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The Laundromat Project brings art, artists, and arts programming into laundromats and other everyday spaces, thus amplifying the creativity that already exists within communities to build community networks, solve problems, and enhance our sense of ownership in the places where we live, work, and grow.

Girls Write Now (GWN) provides a safe and supportive environment where girls can expand their natural writing talents, develop independent creative voices, and build confidence in making healthy choices in school, career and life. GWN provides at-risk New York City high school girls with emerging writing talent an opportunity to be custom-matched with a professional woman writer who serves as her personal mentor and writing coach, meeting with her weekly for the duration of an entire school year, and for up to four years. GWN also enrolls each student in a vibrant writing community; all mentees and mentors gather monthly for genre-based group writing workshops conducted at our brand-new offices in midtown Manhattan. The year is punctuated by three annual readings, college and career prep seminars, field trips to cultural events, and endless opportunities for scholarships and publication.

Fresh Artists mission is to promote access for all children to the transformative self-expression of art making and philanthropy.  We do this by engaging children as full partners in philanthropy, by widely exhibiting children’s’ artwork in highly visible places and by providing art supplies and innovative art programs to children in severely under-resourced public schools.

The mission of CityKids is to empower urban young people, ages 13 to 19, through arts and educational programs to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to succeed in school, the workplace and in life. CityKids believes that to solve the problems facing youth today, we must listen to young people; empower them with the tools to make their voices heard; partner with them to find solutions; and challenge them to create change. Our vision is supported through CityKids’ guiding principles which help young people to develop artistic and leadership skills and include: Safe Space, Youth-to-Youth Communication, Multicultural Bridge Building, and Leadership Development.

To celebrate and preserve living folk art traditions and create economic opportunities for and with folk artists worldwide.    

Jazz St. Louis' mission is to lead our community in advancing the uniquely American art of jazz through live performance, education, and outreach.

The mission of the museum is to inspire wonder, discovery and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds.

The Sapling Foundation is an organization that owns the TED global conference. It was founded by Chris Anderson in 1996. The organization describes its purpose as follows.  The goal of the foundation is to foster the spread of great ideas. It aims to provide a platform for the world's smartest thinkers, greatest visionaries and most-inspiring teachers, so that millions of people can gain a better understanding of the biggest issues faced by the world, and a desire to help create a better future.

At Pretend City, we believe young children learn best through play, families are our childrens first and most important teachers, diversity enriches childrens lives, and play changes the world. Our vision is to ensure that each child is ready for school success by providing real-world learning experiences that children need to develop essential foundational learning skills.

Located in the heart of the Southtown Cultural Arts District, Sala Diaz provides a unique venue for the exhibition of new and challenging work, and fosters lasting exchange between our city and creative communities abroad. Housed in the same residential structure as the gallery, The Casa Chuck Arts Residency is an invitational program through which Sala Diaz provides critics, curators and writers a haven for varied creative pursuits. Initiated in 2011, the residency honors the legacy of visionary artist, arts advocate and bon vivant Chuck Ramirez who died the previous year. Official residents spend one month living in Ramirez’ former abode, exploring and interacting with the surrounding arts community. In between official residencies, Sala/Casa hosts a wide variety of arts professionals including critics, curators, musicians, scholars and visual artists. Sala Diaz is supported by fluent~collaborative and numerous private individuals.

The mission of Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum is to inspire the creative genius in us all by nurturing artists in an innovative contemporary art museum. Developed from a grassroots event in July of 1986, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum is the first and longest-running venue for contemporary art in San Antonio. The establishment of Blue Star as an exhibition space arose from the need to provide a platform for the work and ideas of local contemporary artists. In the years since its inception, Blue Star Contemporary has grown with the community, instigating positive change in both the art community and the community at large. The development of Blue Star Contemporary's exhibitions and educational programming has resulted in the social and economic revitalization of the surrounding Lavaca, King William, and South Town neighborhoods. The event that started it all in the summer of 1986 has developed into Contemporary Art Month, an annual event that now includes over fifty collaborating organizations, cultural centers, museums, and alternative spaces. Now in its twenty-eighth year, Blue Star continues to be an incubator for contemporary art in San Antonio, hosting over twenty exhibitions each year within its four on-site galleries and multiple offsite locations within the community. These exhibitions feature both emerging and world-renowned artists who hail both from the Alamo City and across the globe. Over 300,000 visitors each year experience contemporary art at Blue Star through exhibitions, the MOSAIC after-school education program, and community events, which is why Blue Star Contemporary stands firm in its commitment to inspire the creative genius in us all.

Our mission is to reach out and expose diverse groups, especially young audiences, to all forms of the performing, visual, media and literary arts.