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Founded in 2003, CTT seeks to preserve America’s indigenous dance form, to promote tap dance through story-based shows and innovative presentation, to educate the community and make tap accessible to a broad spectrum of people and to foster relationships with other arts organizations.

The Choir School of Delaware is a comprehensive, multifaceted, after-school program that has a strong legacy of serving and engaging Wilmington’s youth and families through music and mentoring. Historically known as the Cathedral Choir School of Delaware, we provide professional musical training, leadership and language skills, academic support, and college-bound mentoring in an intergenerational environment for youth in Wilmington, Delaware and surrounding regions.

United States Artists (USA) believes in artists and their essential role in our society. Each year, United States Artists makes unrestricted $50,000 cash awards celebrating artists and culturalpractitioners who have significantly contributed to the creative landscape and arts ecosystemof the country. In addition USA applies this experience to build processes that generate understanding ofspecific disciplines and populations of artists that furthers philanthropy’s direct support forartists.

Our mission is to strengthen disadvantaged, rural communities in Ghana, W. Africa, through education, health and poverty reduction programs. We believe the most effective way to facilitate long-term sustainable change is to engender empowered youth that are equipped for life’s challenges and are able to assist in the development of their own villages.

The Close Up Foundation brings citizens from throughout the nation and around the world to Washington, D.C., for a firsthand look at the federal government and the development of public policy. A nonprofit, nonpartisan civic education organization, Close Up connects individuals of all ages to their communities and institutions through challenging education programs and products. By building partnerships with the education community, the private and philanthropic sectors, and all branches and levels of government, Close Up makes civic participation a dynamic and meaningful experience. Since its founding in 1970, Close Up has remained focused on the values of citizenship and the importance of an educated electorate, aware that democracy is a constantly renewing experience that must be taught and shared with each new generation. It has continued a strong organizational determination to make the democratic process available to students from every background, and places special emphasis on outreach to disadvantaged young people, with fellowship programs for low-income students, minority students, migrant students, recent immigrants, American Indians, Alaska Natives, the hearing and visually impaired, and other students with special needs.

Our mission is to inspire and educate by celebrating the Great American Songbook.

Community TV Network (CTVN) teaches cutting-edge digital video production to low-income youth throughout Chicago. We promote positive youth and community development with the overall goal of raising the educational success and economic viability of the neighborhoods where our youth participants live and work. Since1974, we have used video as an art form and educational tool to improve the opportunities available to low-income African-American and Latino youth in Chicago. In 1980, we incorporated as an independent, tax exempt nonprofit and have emerged as an innovative leader in youth media. Our media literacy curriculum empowers youth with a platform of self representation while cultivating academic and job skills, self-esteem, community awareness and intellectual curiosity. Over 9,500 of Chicago's at-risk youth have participated in CTVN's media literacy programs, creating insightful videos for their peers and leaving behind a rich legacy. The nearly 500 videos that make up our media library form a vibrant digital catalogue composed of authentic youth voices. The library serves as a valuable teaching resource and offers rarely-seen histories of Chicago communities. Every year, our youth producers add to this unique collection, producing dozens of videos that are broadcast in Chicago and New York City, streamed online, and screened in film festivals throughout the U.S.

The Leaders of Tomorrow's vision is to become a leading youth mentoring program responsible for both developing and increasing the number of diverse high school students who pursue educational opportunities in preparation for professional and entrepreneurship careers, and become future business and community leaders. We execute our vision by providing professional and leadership developmental opportunities through structured mentoring, monthly interactive learning workshops, professional exposure, college preparation, and financial literacy skills training.

The Hampton Theater Company is a not-for-profit organization, dedicated to presenting classic and contemporary plays of the highest quality. Hampton Theatre Company strives to create a vibrant local theater community, while reaching out to the broader theatrical world as well, to bring audiences the best productions possible. Hampton Theatre Company aims to foster a love of theater and help keep this vital art form alive for generations to come.

To restore the actor to his position as an artist in our society.

Harlem Stage / Aaron Davis Hall is a performing arts center that celebrates and perpetuates the unique and diverse artistic legacy of Harlem and the indelible impression it has made on the American Culture. We provide opportunity, commissioning, and support for artists. 

American Documentary (AmDoc) is a New York City-based non-profit media organization dedicated to creating, identifying and presenting contemporary non-fiction stories that express opinions and perspectives rarely featured in mainstream media outlets. As a catalyst for public culture, AmDoc develops collaborative strategic engagement activities around socially relevant content on television, online and in community settings. These activities are designed to trigger action, from dialogue and feedback, to educational opportunities and community participation.