THRIVING CULTURES GRANT DESCRIPTIONS
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras
Boston, MA | $225,000 (3 years)
To expand the Intensive Community Program, support advancing ICP students, raise attendance at Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras concerts, and increase the public's awareness of and accessibility to BYSO performances and programs.
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
Valencia, CA | $70,000 (2 years)
To support the development of programs that will assist undergraduate arts students, particularly those from underserved backgrounds, to prepare for meaningful and sustainable professional careers in the arts.
Center of Creative Arts (COCA)
St. Louis, MO | $150,000 (2 years)
To support COCA's Pre-Professional Dance Program, including dance training, scholarships, transportation, summer study, dancewear, counseling, tutoring, faculty development, sustainability planning and evaluation.
Chhaya Community Development Corporation
Jackson Heights, NY | $80,000 (1 year)
For initial pre-development costs for the acquisition, and subsequent community-driven design, of a South Asian Community Center facility in Jackson Heights, Queens.
Chicago Children's Choir
Chicago, IL | $75,000 (1 year)
To strengthen the Chicago Children's Choir's Concert Choir by supporting staffing, professional development, commissions and workshops in order to enhance the musical talents of the advanced Concert Choir singers.
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
Chicago, IL | $240,000 (3 years)
To strengthen Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras' orchestral ensembles and supplemental programs for teenage musicians by enhancing college preparation and increasing financial aid, and further encouraging access for students from all backgrounds.
Citizen Engagement Lab
Berkeley, CA | $75,000 (1 year)
To strengthen the capacity of visual artists and writers to work collectively and in collaboration with advocacy organizations and organizing groups to advance social change causes.
Community MusicWorks
Providence, RI | $225,000 (3 years)
To engage in intensive instruction and ensemble work with 50 teens during afterschool hours. Community MusicWorks will also recruit professional musicians each year for a two-year residency to learn CMW's model by teaching and performing alongside permanent staff.
Corporate Accountability International
Boston, MA | $45,000 (1 year)
To help support the creative development and production phases of the Real Food Media Project, an online video, web-based action portal and educational program to inspire, educate and grow the movement for sustainable and fair food in the United States.
Culver City High School Academy of Visual and Performing Arts
Culver City, CA | $50,000 (2 years)
To enhance the Academy of Visual and Performing Arts Dance program by extending class offerings, expanding curriculum development, adding enrichment activities, and further developing the artistic advancement opportunities available to AVPA Dance students.
Dance Theatre of Harlem
New York, NY | $150,000 (2 years)
To support Dance Theatre of Harlem school's professional training in classical ballet, including ancillary support and health services, for students in the Pre-Professional program, ages 12 to 18.
Dancewave, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 (1 year)
To support Dancewave Company and Dancewave Company II, Dancewave's pre-professional training ensembles for dancers ages 13 to 18.
Design Corps
Raleigh, NC | $80,000 (1 year)
To support the testing, dissemination and usefulness of the Social Economic Environmental Design Evaluator, a tool to help define effective, community driven, authentic Public Interest Design collaborations.