The Foundation has had a longstanding interest in the arts, reflecting Benjamin Altman’s personal commitment and our belief in the essential role that cultural engagement and the arts play in enriching the lives of New Yorkers and creating new avenues of exploration and opportunity for the city’s young people. Given our particular focus on issues of access and inclusion, the Foundation invests in organizations, programs, and projects that achieve results aligned with the objectives outlined below. As a general rule, the programs that we support take place outside of the public schools. Please note that the "Results Sought" reflect the specific outcomes of interest to us.
Promote access to arts and culture for all New Yorkers, with a special focus on people from underserved communities
Results Sought:
ArtsPool, a project of Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, Inc.
$50,000
To help maintain its services to 25+ arts and cultural member organizations in the areas of finance, workforce administration, and compliance
Beam Center Inc.
$50,000
To support STEM-focused youth programming at Beam 107GI, a year-round experiential learning center and fabrication lab on Governors Island
Bronx Children's Museum
$110,000 (over two years)
To help the Bronx Children's Museum achieve institutional readiness, open its own building, and operate successfully during its first year as a museum “with and without” walls
Casita Maria Inc.
$100,000 (over two years)
To support Casita Maria's integrated Creative Arts and arts education programming
DreamYard Project, Inc.
$50,000
To provide professional development training and coaching to help NYC educators and school administrators use the arts to center racial equity in their curricula, school procedures, policies and practices
The New York Community Trust (Mosaic Network and Fund)
$300,000 (over three years)
For the Mosaic Network and Fund
Society for the Preservation of WEEKSVILLE and Bedford-Stuyvesant History
$75,000
To provide capacity building support to help implement essential technological and information management upgrades
SoHarlem, Inc.
$80,000 (over two years)
To help support the adaptation and implementation of its strategic plan
Promote positive youth development among underserved youth through engagement in arts, cultural, and other unique programs that provide sequential opportunities to participate over an extended period of time.
Results Sought:
ArtsConnection, Inc.
$50,000
To support the Teen Reviewers and Critics (TRaC) program and to provide organizational capacity building support
CitySquash
$35,000
To support CitySquash’s comprehensive youth development program
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
$50,000
To support an arts intensive, college-preparatory program for New York City high school students from underserved communities
Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.
$50,000
To support Jazz at Lincoln Center's Middle School Jazz Academy
New Heights Youth, Inc.
$40,000
To support continued planning and preparation for the launch of expanded youth programming at the Brooklyn Bedford-Union Armory
Queens Council on the Arts, Inc.
$25,000
To support the High School to Art School portfolio development program
Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc.
$50,000 (over eighteen months)
To help support the Theatrical Workforce Development Program, a job training and placement program connecting young New Yorkers to careers in the technical theatre trades