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Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Their mission is to increase access, retention and graduation rates of students attending our member schools, identify and prepare member schools’ students who have significant leadership potential, and create a pipeline for employers of highly-qualified member-schools, students and alumni.

Girls Leadership Organized Women (GLOW) - Boston
Girls Leadership Organized Women (GLOW) - Boston

Boston GLOW fosters opportunities for women and girls of all ages to become empowered community leaders and active world citizens.

HeadCount
HeadCount

The core belief behind HeadCount is that the live music community is a large, vibrant audience that has the potential to be politically influential if properly represented at the polls. HeadCount uses the assets of the music industry and the incredible influence artists have over their fans to mobilize this audience into action. Stretching beyond just registering voters, HeadCount also aims to become "the community organizing arm of the live music scene," giving every socially conscious music fan an avenue toward activism.

Astraea Foundation
Astraea Foundation

The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice is the only philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQI human rights around the globe. We support brilliant and brave grantee partners in the U.S. and internationally who challenge oppression and seed change. We work for racial, economic, social, and gender justice, because we all deserve to live our lives freely, without fear, and with dignity.

Rock the Vote
Rock the Vote

Rock the Vote engages young people in our democracy and builds their political power by registering, educating and turning them out to vote, by forcing the candidates to campaign to them, and by making politicians pay attention to youth and the issues they care about once in office. We use music, popular culture, new technologies and old fashioned grassroots organizing to engage and mobilize young people to participate in every election, and provide the information and tools they need to do so.  And we amplify the actions of those young people who step up to claim their voice in the process in order to create political and social change.

Project Transformation   North Texas
Project Transformation North Texas

The mission of Project Transformation is to transform communities by engaging children, college-age young adults, and churches in purposeful relationships.

League of Women Voters Education Fund
League of Women Voters Education Fund

The League of Women Voters Education Fund works to encourage the active and informed participation of citizens in government and to increase understanding of major public policy issues.

Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

Accelerate the discovery and development of drugs to prevent, treat and cure Alzheimer’s Disease, related dementias and cognitive aging. 

Lyric Opera Of Chicago
Lyric Opera Of Chicago

Founded in 1954, Lyric Opera of Chicago's mission is to express and promote the life-changing, transformational, revelatory power of great opera. Lyric exists to provide a broad, deep, and relevant cultural service to Chicago and the nation, and to advance the development of the art form. Lyric is dedicated to producing and performing consistently thrilling, entertaining, and thought-provoking opera with a balanced repertoire of core classics, lesser-known masterpieces, and new works; to creating an innovative and wide-ranging program of community engagement and educational activities; and to developing exceptional emerging operatic talent.

Common Cause Education Fund
Common Cause Education Fund

The Common Cause Education Fund (CCEF) is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to restoring the core values of American democracy, reinventing an open, honest, and accountable government that serves the public interest, and empowering ordinary people to make their voices heard in the political process. CCEF employs research, outreach, educational programming, and coalition building to increase public understanding of how our democracy works, empower citizens to hold their government accountable, and promote broad and effective citizen engagement at federal, state, and local levels.

Neighborhood Music School
Neighborhood Music School

Mission. The mission of Neighborhood Music School is to create community, spark potential and share joy through the arts.Core Belief. We believe in the power of the arts to transform lives and strengthen communities. Core Values: Diversity: Our school is a vibrant hub for all ages, genders, races, nationalities, and economic backgrounds. Through shared learning and self-expression, we overcome fear of our differences.Relationships: We respond to the individual needs of our students and families, treating them with warmth and care.Teaching Excellence: Our talented and passionate teaching artists inspire students of all levels of ability to discover their unique potential.Responsiveness: Rooted in the classical tradition, we respond to the present-day interests of our community to encourage participation.Lifelong Learning: We provide opportunities for continual growth and development, both in our organization and in those we teach.Welcoming Space: We offer an open and collaborative environment, where individuals feel comfortable and supported.Community Presence: We actively go into the community to share the joy of the arts

Tada Theatre And Dance Alliance
Tada Theatre And Dance Alliance

TADA!’s mission is to provide young people from different backgrounds with musical theater programs that inspire them to be creative, learn, and think differently. TADA! is a unique Drama Desk award-winning nonprofit youth theater that produces original musicals for children, teens, and family audiences. We offer a free, year-round, pre-professional training and a positive youth development program for the Resident Youth Ensemble (ages 8-18); musical theater classes/camps for the public; as well as musical theater residencies in NYC schools and community centers. Through TADA!’s high-quality work, young people’s self-confidence and creativity are enhanced, which develops advanced skills in leadership, communication, responsibility, collaboration, and problem-solving – skills that help with growing up and are essential to their success both in school and in life.