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Our Grantees

California State Summer School for the Arts

Listed below are the organizations and programs that we have supported over the past two years. We invite you to learn more about them by visiting their individual websites.

Ryman Arts

Ryman Arts teaches classical drawing and painting to talented and motivated high school students as a bridge to a lifetime that expresses and appreciates the arts.

Arts Education

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Santa Monica Youth Orchestra

Santa Monica Youth Orchestra (SMYO) offers tuition-free music programming to young people of all ages and backgrounds, facilitating their access to music education, musical instruments, and the experience of performing with an orchestra and choir. The program encourages diversity, cross-cultural understanding, cooperation, and peer mentorship in the Santa Monica community.

Arts Education

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SAPPA

Scholarship Application Performance Preparatory Academy (SAPPA) is a music and arts preparatory and outreach program designed to increase community awareness and transform the lives and minds of at-risk youth through music training and personal development. Through the Watts Willowbrook Conservatory, SAPPA focuses on areas of the community with high percentages of at-risk youth who are often unable to afford formal music instruction.

Arts Education

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Skirball Cultural Center

The Skirball Cultural Center is a place of meeting guided by the Jewish tradition of welcoming the stranger and inspired by the American democratic ideals of freedom and equality. Funding from the Foundation supports ongoing educational programs for children and professional development for teachers throughout Los Angeles County through the Skirball’s various permanent and temporary exhibitions.

Arts Education

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SOL-LA Music Academy

SOL-LA’s mission is to provide high quality performing arts education to students from all backgrounds and economic circumstances, in an engaging and encouraging environment fostering achievement and community. The comprehensive program reflects the belief that vibrant cultural education nurtures all areas of learning, connects diverse societies and enhances enjoyment of life.

Arts Education

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Soldiers Project

The Soldiers Project provides a safety net of psychological care for military service members and their loved ones and to educate the general public on how the psychological consequences of war affect both those who serve and those at home.

Compassion & Well-Being

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