Thriving Cultures Grants Descriptions
New York Youth Symphony
New York, NY | $120,000 (24 months)
To support the training of young musicians through the New York Youth Symphony's orchestra, chamber music, jazz, and composition programs, and to sustain its partnerships with community music schools.
Category: Teens' Artistic & Cultural Advancement
Oberlin Dance Collective
San Francisco, CA | $35,000
Continued support for ODC School's Teen Dance Program and pre-professional dance company.
Category: Teens' Artistic & Cultural Advancement
Opa-locka Community Development Corporation, Inc.
Opa-locka, FL | $100,000
To support the planning and implementation of OLCDC's arts-based revitalization initiatives, including participatory design workshops and the micro-enterprises program.
Category: Artists & Economic Development
Orion Society
Great Barrington, MA | $25,000
To help Orion Magazine surface and celebrate examples of Next Generation Infrastructure through a multi-platform, multi-genre body of work showcasing community-based solutions in water management, transportation, energy-efficiency, food systems, and waste management.
Category: Artists Engaging in Social Change
Passage Theatre Company, Inc.
Trenton, NJ | $10,000
To support Dancescapes NJ, a site-specific collaboration between Passage Theatre Company, D&R Greenway Land Trust and DanceSpora to present an environmentally themed multicultural dance program celebrating New Jersey's rich landscapes.
Category: Discretionary
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates
Philadelphia, PA | $160,000 (24 months)
Support for Art Education for Teens; ARTrepreneurs; and the Restored Spaces Initiative, a partnership with city and community stakeholders to foster environmental infrastructure projects at schools and recreation centers.
Category: Teens' Artistic & Cultural Advancement
Queens Museum of Art
Queens, NY | $300,000 (36 months)
Support for the next phase of Corona Urban Studio, a community engagement project that intertwines the arts with community building.
Category: Artists Engaging in Social Change
Rebuild Foundation
Chicago, IL | $15,000
To support The Art of Placemaking conference, gathering artists and community organizations with national experts and funders to strategize successful methods of arts-based community development.
Category: Discretionary
Reel Works Teen Filmmaking
Brooklyn, NY | $80,000 (24 months)
To support filmmaking programs at Reel Works that serve over 400 at-risk teens.
Category: Teens' Artistic & Cultural Advancement
Rockwood Leadership Program
Oakland, CA | $75,000
Continued support to develop leadership skills in a cohort of 20-24 artists working within the context of social change; and to provide opportunities for collaboration within the cohort and with other social change leaders.
Category: Artists Engaging in Social Change