Arts and Cultural Institutions

• 31st Ave Open Street Collective, Inc. (NYC) 31st Ave Open Street Collective is a community-led nonprofit in Astoria, Queens that manages and programs the 31st Avenue Open Street, creating car-free public spaces for cultural events, local businesses, and neighborhood gatherings focused on public space advocacy and inclusive programming. 

• Art’s House Schools (NYC) Art’s House Schools serves the Coney Island community in Brooklyn with art, music, and dance classes and programs for children and young adults that emphasize self confidence and creative self-expression. Classes and programs at Art’s House Schools are for artists, musicians, and dancers at all levels.

• The Bushwick Starr (NYC) The Bushwick Starr is one of Bushwick’s most loved community art and performance spaces. Rooted in making art and theater more accessible for all, the Bushwick Starr regularly hosts programs and shows that support new and emerging artists, and maintains strong partnerships with local schools and the wider Bushwick community.

• Caldwell Enrichment Programs Inc. (NYC) Caldwell Enrichment Programs is a New York City-based after school recreation program for students, focusing on recreation and local community events. 

• Center for an Urban Future (NYC) An independent, nonpartisan policy organization, the Center for an Urban Future uses fact-based research to elevate important and often overlooked issues onto the radar of policymakers and advance practical solutions that strengthen New York and help all New Yorkers participate in the city’s rising prosperity.

• Cossitt Library (Memphis, TN) First opened in 1893, the Cossitt Library was Memphis’s first public library and has remained a vital community resource for over 100 years now. The Cossitt Library today has an expansive archival collection on art and architecture. 

• The Horticultural Society of New York (NYC) The Horticultural Society of New York focuses on connecting New Yorkers with more resources and opportunities to get hands-on involvement in green spaces and gardening around the city. Programs and opportunities are available for students, working professionals, organizational partners, and more.

• IndieSpace (NYC) IndieSpace celebrates and centers independent theater-making in New York City. The organization provides radically transparent, responsive and equity-focused funding, real estate programs, professional development, and advocacy to individual artists, theater companies, and indie venues.

• Los Angeles Conservancy (Los Angeles, CA) The Los Angeles Conservancy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and revitalizing Los Angeles’s historic architecture and cultural heritage.

• Tecumseh Theater (Shawnee, Ohio) 1908 theater building located on Main Street in Shawnee, OH, the building has long history as a gathering space for the community since it was built. Abandoned in 1960, it was saved from the wrecking ball by local citizens in 1976. Current owners, the Sunday Creek Associates, have persevered in using the history and architecture of the building to support its preservation.

• Urban Libraries Council (D.C.) dedicated to strengthening and advancing the essential role of public libraries as dynamic, accessible places for opportunity, learning and innovation.

Tecumseh Theater, Shawnee, OH