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People For the American Way is a national progressive advocacy organization that inspires and mobilizes Americans to defend freedom, justice, and democracy from those who threaten to take them away. For more than four decades, we have been dedicated to making the promise of America real for everyone and have worked toward a vision of a vibrant America where basic rights and freedoms are upheld for all, not just the wealthy and the powerful.

Founded in 1983, The Wooden Floor is one of the most progressive arts-for-youth nonprofit organizations in the country. We transform the lives of young people in low-income communities through the power of dance and access to higher education. In Orange County and through our national licensed partners, we use a long-term approach grounded in exploratory dance education to foster the resources within each child to innovate, communicate, and collaborate – skills necessary for success in school and in life. 100 percent of students who graduate from The Wooden Floor immediately enroll in higher education. Our students become change agents and beacons of hope within their own families, their neighborhoods, our community, and our world.

Trains & promotes employability skills, higher levels of productivity and technological innovation to underserved deaf and non-deaf in their development, sports, health, and education for self-reliance and prosperity.

Helen Keller Services for the Blind enables individuals who are blind, visually-impaired, deaf-blind and/or have combined hearing-vision loss to live, work and thrive in their community of choice.

The mission of Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts is to provide interdisciplinary arts based programs that empower people from all cultures and economic backgrounds to find their authentic voice through the collaborative creation and performance of an original work of theatre. Lovewell strives to offer positive transformation to individuals, groups and society at large in the following ways: by building and nurturing a “cultural community” of artists by creating innovative programs and workshops around the world; by producing original works of art; by providing education, training, research, curricula, and practical experience to artists, students, and teachers illuminating the relationship between the arts and education; by utilizing the arts and self-expression as a method of affirming our lives, experiencing our joy and enriching our community, by upholding the Lovewell method: to listen well, create well, love well.

Their mission is to provide the highest quality performing arts education to a wide range of students in a supportive and inclusive environment, where striving for personal excellence inspires and connects those they teach to the communities they serve.

The mission of the California Center for the Arts, Escondido is to bring people together to discover, create and celebrate the arts. The Center's Performing Arts Series presents music, dance, and theatre performances of high artistic merit that appeal to a diverse population. The 9,000 sq. ft. Museum presents exhibitions that feature established and emerging American regional and international artists that intersect cultures and increase access. Uniquely designed standards-based arts education programs bring the arts to over 14,000 school children annually, with a special focus on reaching the underserved.

Our co-founder Marion Austin strongly believed in empowering our Haitian children with the tools that they need to succeed, knowing they could one day become Christian leaders and role models in the Haitian society.

OPERATION OF THE HANGAR THEATRE, AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTORS, DIRECTORS AND PLAYWRIGHTS.

Founded in 1950 as an alternative to sign language education, the Montreal Oral School for the Deaf is the first and only school of its kind in Montreal and is one of only three in all of Canada. With the use of technology - hearing aids and cochlear implants - the school provides habilitation, education and support for children with hearing loss from infancy to early adulthood. The school's multidisciplinary approach ensures students and their families receive free of charge linguistic, cognitive, social and emotional support in specialized school settings, in neighborhood schools and at home.

Centaur Theatre has been Quebec's leading English-language theatre for over 40 years. Each season, over 60,000 spectators are inspired, challenged and entertained by our 250 presentations. We are the only English-language theatre to win the prestigious Grand Prix, Theatre Category from the Conseil des arts de Montréal. Centaur is an integral part of Montreal’s quality of life, and plays a part in attracting both businesses and employees to our wonderful city. In addition to our six mainstage productions, Centaur makes theatre accessible to young people with our Saturday Morning Children’s Series and Theatre of Tomorrow. Each year, more than 3,000 young people, mostly Francophones learning English as a second language, enjoy a rare opportunity to see affordable professional theatre in English.