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KHF Grant Activity Fiscal Year (Dollars) NAME 1991 F 1994 Fiscal Year Total 43 100 Category: Grant Requests | Keith Haring 5/15/16 3:41 PM The Keith Haring Foundation Grant Requests Americans for the Arts (Turnaround Arts) Kind of Support Requested: Programming Purpose: Youth Request Amount: $100,000 Summary: Gift of $300,000, paid over three years for Americans for the Arts’ “Turnaround Arts” program. DUE: 06/15/16: $100,000 (this marks the third and final of three payments for $100,000 each) PAID: 04/11/14: $100,000 PAID: 06/18/15: $100,000 ORIGINAL APPLICATION DESCRIPTION BELOW: –APPROVED REMOTELY BY KHF BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON APRIL 11, 2014– Dear Board Members: We have been approached about a rare opportunity to help support a program addressing the role of the arts in public schools on a national scale. While I am sensitive to some recent input regarding not funding only arts programming in schools, and a general trend of ours to fund locally, I hope that you will give this unique opportunity serious consideration. Turnaround Arts is a program of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. This is a national program that seeks to establish new standards for, transform the climate of, and reinforce opportunities within low-performing schools in the United States. Turnaround Arts is not a grassroots initiative, it is a landmark program designed to establish a new precedent for engaging underserved youth through the arts, in an effort to improve student performance and change the culture of all American schools. To provide our support to this program is to align ourselves with these priorities. Furthermore, it’s an opportunity to leverage our exposure on a broad scale by showcasing our support, in eminent company, on Turnaround Arts’ program materials. On March 18, Fawn and I met with the key representatives of Turnaround Arts to assess the program and its needs. We feel strongly that a gift of $300K spread out over three years offers strategic benefits beyond what we might achieve with our more grassroots and local giving in NYC. Over the three year grant period, TA is seeking to expand the number of schools it serves from 8 to 50. Several schools in New York City will be added beginning in 2015. In order to include the Keith Haring Foundation’s support for Turnaround Arts Phase 2 in their imminent announcement about the program’s expansion (and to include our name and logo within the announcement and on related materials), they need http://www.haring.com/kh_foundation/is/grant_requests Page 1 of 9 Category: Grant Requests | Keith Haring 5/15/16 3:41 PM our response within the next ten days. Attached please find the application and a copy of TA’s current (Phase 1) brochure – our logo would appear on the back cover of the future brochure and other materials. You will also see details in the application from TA’s administering partner, Americans for the Arts (AFTA). TA’s funding support is channeled through AFTA, with oversight from the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. I hope you find this opportunity as exciting and full of potential as Fawn and I do. With best regards, Julia --Submitted on January 01, 1970 at 12:00 AM | Existing Obligations | Leave a comment | Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences dba Brooklyn Museum Kind of Support Requested: Capital Purpose: Art, Youth Request Amount: $500,000 Summary: Capital support sought for the Brooklyn Museum’s “Education Center Renovation”, designed by Stephen Yablon Architecture, which will add 2,250sf to the existing space and establish a new hub for the 180,000 children and adults who participate in over 800 programs offered annually. The museum’s current educational initiatives include: School Programs which host visits to the Museum and also integrate the arts into classroom lessons; Professional Development opportunities for Educators, which assist teachers in integrating visual arts and object-based learning into the classroom; Youth and Family Programs, which involves gallery activities, and art making workshops and classes; Teen Programs which includes year-long paid internships as well as Work-Study, and apprenticeships. Teen Programs also includes a Teen Night Planning Committee that organize four Teen Nights a year; Public Programs include gallery talks, film screenings, and music, and thematic programs in conjunction with special exhibitions. The Museum provides all visitors, age 19 and under, with free admission, every day. The new Education Center will include renovated art studios equipped with digital technology, a multimedia presentation and meeting space for 100 people, a “headquarters” for the growing number of Brooklyn teens, an expanded Education Gallery for student art work, a resource and study center for Museum guides and teaching artists, and a teacher workshop space. $6 million of the $8.5 million total budget is supported by NYC. The application addresses naming opportunities but provides no specifics. The Brooklyn Museum recently appointed a new director, Anne Pasternak, previously President and Artistic Director of Creative Time for over 20 years. Nancy Spector will serve as the new Deputy Director and Chief Curator at the Museum, after serving 30 years at the Guggenheim Museum. KHF’s previous grant to the Brooklyn Museum in the amount of 25K was awarded on Aug 19, 2014, and directed toward the Museum’s Teen Programs. http://www.haring.com/kh_foundation/is/grant_requests Page 2 of 9 Category: Grant Requests | Keith Haring 5/15/16 3:41 PM RECOMMENDATION: We suggest funding at full request. --Submitted on March 11, 2016 at 11:01 PM | Requests for New Programming | 1 Comment | Community Initiatives on behalf of Global Network of Black People working in HIV Kind of Support Requested: Programming Purpose: AIDS, Youth Request Amount: $10,500 Summary: Programming support requested for “Our Church Too!” to create and pilot an HIV prevention program for Black/African American churches designed to engage young Black/African American adults at risk for HIV infection. The initiative would be developed to provide a six week sexuality and spirituality-based curriculum aimed at reaching young adults aged 13-24 and would be developed for and used by Youth Ministries and Young Adult Leadership programs in Black/African American faith- based institutions in New York and beyond. The organization is proposing to work with four experienced and well positioned organizations to implement the proposed project: Grace Baptist Church, Mt. Vernon, NY; Conference of National Black Churches; Balm in Gilead in Harlem, NY; and the National Black Leadership on HIV/AIDS in NYC in Harlem, NY. In New York City, young Black/African American men who have sex with men (MSM) between ages 13-24 represent the highest number of new HIV diagnoses, across all ethnic/racial groups. The Global Network of Black People working in HIV (GNBPH) supports and advocates culturally relevant responses to HIV for the purpose of changing the course of the HIV epidemic for Black communities and Black people. RECOMMENDATION: We suggest funding at full request. --Submitted on March 06, 2016 at 3:16 AM | Requests Unknown | 1 Comment | Futures and Options Kind of Support Requested: Programming Purpose: Youth Request Amount: $20,000 Summary: http://www.haring.com/kh_foundation/is/grant_requests Page 3 of 9 Category: Grant Requests | Keith Haring 5/15/16 3:41 PM Programming support requested for “Career Essentials”, which prepares NYC 160 middle and high school students annually for the workforce by providing career exploration opportunities and work‐readiness training. The program aims to address the skills and knowledge gap faced by low-income youth when seeking jobs. Career Essentials consists of 12 two-hour workshops, held weekly after-school. Interactive workshops include themes like “Communication”, “Public Speaking”, “Resumes”, “Mock Interviews”, and “Conflict Resolution”. Two of the 12 workshops are devoted to career field trips to other companies. These trips usually include a tour, a career panel, and work-readiness or industry-focused activity. Additionally, all Career Essentials students work on a project, Create-A-Company, which encourages professional skill building. Career Essentials is offered to two middle school groups each year: Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School and Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School in Brooklyn, and one high school group, which is open to all New York City high school students. In FY2015, Career Essentials students came from 22 high schools. Over 1,000 middle and high school youth have graduated from this program since its inception in 2008. Futures and Options partners with the business community to provide work and learning opportunities to motivated young people who lack the skills, knowledge, and access needed to be prepared for and succeed in the world of work. This is one of the organizations Nan has recommended. RECOMMENDATION: We suggest consideration at a partial level with a follow-up evaluation. There was some disappointment in this application following Nan’s original research and feedback on them. --Submitted on March 17, 2016 at 2:22 PM | Requests Unknown | 2 Comments | George Jackson Academy Kind of Support Requested: General Operations Purpose: Youth Request Amount: $15,000 Summary: Programming support requested for “Counseling, Health and Sexuality Education” at George Jackson Academy, an private, non-sectarian, tuition-based upper elementary and middle school for boys from low-income families in NYC. The Academy serves 100% of its students in small group counseling and 30-40% of its students in one on one counseling, largely through a partnership with IPTAR, the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. They also provide support services for parents and caregivers, through a drop-in counseling group, and parenting skill workshops. The semester-long health and sexuality course focuses on topics including relationships, biology, STIs (STDs) and HIV, gender, and sexuality. With funding from the Keith Haring Foundation, the Academy seeks to sustain and deepen its mental health services and its health and sexuality course, as part of its general operations.
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