protagonists of positive change.

Life Pieces To Masterpieces

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We are a nonprofit, so instead of charging fees we rely on the generosity of donors like you.

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