Surdna Foundation 2013 Annual Report
2013 Approved Grants > Thriving Cultures
Thriving Cultures

Thriving Cultures Grants Descriptions

Foundation for Louisiana

Baton Rouge, LA | $15,000

To strengthen New Orleans' cultural economy through support of Golden Feather's business expansion and sustainability planning.

Category: Discretionary

Global Action Project, Inc.

New York, NY | $50,000

To support G.A.P.'s summer media arts intensive program, to be run in partnership with The Point, for 20 low-income youth of color from Hunts Point to advance their social and environmental justice organizing work.

Category: Teens' Artistic & Cultural Advancement

Grantmakers in the Arts

Seattle, WA | $10,000

To support the Race Please Workshop, a two-day racial equity-focused preconference at the Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) national conference in Philadelphia, October 6-9, 2013.

Category: Discretionary

Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance

Baltimore, MD | $50,000

To fund the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance (GBCA) to manage Artists U/Baltimore and its newly formed offshoot, the Urban Artist Leadership Program for two years (2013 to 2015).

Category: Artists & Economic Development

Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts

New York, NY | $75,000

To offset costs of individual lessons, classes, special ensembles, workshops, public performances and coaching to support low and low-middle income students who have advanced capabilities in the Pre-Professional music, dance, and theater programs.

Category: Teens' Artistic & Cultural Advancement

Harlem School of the Arts, Inc.

New York, NY | $75,000

To provide full scholarship assistance to approximately 12 students in the HSA Prep Program and to support HSA Prep direct program costs, including faculty and administrative salaries.

Category: Teens' Artistic & Cultural Advancement

Hester Street Collaborative

New York, NY | $100,000

To implement Paths to Pier 42, a project to activate the waterfront through a series of temporary public art, design, and programming that will catalyze and sustain public engagement around the renovation of Pier 42 on the East River in Lower Manhattan.

Category: Community Engaged Design

Hester Street Collaborative

New York, NY | $15,000

To support Hester Street Collaborative’s efforts to maintain the continuity of programs and services provided to the local community in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

Category: Discretionary

Highlander Research And Education Center

New Market, TN | $75,000

Continued support for the Zilphia Horton Cultural Organizing Project in strengthening social justice organizing efforts through art and culture.

Category: Artists Engaging in Social Change

International Center of Photography

New York, NY | $150,000 (24 months)

To support ICP's Teen Academy, Imagemakers, and four partnerships with community organizations throughout New York City.

Category: Teens' Artistic & Cultural Advancement