Selected
Grantees
2023

826NYC, Brooklyn, NY
A grant was awarded to support Write After School, Write Away and the Teen Writers Collective after-school programs in arts and creative writing.

Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, New York, NY

A grant was awarded to support the Latin Jazz Academy of Music program to engage youth in NYC schools citywide with year-long music ensemble residencies.

Art for Progress, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Summer Arts Program in music, visual arts, and fashion for NYC high school students.

Art Start, Brooklyn, NY
A grant was awarded to support art programs for residents of a homeless residence in Bushwick as part of the Homeless Youth Outreach Program.

ArtTable, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Diversity Fellowship Program, which offers career development and mentoring for women in the museum field.

Arts For All, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Artistic Residency Program in dance, drama, visual arts, video, poetry, & music for K-12 youth.

Ayazamana Cultural Center, Queens, NY

A grant was awarded to support the Children's Folkloric Dance Program (Ñukanchik Sapi) to engage youth in Saturday dance classes at cultural centers in Queens.

Ballet Hispanico, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Community Arts Partnerships program in New York City, which brings dance residencies and performances to NYC schools.

The Billie Holiday Theatre, Brooklyn, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Youth Arts Academy & Public Programs, the Black Arts Institute, and the Lifelong Learners Program.

Born Dancing, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Dance Education & Production Apprenticeships for Students with Disabilities program.

BRIC, Brooklyn, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Arts and Media Residency Program bringing in-school residencies to  students in Brooklyn,  and to support BRIC's intergenerational family programs

Bronx Documentary Center, Bronx, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Bronx Junior Photo League program.

Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Brooklyn, NY
A grant was awarded to support Public School Residencies & Community Partnerships, YouthWorks, and the Teens Arts Conference programs.

Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Museum's ColorLab, a family art-making space where artists of all ages explore, make, and celebrate art.

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
A grant was awarded to support School Partnerships, Teen Programs, and Guided Gallery Visits programs.

Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy, Brooklyn, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Recruitment, Retention and Advancement Initiative, which supplements vocal music instruction with college and career readiness programming.

Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, Queens, NY

A grant was awarded to support the Company 2023 arts education programs to engage youth in workshops, school residencies, lecture/demonstrations, and performance assemblies grounded in Mexican folk dance, music, and history.

CABD - Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Queens, NY
A grant was awarded to support the  Dance Engagement and Education Program at partner schools and community centers.

Calliope Creative Foundation, New York, NY

A grant was awarded to support the Theatre Experience for Young People apprentice program to produce original short theater works.

Casita Maria, Bronx, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Casita Maria High School Music Education program including music instruction, practice, and performance for young people ages 14 - 19.

CO/LAB Theater Group, New York, NY

A grant was awarded to support the CO/LAB:kids theater program.

Community-Word Project, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Collaborative Arts Residency Program which brings professional writers and artists to NYC classrooms.

Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance, Brooklyn, NY
A grant was awarded to support  Cumbe in the Classroom including residencies, performances, and workshops in Brooklyn schools.

Dance Theatre of Harlem, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support Dancing Through Barriers, which consists of residencies for 2nd through 4th graders focused on the basics of ballet technique and dance-making through original movement.

Developing Artists Theater Company, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support  Performing Arts Classes in fall, spring, & summer.

The Door - A Center for Alternatives, New York, NY

 A grant was awarded to support the Epic Theatre Ensemble Program at Broome Street Academy and The Door.

Dorill Initiative, New York, NY

 A grant was awarded to support the Dorill Initiative to engage youth in social justice through dance, drama, media arts, storytelling, and community activism.

Drama Club, Queens, NY

 A grant was awarded to support The Apprentice Program which promotes social/emotional growth through improvisational.

DreamYard Project, Bronx, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Here-to-Here program, which creates career pathways in creative industries for teens and young adults.

Education Through Music, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to the New York City Partner School Program to implement a sequential music curriculum for all grades in NYC partner schools.

Educational Video Center, New York, NY

A grant was awarded to support the Youth Media Arts, Youth Documentary Workshop, and New Media Arts programs

Epic Theatre Ensemble, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support EpicNEXT, a program to empower NYC high school students as arts leaders through theatre training, mentorship, and civic engagement

Exploring the Arts, Queens, NY
A grant was awarded to support The 4-Year Plan, which provides strategic planning, funding, and assessment support to help principals and teachers build rigorous arts programs in their schools.

The Filomen M. D'Agostino Greenberg Music School, New York, NY

A grant was awarded to support the expansion of integrated arts curriculum in the Comprehensive Music Program for Young People.

Flamenco Vivo, Queens, NY

A grant was awarded to support Project Ole: Flamenco Arts Education to engage youth in NYC schools with in-depth learning instruction in flamenco dance technique, music, culture, and history.

Friends of Alice Austen House, Staten Island, NY

A grant was awarded to support the Immigration and Migration Through Photography program to engage youth with immigration-themed and LGBTQ+ studies based on the documentary photography accomplishments of Alice Austen.

Gibney, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support Hands are for Holding, which provides in-school performances and residencies for students using dance to explore the topic of healthy relationships.

Girl Be Heard Institute, Brooklyn, NY

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Groundswell, Brooklyn, NY
A grant was awarded to support the School-Based Mural Residency Program, which seeks to build students' skills in both the visual arts and community organization through the design and creation of public murals.

Harmony Program
A grant was awarded to support intensive music instruction to students in low-income NYC neighborhoods through an El Sistema-based model.

Hook Arts Media
A grant was awarded to support the Arts Forward program, which provides multidisciplinary in-school, after-school, and summer arts programs for students in Red Hook who are at the greatest risk for dropping out of high school.

Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy, Brooklyn, NY

 A grant was awarded to support the Cultural Arts Program  and  Ifetayo Youth Ensemble  programs in dance and music.

Irondale Productions, Brooklyn, NY

 A grant was awarded to support School Partnerships, The Young Company, The Junior Company, and STEAM-STEM UP! Theater programs.

Isadora Duncan Foundation for Contemporary Dance, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Dance workshops and residencies in NYC Public Schools. 

Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Queens, NY

A grant was awarded to support JCAL Edcuation Programs  in Music, Dance, and Visual Art.

Jazz Power Initiative, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the  Youth Music Education in NYC schools and community locations.

José Limón Dance Foundation, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Limón4Kids program, which provides dance education residencies in the Limón technique to NYC public school students.

The Justice Resource Center, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Judiciary and the Arts program which provides art students the opportunity to learn about the judicial system and create relevant visual arts projects.

Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY

A grant was awarded to support arts education programming for preK-12 artist residencies & field trips.

Lewis Latimer House Museum, Queens, NY

A grant was awarded to support the Virtual STEAM Programs for NYC youth.

Lotus Music & Dance, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support Arts-in-Education Programs to engage K-12 students in Native American & World Dance performances and artist residencies.

The Louis Armstrong House Museum, Queens, NY
A grant was awarded to support the  Pops' 21st Century Kids program to engage K-12 students with jazz performances, workshops, tours, videos and a youth ensemble.

Maysles Documentary Film Center, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Albert Maysles Documentary Initiative for high school students.

The Metropolitan Opera, New York, NY

A grant was awarded in support of the Opera's Education Programs.

M.S. 378, The School for Global Leaders, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Comprehensive Arts Program and to expand its partnership with Lincoln Center Education to integrate Music in English & Social Studies classrooms.

Midori & Friends, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the MusicINC program, which provides sequential music instruction to students as they matriculate from elementary to middle schools in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Upper Manhattan, and Queens.

Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center, Bronx, NY
A grant was awarded to support after-school and weekend classes in dance, theatre, and music for youth in the Northeast Bronx.

More Art, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support youth-focused community engagement workshops connected to public art explorations.

MOVE NYC, New York, NY

A grant was awarded to support the Young Professionals Program to increase opportunity and diversity in the dance field.

Musical Mentors Collaborative, New York, NY

A grant was awarded to support one-on-one music mentorship and access to free musical instruments.

National Dance Institute, New York, NY

A grant was awarded to support the In-School Program, which seeks to make dance education part of the core curriculum through semester- and year-long residencies for students in every grade in NYC public elementary schools.

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

A grant was awarded to support the Young Leaders Immersion Project - Building Cultural Connections through Jazz program.

National Queer Theater, Brooklyn, NY

A grant was awarded to support the Staging Pride: Queer Youth Theater initiative

New York City Children's Theater, New York, NY

A grant was awarded to support theater programs including Literature at Play, After-school Reading Club, Applied Theatre Workshops, Touring Shows, and field trips.

The Noguchi Museum, Queens, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Museum's education and outreach programs, including art-making workshops and tours for schools, weekend art activities for families, the Teen Advisory Board program, and the Making Your Mark teen summer studio program.

The Noel Pointer Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
A grant was awarded to support the On-Campus Strings Programs for K-12 youth.

NYC Arts in Education Roundtable, New York, NY

A grant was awarded to support programs and resources for arts education practitioners.

NYC Salt, New York, NY

A grant was awarded to support the NYC Salt High School Residency program engage youth photography/video workshopts, art portfolio preparation, internships, career exposure, and vocational training.

On Stage at Kingsborough, Brooklyn, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Art Smart performances for schools in musical theatre, dance, and circus arts.

Ping Chong and Company, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Secret Histories Arts Education Program to explore the diversity of students' personal and cultural histories through Theater.

Pioneers Go East Collective, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the NEXT! Educational & Crossroads Workshops in Theater, Dance, Visual Arts, and Media Arts.

The Point, Bronx, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Power-Folio Project to engage youth in artistic development and leadership opportunities.

Project Art, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the organization's core program to turn public libraries into community-centered cultural hubs through art classes for youth and studio space for emerging local artists.

The Public Theate, New York, NY

A grant was awarded to support the Hunts Point Children's Shakespeare Ensemble (HPCSE) and Public Teachers program to engage Bronx youth in study and rehearsal of a Shakespeare play.

Publicolor, New York, NY

A grant was awarded to support the Summer Design Studio program.

The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Queens Teens Institute for Art and Social Justice to engage teens in art making, leadership workshops, community service projects, and activism in Queens.

Queens Theatre, Queens, NY

A grant was awarded to support the Inclusive Model for Performing Arts Children and Teens (IMPACT) program, a theater program for differently abled 11-18 year olds in New York City, while developing new frameworks of inclusion for teaching artists and school teachers.

READ Alliance, New York NY
A grant was awarded to support the Summer Reading Program, which offers paying jobs to teens who provide first and second grade NYC students with reading instruction.

Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Math and Mandalas program for NYC students, which uses mandala paintings in the Museum's collection to connect mathematical concepts to art-making.

Stella Adler Acting Studio, New York, NY

A grant was awarded in support of the Stella Adler Arts Justice Division which aims to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline by empowering students to engage their whole self to interpret and perform Theater, create new works, and engage audiences in meaningful ways.

STEM from Dance, Brooklyn, NY
A grant was awarded to support the STEM from Dance School Residency Program to integrate technology & computer coding with dance choreography.

Studio in a School, New York, NY

A grant was awarded to support the Early Childhood Program.

Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the programmatic development of the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling in Harlem, serving children and their families.

Symphony Space, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Global Arts and All Write! programs. The former provides students with multi-disciplinary arts experiences to explore regional cultures in the social studies curriculum, and the latter provides a comprehensive creative writing curriculum for adult literacy students.

Theatre Development Fund, Inc, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support TDF’s education programs for middle and high school students in New York City, introducing them to the performing arts through workshops, residencies, mentorship and live theatre.

Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, New York, NY

A grant was awarded to support the Youth Forum Theatre Troupes program.

UpBeat NYC, Bronx, NY
A grant was awarded to expand the capacity for this free music program for children in the South Bronx.

Urban Word NYC, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support Poetry and Spoken Word Workshops & Fellowships in NYC schools and community-based organizations.

viBe Theater Experience, Brooklyn, NY

A grant was awarded to support the Performing Arts Residency Program to engage youth to develop, produce, and perform original works.

Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, Brooklyn, NY
A grant was awarded to support Rhythm & Voice, which provides programs in songwriting, percussion, and vocal music to three schools in the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn.

Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre, Brooklyn, NY
A grant was awarded to support Community Engagement Programming in NYC including classes, workshops, and performances.

Young People's Chorus, New York, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Vocal Resolutions: Shaping Perceptions through Music program, providing vocal training to teenage choristers, customized individual private lessons, and master classes.

YUCA, Bronx, NY

A grant was awarded to support The YUCA Core Arts Program to engage high school youth in with graphic design, printing, and media arts study.

SCHOOLS CHOOSE GRANT RECIPIENTS

K518: Kappa V, Brooklyn NY
A grant was awarded to support a diverse, school-wide, multi-tiered arts programs for all students in grades 6 - 8.

K588: Middle School for Art & Philosophy, Brooklyn, NY
A grant was awarded to support partnerships with art organizations and teacher training in arts integration to establish M.S.A.P. as the flagship visual arts middle school in Community School District 18.

K678: East New York Middle School of Excellence, Brooklyn, NY
A grant was awarded to support the Matisse Cultural Arts Program to expand arts-based learning that is rooted in the African Diaspora.

X098: JHS Herman Ridder, Bronx, NY
A grant was awarded to support and grow a music program for all students.

X190: Environmental Science, Mathematics & Technology School, Bronx, NY
A grant was awarded to extend its theatre arts program and to support learning in music, dance, and visual arts.

X318: Math, Science & Technology through Arts, Bronx, NY

A Schools Choose Grant was awarded to establish a concert band and provide students with vocal, spoken word, musical theater, and instrumental instruction.

IMPACT GRANT RECIPIENTS

City Lore, New York, NY
A grant was awarded in 2018 to support From Homer to Hip Hop: Oral Traditions as a Gateway to Literature and Literacy. This in-school program engages students in grades 3 - 8 in Queens in exploring poetry and spoken word from diverse cultures around the world, including from their own communities in NYC

The People's Theatre Project, New York, NY
A grant was awarded in 2019 in support of The PTP Academy, which is a rigorous arts and social justice leadership program dedicated to the holistic development of immigrant youth and youth of color in Upper Manhattan. The PTP Academy will engage participants in meaningful, culturally-sustaining ensemble-based theatre programming throughout their elementary, middle, and high school experiences while preparing them for college and career success..