Center for Artistic Activism (C4AA) to support the Unstoppable Voters Fellowship, through which leading artistic activists make voting joyful, vibrant, safe, powerful, accessible, inspiring, and irresistible, all across the United States. Funding will help expand the program in Pittsburgh for the 2024 elections. C4AA is dedicated to advancing the practice of artistic activism by empowering individuals to harness their creativity and cultural influence to drive social change.
412 JUSTICE is a multiracial, intergenerational, and multi-issue organization that focuses on economic, environmental, and education justice. 412 JUSTICE builds deep trust and collaboration with impacted people and uses their voice to promote strong, healthy communities and corporate accountability through the redistribution of wealth, power, and resources.
Producer Hub acting as fiscal sponsor DNAWORKS. DNAWORKS is an arts and service organization dedicated to dialogue and healing through the arts. Through multidisciplinary programs and performances that center the voices and experiences of people of the global majority and the LGBTQ2SPIAA+ community, DNAWORKS aims to create spaces and platforms where marginalized voices can be heard and celebrated, striving to foster dialogue, understanding, and positive change in society.
Fractured Atlas acting as fiscal sponsor, to provide flexible general operating support for Vigilance Theater Group. Vigilance is an immersive theater group dedicated to creating intimate, experiential productions. Vigilance seeks to create original and re-contextualized theater for very small groups in spaces outside of traditional performance environments.
The Heliotrope Foundation to support the completion of The Sanctuary, a place for formerly incarcerated individuals to heal and begin again. The Sanctuary is a social hall and transitional living space whose mission is to reduce drug addiction, recidivism, and homelessness by meeting people in their most vulnerable states. The Heliotrope Foundation, founded by artist Caledonia Curry (also known as Swoon), is dedicated to supporting communities in their creative responses to adversity.
Footbridge for Families provides one-of-a-kind rapid support and service coordination for families facing financial crises which have no other solution.
Allegheny Lawyers Initiative for Justice (ALIJ) provides innovative, holistic defense services and collaborates with community partners to advocate for transformational change in the criminal legal system.
Ayúdate Incorporated increases the accessibility of mental health resources in the Spanish language at a low cost via telehealth for the growing Spanish-speaking population of Western Pennsylvania.
Western Pennsylvania Diaper Bank was founded with the mission of ensuring babies in need are clean, healthy and dry. Now in its second decade of service, the Western PA Diaper Bank has evolved to better support caregivers and family members of all ages with not only diaper need, but also period poverty and incontinence.
The Genesis Collective is a diverse group of artists and advocates who support artists and their work, connect the public with art and creativity, and use art and media to tell the stories of people building a better Beaver County. We are building a creative economy where there hasn’t been one and creating opportunities for the creation of public art and art by the public, thus creating agency and community through the arts. We are guided by our commitment to diverse and equal representation, transparency, inclusivity, and integrity in our work and care for our region’s people.