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The Riverwood Conservancy (TRC) is a volunteer and member-based community charity whose volunteers and staff provide nature and environmental education programs and services to children including special needs children, youth, and adults and families. TRC also improves and conserves the natural heritage of Riverwood park though stewardship activities, which includes native tree planting, managing invasive plants and re-establishing animal and plant habitat. TRC designs, plants and beautifies the many Chappell House Gardens. In addition, TRC promotes the further establishment of Riverwood as a public park in Mississauga. This is all accomplished in partnership with the City of Mississauga, local schools, businesses, and service clubs. Our programs contribute to a healthy community, enriching quality of life, and improving the environment. All TRC work occurs at Riverwood, a rare and ecologically diverse 150-acre site in central Mississauga.

AIM stands for "Ability in Me". AIM is intended to provide specialized education and support for children with Down syndrome and their families, helping them realize their full potential by working collaboratively with stakeholders. Through individual and small group learning experiences with the necessity of family engagement, each student will receive the personal attention they require to learn, to grow, and to contribute in inclusive settings at school and in the community.

Theatre Within provides ongoing free workshops in creative expression and mindfulness to communities in need.  We provide workshops in songwriting, art, meditation and much more for those impacted by cancer. Since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, we have provided over 700 workshops for children who have lost a parent to cancer, adult cancer patients, survivors and their family members. In addition, we provide the John Lennon Real Love Project songwriting program to elementary and middle schools. Since the program's launch in June 2021 we have brought the program to 16 schools. Since 1981, we have celebrated John Lennon’s music, life and timeless message of peace, love and racial/gender equality with our Annual John Lennon Tribute charity concert in NYC.

Masterwork is dedicated to enriching and supporting the cultural life of the community through professional-level choral performances and the promotion of music education.

The Riekes Center, founded in 1996, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in the Fair Oaks neighborhood of Menlo Park. We serve 7,000+ students a year from East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Redwood City, as well as across the Bay Area and around the world. Our mission is to provide community members of all ages with the best possible opportunity to define and accomplish their individual goals, build character, and learn transferable life skills while participating in our Athletic Fitness, Creative Arts, Nature Awareness, and Community Service programs. We provide these opportunities regardless of a person's ability to pay or perform.

Building the major international opera company Atlanta deserves.

Founded in 1969, the Phoenix Chorale enriches life through excellence and distinction in choral artistry.

Erasing the Distance uses the power of performance to disarm stigma, spark dialogue, educate, and promote healing surrounding issues of mental health.

The Jazz Bakery is dedicated to presenting and preserving America's greatest musical art form, and to keeping jazz alive by cultivating new audiences and emerging talent. The Jazz Bakery exists to: • Present low cost live performances by the finest musicians from our local communities and around the world. • Promote an appreciation of America’s original art forms by creating an accessible center for jazz and the performing arts in Los Angeles County. • Inspire through music while building the next generation of jazz audiences. • Educate the next generation of jazz musicians through community outreach programs.

From the Top celebrates the passion, dedication, and personal stories of the nation's outstanding young classical musicians. Through entertaining radio and television broadcasts, online media, and a national tour of live events and outreach programs, these performers inspire the pursuit of excellence, and encourage participation in the arts as an integral part of a vibrant and civil society. 

The purpose of The Colonial Players shall be to provide facilities, education, training, and encouragement to all members of the community who are interested in participating in the dramatic arts and further to educate the community to the appreciation of the dramatic arts by providing a variety of dramatic entertainment.

Founded in 2012, Stage the Change, Inc. was created to teach and enable students of the arts to use their "arts voices" to create the world that they would like to live in •To help students become global citizens through creativity and performance and learn to approach social justice issues which are important to them through theatre, dance and film. As we grow, these students provide communities with inspirational original performance which serve as a catalyst for change.