To cultivate creativity and grow mutual empathy as the building blocks for a prosperous, sustainable, and peaceful future.

We are planting the seeds of freedom by inspiring students to boldly step beyond the boundaries set before them and challenge the norm. 

Theory of Change
To transform children's self-identity through the arts for higher-order thinking and enhanced self-worth. 

The ICAF school art program (Arts Olympiad) has grown over the years into the world's largest. The program employs the arts as a dynamic physical activity to get to one of the leading causes of declining creativity and rising obesity: How children view themselves. 

The Arts Olympiad introduces students to the "Artist-Athlete Ideal" of the creative mind and a healthy body (mente sana in corpo sano). The structured lesson plans motivate students to think of themselves and others not as techies, nerds, jocks, or artsy but as artist-athletes. The coalescing of artistic and athletic mindsets sprouts outside-the-box thinking and instills healthy lifestyles. 

The Arts Olympiad requires students to visualize and depict themselves as artist-athletes in their paintings, drawings or digital art, to inspire creative thinking and instill healthy lifestyles. Under the Arts Olympiad, students depict themselves as artist-athletes in their paintings, drawings, or digital art, solidifying their revised self-image. For those at-risk and disadvantaged, creativity can blaze new trails to break the vicious cycle of intergenerational poverty. An increased number of artist-athletes transforms the school into a more integrated, forward-looking community.

To develop empathy worldwide, ICAF produces the World Children's Festival (WCF) across the U.S. Capitol on The National Mall. The Arts Olympiad winners from the participating U.S. school districts and countries come together at the WCF. The festival workshops, training, and activities are designed to provide a transformative experience that infuses children's creativity with empathy, inspiring them to become "creative-empaths" who can work together to make the world a better place.

To be a creative-empath requires a quality of character that can help overcome adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and disrupt the intergenerational transmission of trauma and hatred that seeps into the young, like physical traits or melanin. The WCF is not only fun and entertainment but an effective intervention that makes it unlike any other children's festival, nationally or globally.

Impact
Over the past twenty-five years, ICAF has changed the world for children. More than five million schoolchildren have participated in and benefited from ICAF's free-of-charge programs. An estimated two million students, parents, and teachers have attended ICAF festivals, exhibitions, and conferences in over twenty major cities worldwide. ChildArt quarterly’s readership has grown to about 220,000. 

Funding
The National Endowment of the Art, the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Skillman Foundation, and the Robert J. Bauer Family Foundation supported ICAF in 2022. ICAF is independently ranked among the 25 Top Children's Charities in the United States. The U.S. Olympic Committee has granted ICAF an exclusive license to use the "Arts Olympiad" mark. ICAF is raising funds to launch its 7th Arts Olympiad in June 2023 and produce the 7th WCF in June 2024.

International Child Art Foundation

ACCELERATE ART is a non-profit committed to supporting emerging arts with a focus on artists working in Web3.

Founded in 2021, ACCELERATE ART was created establish a supportive environment for the development of artistic practice in Web3. Our mission is to provide resources for artists and to support reflection and dialogue on art.

We are committed to supporting the ever changing definition of art by presenting a wide range of practices that engage a timely and critical exploration of art and technology. Through exhibitions, public engagement, educational programming and career opportunities, our objective is to support art's cultural, historic, social and political impact.

A2 Accelerate Art

The Turrell Art Foundation is a public, non-profit foundation created to support the realization of the Roden Crater project.

Roden Crater, located in the Painted Desert region of the Northern Arizona, is an unprecedented, large-scale artwork created within a volcanic cinder cone by light and space artist James Turrell.  Representing the culmination of the artist’s lifelong research in the field of human visual and psychological perception, Roden Crater is a controlled environment for the experiencing and contemplation of light.  While minimally invasive to the external natural landscape, internally the red and black cinder has been transformed into special, engineered spaces where the cycles of geologic and celestial time can be directly experienced.  

Turrell Art Foundation

To encourage and promote art as an experience, education, vocation, hobby or therapy for veterans, their families, active service men and women and their families, and gold star families, as well as to promote art in the local Reno-Sparks area.

David J. Drakulich Art Foundation:  For Freedom of Expression

Visual Arts Non-Profit since 2002 » Artist Studios, Classes, Exhibitions

OUR MISSION
Our mission is to empower artists, promote community service, inspire youth, and enrich the Bay Area through engagement in the visual arts.

OUR VISION
We strive to be a model of creative excellence, sustainability, and collaboration as we empower emerging artists to amplify art’s positive impact on society.

OUR ECOSYSTEM
Root Division is a launching pad for artists, a stepping-stone for educators, a door to creativity for youth, and a bridge for the public to get involved in the arts. Our ecosystem includes four interconnected programs: In our unique incubator Studios Program we offer discounted space to artists in exchange for volunteering in the community. Artists teach free art classes in the Youth Education Program, instruct courses in the Adult Education Program, and support our Exhibitions & Events Program.

Root Division

Creative Armenia is a global arts foundation for the Armenian people that discovers, develops, and champions innovative talents.

Mission
To fuel a global movement of creative minds who are pushing the frontiers of Armenian culture.

Creative Armenia

Empowering and supporting women in the art, science and business of animation.

As the popularity of animation has grown, it now reaches audiences of diverse age, gender, ethnicity, and culture. As this growth continues, so does the need to ensure that animation content represents the world as it should be – a world where women are equally represented, both behind the scenes and on the screen, to move culture forward.

Women are known for the ability to value, tap into, and use our creativity and abilities to influence. And women’s influence in animation is one that rounds out the industry, grows revenues, and contributes to that forward cultural momentum.

Women in Animation

Presenting lectures on architecture, design, and the built environment by speakers who stimulate community-centered discussions.

Friends of San Diego Architecture (FSDA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization that does not depend on membership fees. We rely on donations at our lectures and monetary gifts from individuals. If you would like to support our educational mission, you can donate here.

The Friends of San Diego Architecture presents inspiring lectures on architecture, design, and the built environment by speakers who stimulate thoughtful, community-centered discussions. After more than 35 years, the conversations continue. Meetings are held at 9:30 a.m. on the third Saturday of the month (except December and the summer) at the NewSchool of Architecture & Design in downtown San Diego unless otherwise noted.

Friends Of San Diego Architecture

Established in 2003, ArteEast is a leading nonprofit presenting contemporary arts of the SWANA region and its diasporas. 

ArteEast is a leading NY-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting contemporary arts of the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA). Through public programming, strategic partnerships, and online platforms, ArteEast is a forum for critical dialogue and exchange.

Through a broad range of activities---including film screenings, exhibitions, educational programs, artist-specific resources, a resource-rich website, the ArteHub signature event series highlighting contemporary arts and expression from the SWANA region, a legacy ArteArchive program preserving and presenting 17+ years of film and video programming from and about the SWANA region, and much more---ArteEast aims to elicit a broader and deeper understanding of the region's arts and cultures among an increasingly global audiences as well as to encourage artistic excellence.


Arteeast, Inc.

Protocinema is a cross-cultural art organization that commissions and presents site-aware art around the world.

Our purpose is to support dialogue between cultures on equal footing and create opportunities for listening & expression. By doing so, Protocinema aids the development of relationships both at the mindfully local & globally interconnected levels. Protocinema advocates for empathy, working towards an understanding of difference across regions through its exhibitions, commissions, public programs, publications, and mentorship. Founded in 2011 by Mari Spirito, Protocinema is an ambulant nonprofit 501(c)3, free of ‘brick and mortar.’ Our locations are varied, responding both to global concerns and changing conditions on the ground.

Values:

Quality of Expression: We believe that art and public programs should be derived from a long-term research process, address current social concerns, be sensitive to how these affect our personal or political beliefs, be open to counter positions and authentic discourse. We are interested in the intersections of cognition and perception, the processes by which people come to their belief systems, and how those ideologies in turn affect our societies and well-being.

Inclusivity and Accessibility: We strive for all of our projects to be articulated in a way that is readily accessible across culture, age, field, and background; to be free for all; and presented in multiple languages, as budgets allow.

Integrity: We believe that how something is done is as important as what is done. Whether it is the content of an artwork or its creation and presentation process, we value long-term development of relationships, and the production of considered art, grown over time. We value a “Do less, Better” approach.

Cross Culturalism: Our programs introduce new works to new audiences on an intimate grass-roots level across regions. This requires dedication on the part of both the artist and the Protocinema team on-site, long-term work within local communities where strong relationships and empathy are built. This is also a part of our educational philosophy, where education is gained through experience and exchange.



Protocinema Inc

Rincon Valley Union School District Foundation is a nonprofit focused on education. It received its nonprofit status in 2003.

The Rincon Valley Union School District Foundation (dba Rincon Valley Education Foundation or RVEF) was formed in March 2003 in response to the State's growing financial crisis and its impact on schools. Founded by a group of parents and concerned community members wanting to preserve and improve current educational programs provided by the district, they crafted the original mission statement to be:

“The purpose of the Foundation is to make sure our children get the best possible education by supplementing public funds and programs and promoting active involvement, innovation, collaboration, and communication between all members of our community.” 

As the district's needs changed over time, so did the Foundation's vision and goals. Below you will find our current mission. The theme of creating excellence in education is still coupled with the idea of collaboration. But now, the partnerships between RVEF and RVUSD are more defined and connected.

OUR MISSION
Partnership
The Rincon Valley Education Foundation (RVEF) works with the Rincon Valley Union School District (RVUSD) to provide supplemental learning opportunities that broaden and enrich the students' educational experiences.
SUPPORT
RVEF supports the RVUSD's vision, goals, and objectives by providing stable, sustainable funding for program enhancements in targeted curriculum areas.
UNITY
RVEF unites families, staff, and community in its fundraising efforts so that we all share in the financial cost of an exemplary education as well as its success.

OUR HISTORY
RVEF began by hosting an Elementary Olympics and Carnival, raising money for music, science, and physical education. In the past 17 years, RVEF has given more than $700,000 to the Rincon Valley Union School District.

When a state has a money problem, it directly impacts education. This is why a group of parents and community members started RVEF in March 2003. These concerned citizens wanted to preserve and improve current educational programs in the district. The original mission statement reads:

"The purpose of the Foundation is to make sure our children get the best possible education by supplementing public funds and programs and promoting active involvement, innovation, collaboration, and communication between all members of our community."

As the district's needs changed over time, so did the foundation's vision and goals. The theme of creating excellence in education still intertwines with collaboration. But now, the partnership between RVEF and RVUSD is more defined and connected.

We invite you to join us in making a difference for our students!

Rincon Valley Union School District Foundation

Provides creative arts programs to young patients and families in children's hospitals across North Carolina.

Arts For Life is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting pediatric patients and families through arts education and engagement. By providing educational art programs, we enrich patients’ lives, nurture their minds and spirits, and encourage positive healthcare experiences for children and their families. Arts For Life helps children every day in three communities across North Carolina.

Arts For Life

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

Metropolis Ensemble supports outstanding performers and composers through the creation of new work. We are building a thriving artist collective and a dynamic online platform, supported by a generous community of monthly donors. Out platform provides opportunities for our artists to do what they do best: make and share new music with music lovers everywhere. Please make a donation today and help us bring music to life. You can enter any amount to provide crucial unrestricted funding for Metropolis artists and initiatives. 

Metropolis Ensemble

The Steel Yard offers arts and technical training programs designed to increase opportunities for cultural and artistic expression.

The Steel Yard is a non-profit industrial art center and shared studio located in Providence, RI. We’re an arts maker space and non-traditional craft school offering courses & educational programs in blacksmithing, welding, jewelry, foundry, and ceramics. 

Our public projects department fabricates functional, design-driven public-art for installation throughout Southeastern New England. These decorative bike racks, trash cans, benches, and fences are found at businesses and main streets from Western Massachusetts to Block Island, with custom metal sculptures installed along waterways, parks, schools and public spaces across the region.

We’re a community of artists, makers, and learners. We host an artist residency program for emerging and mid-level artists that provides full access to our studios and equipment. Our welding job training program pays under-employed Rhode Islanders to learn welding, shop safety, and associated skills with the goal of getting a good-paying job.

Our 3.8-acre award-winning campus is the perfect venue for public and private events and one-of-a-kind fundraisers like our annual Halloween Iron Pour.

the Steel Yard

What's your passion? Bellingham Makerspace is your one-stop resource for creative tools and learning. Support our community today!

Bellingham Makerspace

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

The META Foundation is a non-profit promoting cultural, social and environmental sustainability through the metaverse. 

The META Foundation is a non-profit promoting cultural, social and environmental sustainability through the metaverse. Inspired by concepts of hospitality, we see the metaverse as a more accessible and collaborative space to travel, discover, and engage with new and existing worlds with purpose.

Meta Foundation Inc.

Art Enables is a gallery and art studio dedicated to amplifying the careers of artists with disabilities.

Art Enables is an art gallery and vocational arts program dedicated to creating opportunities for artists with disabilities to make, market, and earn income from their original and compelling artwork.

In addition to earning income from art sales, artists build the skills, relationships, and experience necessary for a successful career in the arts. We offer our artists the creative space, materials, and marketing support they need to develop and succeed as professionals.

Established in 2001, Art Enables believes that artists with disabilities are vital to a robust arts landscape and should be afforded the opportunity to pursue art as a vocation and career. Art Enables works with artists who experience a broad range of developmental and cognitive disabilities and mental health challenges, including autism, Down syndrome, traumatic brain injury, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder, among others.

Art Enables’ artists are largely self-taught and tell powerful stories through their artwork.

Art Enables

Center for Books Arts is a nonprofit that promotes active explorations of artistic practices related to the book as an art object.

For nearly 50 years, CBA has supported artists and uplifted the book arts by presenting exhibitions, lectures, readings, and performances; providing opportunities for artists, writers, curators and scholars through residencies, fellowships, publishing, and collecting; and empowering the creation of new book art by providing courses on book art related We are committed to providing a nurturing environment for our community in New York City and beyond to grow and learn together. Our studios and virtual educational programming make accessible the equipment and skills needed for artists and writers to take book production into their own hands, and giving creative voices a tool to self amplify without the need to rely on the gallery model or commercial pressures.

Founded in 1974, Center for Book Arts was the first not-for-profit organization of its kind in the nation, and has since become a model for others around the world, serving as a space for research, education, exhibition, making, and community building.

Center for Book Arts

If Innovation Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on the production of artists working in film and new media.





If Innovation Foundation

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

Krysalis Foundation For The Arts & Media is a nonprofit organization focused on arts, culture, or humanities. It is based in Santa Monica, CA. It received its nonprofit status in 1996.

Krysalis Foundation For The Arts & Media

Breakout Foundation helps communities thrive by providing unrestricted funding to local changemakers.

Changemakers can't champion change alone. We know those closest to the problems are also closest to the solutions. Breakout is a social-impact experiential agency with a supporting 501c3 foundation committed to driving change.

We're here to amplify and empower the people, places, and stories that deserve the hype through unrestricted grants (while removing the red tape of traditional giving). Local changemakers deserve a platform they trust and a network of leaders to learn with and lean on. 


Breakout Foundation 

Active Cultures is a Los Angeles–based public arts organization dedicated to the intersectional space between art and foodways.

Active Cultures is a Los Angeles–based public arts organization dedicated to the artistic exploration of our global foodways—the attitudes, practices, and histories around what we consume. We believe that by nurturing vital collaborations between artists, food practitioners, and their communities, we can illuminate global foodways and feed experimental artistic practice simultaneously, to build stronger connections of empathy, curiosity, and care among us all. Throughout our programming, we offer platforms to broaden the cultural frameworks around food and foodways, while using food to gather people and make an accessible space for contemporary art and culture. Each of our program seasons begins with central collaborations with artists, and is enriched by a variety of activities, including performances, workshops, conversations, meals, and multifaceted projects.

Active Cultures

Vashon Events is a dedicated to building community and supporting artists-musicians on Vashon Island, WA. 

Our mission is to create, provide, and expand positive life experiences through music and art for all. We provide an information hub for Vashon Island including a business directory, information about events and classes happening on the island, and programs that support arts and local music. We believe that keeping Vashon Island vibrant means supporting our local businesses and artists.

Our programming provides critical and unique support for artists and musicians. We also produce concerts and other performing arts events at festivals, showcases, concerts in the park, and venues all over the island. We believe the arts should be accessible to everyone, therefore all our events are free or low-cost. At the same time, at every event we provide, we ensure that musicians and other performers are fairly compensated.

We support local musicians and artists by providing programs and services dedicated to helping them succeed in making their art. 

Music Instrument Library - Vashon Events’ musical instrument lending library provides free access to musical instruments for children and adults. We loan amplifiers, cords, tuners, and other accessories needed to make music.

Music Teacher Directory - Vashon Events’ Music Teacher Director provides a portal for information about local music teachers so students of all ages can learn to play music on a range of instruments.

Vashon Events

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

Walls offers a bold vision for what's possible in a community, particularly for those impacted by poverty. 

The Walls Project leads programs, events, and alliances that work to break through and tear down the societal walls that discourage or prevent people from living safe, healthy, and prosperous lives.  Walls offers a bold vision for what's possible in a community, creating pathways for economic prosperity; lifetime learning and creative expression; and healthy living for all, particularly for those impacted by poverty. 

Walls was founded on the belief that the physical, social, and economic conditions of individuals ultimately and collectively inform the overall safety, health and well-being, and economic conditions of communities. Walls offers a bold vision for what's possible in a community, creating pathways for economic prosperity; lifetime learning and creative expression; and healthy living for all, particularly those impacted by poverty. Walls’ work— workforce development, urban agriculture, public art, and community reactivation—positions it to facilitate critical employment opportunities, addressing today’s community needs while positioning people to be tomorrow’s problem-solvers and project leaders.  

Walls works in geographic areas suffering from poverty, blight, unemployment, underemployment, crime, declining property values, and unstable business environments, seeking to Enlight, Unite, and Ignite communities for positive change.  Walls envisions communities where all residents can chart a course of action and exercise reasonable control over the outcomes of their lives.  
●	Walls Enlights by working with those in need to envision the future and its possibilities.
●	Walls Unites by convening key stakeholders, identifying and testing social and economic barriers and challenges, and finding ways to break through, take down, go over, or go around those barriers.
●	Walls Ignites collective action by centering the lived experiences of focus populations, joining or developing action teams and impact programs, leading activities toward actional outcomes, and establishing pathways to sustainability. 

Since 2012, Walls Project has provided integrated programs and events, contributing an estimated $3.5M in economic growth to Louisiana’s capital city, Baton Rouge; then, in 2019, Walls began to work in Dallas, Texas. In both markets, Walls works to improve the quality of life and expand economic opportunity for residents by inspiring civic leaders, business owners, volunteers, and families to create a sense of place, position themselves for 21st-century careers, and actively invest in where they live and work. 


The Walls Project

Teaching teens to relentlessly fight for positive social change through practical application of the performing arts since 1999.

A BRIEF HISTORY & MISSION
Developing Artists (DA) teaches undervalued teens to relentlessly fight for positive social change through practical application of the performing arts.  We help diverse students to proclaim themselves as artists and activists, to find their place and their connection in their community, and to bring about positive social change through participation in the arts. 

DA offers rigorous theater education to underserved high school students (aged 13-19) in the New York City metropolitan area and produces REBEL VERSES Youth Arts Festival. Our goal is to provide young people with professional performing arts training that will equip them with valuable artistic and life skills, and the confidence to take action in their lives. 
DA was founded in 1999 with a simple act of protest against youth discrimination. Following Artistic Director Jill DeArmon's experiences teaching performing arts in NYC public schools and established studios, she was astonished by the lack of freedom students were given to create and empower and felt they were censored rather than amplified and trusted. While teaching at one of these institutions, she was threatened to either stay and stick to the status quo or be fired. Jill told her class that she was leaving, because she could not accept ageism towards her students. Every student decided to follow her out and the first DA Ensemble was born. In collaboration with the ensemble, Jill offered classes where teens could be heard, with support to create original work that tackles important social issues. She committed to empowering students through art by giving them practical tools to express themselves and learn to collaborate.

THE NEED OR PROBLEM WE WORK TO ADDRESS 
We impact students by creating a forum to navigate life's increasing challenges (e.g. age discrimination, social injustices, gender inequality, institutional racism, economic disparity, sexism); to use their voice in dealing with these issues; and channel that energy into self-expression and self-confidence. DA has a track record of engaging positively with those who face significant barriers in their daily lives. 

Developing Artists serves students aged 13 to 19 from all five boroughs of New York. 35% of our students identify as Latinx, 40% as African American, 20% as Caucasian, and 5% as Asian/other. Most of our students face socio-economic challenges; many experience physical, sexual or emotional abuse. We are committed to invite and include all of these young artists so their voices can be heard, their lives healed and their lifetime trajectory changed. 

We can confidently say that participation in our programs has a life-changing long-term impact on the young people we serve – 95% of whom go onto college. We know that our students subsequently utilize their arts training in their careers in a variety of different ways – as professional artists, writers, producers, drama therapists, etc. In our recent past, we helped DA students get into notable high school and college performing arts programs, and some have gone on to study at prestigious institutions such as The Juilliard School, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, New School, Royal Conservatory of Scotland, Liverpool Institute of the Performing Arts, Fordham University, Rutgers University, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, AMDA, Elon College and Yale Drama.

In the past, we charged for classes while providing full or partial scholarships for students in need (about 85% of students received a full or partial scholarship). In 2018, Developing Artists began making all classes 100% FREE so that we could abolish this financial barrier once and for all, and serve those students who were overlooked by so many other programs.

As emphasized in our mission, equity, access and inclusion are some of our primary objectives.  The last three years also helped solidify the identity of DA: Our ensemble engages with individuals on the frontline of important social issues then utilizing various performing arts, we bring to light these issues to a broader audience as we seek allies along the way to impact positive social change. Developing Artists was tapped to perform in numerous events including: We Rise: A Celebration of Resistance at the Delacorte Theatre (Public Forum in Collaboration with Resistance Revival Chorus), New York Women’s Foundations Celebrating Women Breakfast 2019, City Hall rally hosted by New York 4 Culture and Art to protest the proposed 6 millions dollar cut in cultural and arts funding. Developing Artists’ trajectory is leading us to connect and work with many social justice organizations for our future projects. 

Through the years, DA has directly served over 3,000 students and thousands of audience members. DA fostered a community of diverse artist citizens and maintains ongoing connections with our alumni network, some of which return as Teaching Artists. One alumnus, Julian Elijah Martinez, recently made his Broadway debut in NETWORK starring Bryan Cranston and was one of the stars of WU-TANG: AN AMERICAN SAGA on Hulu. Another alumna, Jessica Asch, Program Creator and Lead Clinician at Shine MSD, Inc, became a licensed arts and drama therapist whose work with at-risk youth has included developing and implementing a creative arts therapy program around collective healing in Parkland, Florida.

REBEL VERSES Youth Arts Festival
Founded in 2001, REBEL VERSES is a 2-week festival of performances by some of the best youth companies in NYC & beyond. This festival was born out of the dire need here in New York City for new voices in theater.  It is a journey into the unapologetic, unrelenting creativity of the next generation. Since the festival’s inception, REBEL VERSES has provided youth companies with the opportunity to collaborate and network with their peers and prominent artists, encouraging the development of new works in theater through this two-week event.  In 2017, Developing Artists began a partnership with the notable Vineyard Theatre to co-produce REBEL VERSES. The Vineyard Theatre (108 East 15th) hosts RV at its 132-seat off-Broadway venue and provides technical, management, audience development and promotional support, resulting in increased visibility, participation and audiences for REBEL VERSES.

TESTIMONIAL
"I’ve been continually impressed with these students’ critical engagement with the most pressing issues of our day: social responsibility, economic access, representational inequity, voting rights, and much more. On top of their mastery of civic literacy, they are astonishingly talented artists, both as writers and performers.

These teens’ capacity for this level of discourse and creativity is clearly traceable to their training and experience through Developing Artists. Jill and Jinn’s personal and professional dedication to the holistic development and success of each student is total. Their high expectations elicit excellence, dedication, maturity, and long-lasting relationships across a wide diversity of backgrounds. They’ve formed a family commitment to one another that far exceeds any after-school arts program I know."

Kenneth J. Cerniglia, PhD
Former Literary Manager and Dramaturg, Disney Theatrical Productions Past President, Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) 

Developing Artists Theater Company

We connect communities to land, food and opportunity.



Alchemist CDC is a mission-driven organization that connects Sacramento area communities to land, food, and opportunity toward a vision in which all neighborhoods are vibrant, equitable, healthy, and diverse.

We are best known for enhancing the quality of life in under-resourced communities by improving access to nutritious foods, implementing community-supported public green spaces, and fostering economic self-sufficiency through business entrepreneurship.

Recognizing that residents often have the best ideas for improving their neighborhoods and city, we see ourselves as providing a sort of community laboratory. We are committed to creativity and are constantly experimenting with new projects and ideas. Those projects that prove impactful and sustainable may go on to grow into mature programs, whereas others become valuable learning experiences. In every case, we serve as a catalyst for change.

Alchemist Community Development Corporation

Using art as a vehicle for social change, while connecting the shared history, values and futures of Africa and its Diaspora!

The experiences and cultural contributions of people of African descent have been marginalized throughout history and MoCADA’s mission is to undertake the responsibility of rewriting that history in order to give a more accurate portrayal of the contributions of people of African descent to the artistic and global landscape.

The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) uplifts the visual, literary, and performing arts as a conduit that connects the shared history, values, and futures of Africa and its diaspora, for the purpose of advancing dialogue on pressing social + political issues faced by these communities. We give platform within our safe spaces to artists whose work honor, celebrate, and expand this rich conversation while inviting our community in to explore, engage, and thrive within our collective evolution.

For 20 years, MoCADA has empowered vulnerable communities and instilled a sense of pride in visitors through representation and access to the arts including 100+ groundbreaking artists from 20+ countries (Terence Nance, Dread Scott, Wangechi Mutu, etc) whose voices have gone largely ignored; to Black, LatinX, Indigenous, especially, low income, children, women, immigrants, elders, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities etc from the communities of Central Brooklyn and beyond.

Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA)

On a mission to increase representation in the Entertainment, Gaming, Media & Tech industries, BRIC by BRIC.

BRIC Foundation has one main goal: to increase representation in Entertainment, Gaming, Media and Tech. By strategically engaging with leaders across these industries, along with Government and Education Partners, BRIC strives to Break, Reinvent, Impact and Change the foundations of these businesses and create inclusive opportunities for women and underrepresented people to be successful.

Bric Foundation

CCC is the creative cog in the Spartanburg community by providing major funding & support for local arts & cultural organizations.

Chapman Cultural Center is more than just a destination. As a Local Arts Agency, our organization provides major funding and support for many of Spartanburg’s arts and cultural organizations. Our educational programs serve more than 40,000 public and private school students throughout Spartanburg County (SC), with residencies by professional artists in the disciplines of music, dance, visual arts, literature, media, theatre, and crafts. We are the creative cog of Spartanburg's Arts & Cultural community. We let Spartanburg's professional arts organizations run the show while we provide the financial support to ensure they succeed. 

Chapman Cultural Center

A democratic ensemble of L.A. theatre artists dedicated to creating high-caliber, original work.

Theatre of NOTE is a democratic ensemble of L.A. theatre artists dedicated to creating high-caliber, original work that challenges both its ensemble and audiences.  We aspire to more accurately reflect LA's cultural make-up, to make our work resonate more deeply and honestly with our audiences, and better enable NOTE to tell more culturally diverse stories.

Theatre of NOTE is a non-profit democratic company that stagedives the arena of theatre arts. Founded in 1981, our ensemble-based organization is dedicated to providing a creative environment in which to collaborate and develop maverick theater.

NOTE produces an average of four mainstage shows a year, with a focus on premiere productions — shows that are brand new to the world, to the West Coast, to California, or to Los Angeles. NOTE also produces the annual Hollywood Performance Marathon, the NOTEworthy new play development workshops, and our educational outreach program, the Young Writers Project.

NOTE has consistently been commended by both Los Angeles and national press, including American Theatre Magazine, and has earned countless accolades, nominations, and honors from every award-granting theatrical organization in Southern California.

Stick your hand in L.A.’s NOTEorious black box theatre — you never know if you’ll get licked… or bitten.

Theatre Of Note

The Simple Good is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that empower youth from around the world through SEL Based Art Education. 

The Simple Good is a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting the meaning of good from around the world to empower youth to become positive activists through art and discussion. Through mindfulness and social emotional learning (SEL) based art programming and public art projects, our mission is to transcend the message that no matter where you go in the world, good means the same to all of us and that is what connects us as human beings.



The Simple Good

Matagiri is dedicated to the vision of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and the international community of Auroville.

We are in the 150th year since Sri Aurobindo’s birth and doing our best to honor the sacred trust of maintaining and expanding the buildings and grounds of our Center.

Our residential team has worked on landscaping, hosted live concerts and continued our online study circles.

We hold weekly hatha yoga classes and Pilates mat classes and special Darshan gatherings.

We maintain a library of over 1200 titles and a bookstore, gallery and boutique with handcrafted gifts from the international community of Auroville. Our gallery features the paintings of Matagiri founder, Sam Spanier. Open by appointment.

Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center Inc

501(c)3 Charity since 2004. We Nurture & Help Grow Ideas into Programs about Community Activism & Social Movements seeding CHANGE.

HELP US GROW LOCAL COMMUNITIES
AFTER TIMES OF CRISIS THERE IS A RENAISSANCE

We Nurture, Support, and help Grow Ideas, Entrepreneurs & Creatives into programs and projects all about Community Activism and Social Movements that Cause CHANGE. We focus on Educating & Creating Seeds of Change through Human Driven Movements & causes that inspire & uplift.

Our target areas of Focus include The Arts & Humanities, Education, Self-Reliance, and Freedom of Traditional Indigenous Expression of Spirituality & Culture, including revitalization of Tribal Art, Ceremonial & Spiritual Awareness.

CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM
We Provide Emergency Services during times of crisis or need with focus on heavily impacted areas first, on any Federally designated Tribal lands, and then any and all surrounding areas of service as needed.

Starlight Projects Foundation

Advancing excellence in education, research, exhibition and conservation of desert plants of the world.

In 1939, a small group of passionate local citizens saw the need to conserve the beautiful desert environment. One was Swedish botanist Gustaf Starck, who found like-minded residents by posting a sign that read “Save the Desert.”

With the support of social influencers of the time such as Gertrude Divine Webster, the Garden’s presence grew. Nearly eight decades later, thanks to leadership and investments from many individuals, Desert Botanical Garden has blossomed from a dream into a living museum.

The Garden’s vision is to be the premier center in the world for the exhibition, research and conservation of desert plants. The Garden strives to be an indispensable resource for learning about cactus, agave and other desert plants of the Sonoran Desert and the world. Every element of the Garden reflects excellence, beauty and inspiration to transform the guest experience into one of discovery. The Garden is here to help everyone enjoy the beauty of the desert and to help them care about protecting and sustaining the natural world for the benefit of future generations.

Desert Botanical Garden

Uplifting spirits across the globe by delivering inspiring handmade cards.

Cardz For Kidz is dedicated to uplifting the spirits of people of all ages across the globe by delivering inspiring handmade cards. We've been able to partner with independent artists, nonprofits, corporations, and schools and have sent over 400,000 around the world. We partner with other global nonprofits (e.g. Ronald McDonald House Charities, Make-A-Wish, Amnesty International), as well as donating cards to local hospitals, nonprofits, and schools impacted by tragedy. Please join in if you're interested in making a difference.

Cardz For Kidz

Advancing the dude ranching industry through scholarships, education programs, workforce development and ecological conservation.

Dude Ranch Foundation  works to preserve the history and to advance America's dude ranching industry through its Museum, research archives, educational programs & scholarships, support for workforce development, and responsible biodiversity conservation.

Dude Ranch Foundation

The celebration and analysis of the strongest aspects of mid- century modernism as reflected in the holdings of the Bechtler collection.

The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to the celebration and analysis of the strongest aspects of mid- century modernism as reflected in the holdings of the Bechtler collection.

Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

Promoting the art of photography by supporting the growth of creative artists through gallery exhibitions and educational programs. Non-Profit 501(c)(3)

The Center for Fine Art Photography

To provide therapeutic and educational programs to all ages and abilities through art all over Western Ohio.

Awakening Minds Art is a nonprofit organization that provides therapeutic, educational and developmental programs to all ages and abilities.

Awakening Minds Art

Http://www.thecreativesproject.org/  art+education+community+commerce = happy cities

TCP strengthens and unites arts, education, community and commerce by creating an arts eco-system that empowers eager citizens to recognize Atlanta’s potential.… TCP accomplishes this goal by engaging fresh resources, implementing crucial and deliberate arts and culture initiatives and leading arts-based education.  TCP patrons donate subsidized housing and free studio space to support our artists as they serve Atlanta neighborhoods by generating vibrant and fertile communities poised for economic growth and development.

The Creatives Project (TCP)

Dedicated solely to the art of photography.  We welcome your ideas on photography. We do not wish that you use this page for self promotion. Thank you for your understanding.

Welcome to the Griffin Museum of Photography, a nonprofit organization dedicated solely to the art of photography.  We welcome your ideas on photography. We do not wish that you use this page for self promotion. Thank you for your understanding.

Griffin Museum of Photography

We believe in the power of images to foster a better understanding of the world, create empathy and be a motor for change.

CatchLight

The Los Angeles Sisters have been causing a commotion in Southern California since 1995.

Los Angeles Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

Salem Art Works

Dedicated to promoting a greater appreciation of the city’s built environment.

Open House New York provides broad audiences with unparalleled access to the extraordinary architecture of New York and to the people who help design, build, and preserve the city. Through its year-round programs and the annual OHNY Weekend, Open House New York celebrates the best examples of design and planning throughout the five boroughs, from historic to contemporary, and helps foster a more informed conversation about how architecture and urban design sustain New York as a vibrant place to live, work, and learn. Open House New York is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

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International Child Art Foundation

David J. Drakulich Art Foundation: For Freedom of Expression

A2 Accelerate Art

Root Division

Turrell Art Foundation

Creative Armenia

Visual Art