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.
$100,000 (over two years)
To provide capacity building support for ArtsPool
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc.
$200,000 (over two years)
To help support the implementation of core elements of its new strategic plan
Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc.
$120,000 (over two years)
To support capacity building efforts across the Council’s programmatic areas
Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.
$150,000 (over two years)
To support its Youth Programs: Middle School Jazz Academy and High School Jazz Academy
Mind-Builders Creative Arts Company, Inc.
$100,000 (over two years)
For general operating support
Queens Museum of Art New York City Building
$100,000 (over two years)
To provide capacity building and planning support for its Children's Museum
Sphinx Organization, Inc.
$100,000 (over two years)
To support service-to-the-field programs and partnerships in NYC that help advance diversity, equity, and inclusion within the classical music and performing arts field
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:
The ArtsConnection, Inc.
$50,000
To help support the Teen Reviewers and Critics (TRaC) program, the college and career readiness program OnTRaC, and Culture Connected
Building Beats
$70,000 (over two years)
For capacity building support for the bbLeaders program
CitySquash
$35,000
To support its comprehensive youth development program
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
$100,000 (over two years)
To support the free, pre-collegiate, studio-based Saturday Program for portfolio prep in the visual arts
Dancing Classrooms
$40,000
For capacity building support
Green Guerillas, Inc.
$70,000 (over two years)
To provide flexible operating support for the Youth Empowerment Program and Summer Youth Tiller's Program
Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership
$40,000
To support Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership's College and Career Pathing Program in New York
MOVE NYC Foundation Inc
$70,000 (over two years)
To provide general operating support
NYC Salt, Inc.
$40,000
To help support its high school digital photography program
Peter Westbrook Foundation, Inc.
$50,000 (over two years)
To provide program support for this youth development program anchored by the sport of fencing
Row New York, Inc.
$120,000 (over two years)
For general operating support
STEM From Dance
$70,000 (over two years)
To support program expansion in New York City