Thriving Cultures Grants Descriptions
AS220
Providence, RI | $75,000
To enable AS220 Youth to use a high-engagement model of arts education to develop the self-esteem, technical, social, leadership and job readiness skills of at-risk youth.
Category: Teens' Artistic & Cultural Advancement
Asian American Writers' Workshop
New York, NY | $225,000 (36 months)
To support community-based fellowships for emerging writers of color.
Category: Artists Engaging in Social Change
Asian Arts Initiative
Philadelphia, PA | $150,000 (24 months)
To support Social Practice Lab residencies that will engage artists and local community residents in Philadelphia's Chinatown.
Category: Artists Engaging in Social Change
AXIS Dance Company
Oakland, CA | $150,000 (36 months)
To support AXIS as a catalyst for changing the face of disability and the landscape of dance.
Category: Artists Engaging in Social Change
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
Stanford, CA | $240,000 (36 months)
To support an arts and education research project in East Palo Alto to better understand hip hop arts and social justice pedagogies and their impact on teens' engagement in school, community and civic life.
Category: Teens' Artistic & Cultural Advancement
Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy
Brooklyn, NY | $75,000
To expand access to challenging, professional-level artistic opportunities for teen participants.
Category: Teens' Artistic & Cultural Advancement
Center for Cultural Innovation
Los Angeles, CA | $450,000 (36 months)
To implement a Creative Industries Incentive Network supporting artists and creative entrepreneurs in five California communities through regranting programs, a leadership group and documentation activities.
Category: Artists & Economic Development
Center for Urban Pedagogy
Brooklyn, NY | $80,000 (24 months)
To collaborate with designers and community organizations to produce components in the Envisioning Development Toolkit series. These include toolkits about Affordable Housing and Land Use, and a web-based Zoning tool.
Category: Community Engaged Design
Citizen Engagement Lab Education Fund
Berkeley, CA | $75,000
To support CultureStrike, providing funding, partnerships, mentorship and additional support to socially engaged artists.
Category: Artists Engaging in Social Change
Cleveland Orchestra
Cleveland, OH | $50,000
Continued support for the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra to provide middle and high school students from throughout the Northern Ohio region with high quality classical music performance experiences.
Category: Teens' Artistic & Cultural Advancement