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:
- Significantly increase mastery of program-specific competencies and developmentally appropriate life skills
- Prepare participants to transition successfully to post-secondary and/or professional opportunities, including employment in the creative economy
2018 Grants
Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc.
$50,000 (over two years)
To help support citywide auditions for public elementary school children and provide tuition-free ballet training, from beginner through the pre-professional level, for students from underserved backgrounds
Beam Center Inc.
$50,000
To support BeamWorks Youth Apprentices and Teen Instructors, a training program for low-income public high school students
Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy, Inc.
$100,000 (over eighteen months)
To help support the Choral Music Education and Performance Program’s direct service to 700 socio-economically diverse young people, and to launch an Artistic Leadership and Training Initiative designed to help build artistic capacity, train junior staff, and cultivate a future leadership succession path
Center for Family Life in Sunset Park
$50,000
To support positive growth and development of underserved youth in Sunset Park through the Life Lines Community Arts Project
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
$120,000 (over eighteen months)
To help support the Saturday and Outreach Programs—arts intensive, college-preparatory programs for New York City high school students from underserved communities—and the implementation of an in-depth assessment of both programs
Groundswell Community Mural Project, Inc.
$70,000 (over two years)
To help support the implementation of its recent strategic plan, including initiatives to enhance Master Studio programs and evaluation tools
Hudson River Community Sailing
$40,000
To help launch a second youth development program serving middle school students in Inwood and support Sail Academy college-going alumni
Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.
$50,000
To help support the Middle School Jazz Academy and continue work with MSJA alumni
Mind-Builders Creative Arts Company, Inc.
$100,000 (over two years)
To provide capacity building support for Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center
New Heights Youth, Inc.
$40,000
To support planning and capacity building in preparation for program expansion and a possible move to the Bedford-Union Armory development in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Peter Westbrook Foundation, Inc.
$35,000
To provide program support for this youth development program anchored by the sport of fencing
Queens Council on the Arts, Inc.
$50,000 (over two years)
To help support the High School to Art School Portfolio Development Program
Reel Works Teen Filmmaking
$50,000 (over fifteen months)
To support MediaMKRS, an innovative digital credentialing platform for media studies and workforce readiness in film and entertainment
Row New York, Inc.
$150,000 (over two years)
To provide general operating support for Row New York's youth development work
Staten Island Children's Museum
$25,000
To help support the Museum Intern and Ambassador Program for teens
Woodlawn Conservancy, Inc.
$80,000 (over two years)
To help support the Preservation Training Program, a workforce development initiative helping young people develop job skills and obtain employment in stone masonry and historic preservation while also contributing to the restoration of The Woodlawn Cemetery, a National Historic Landmark