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PointsArts integrated programming can be life-changing for students, INSIDEcreating decisive moments when transformation occurs, setting a path for the future. Letter from the National Executive Director

Turning Points. Turning Points. Arts integrated education creates the kind of aha experiences and inspirational moments that engage students in learning, while expanding their horizons and their options in life. In our 2015 annual report we share stories of people involved in the work of Young Audiences Arts for Learning, from teaching artists and affiliate leadership to public school teachers and administrators to our own national board of directors. Each conveys a different perspective on the sustained and significant impact an arts integrated approach has on students versus learning subjects taught in traditional silos.

Governance: Henry Christensen III School Administration: Andrew for Learning Initiative to local class- is a lawyer by trade who has long Koonce is academic superintendent rooms. She says the work is “magical, appreciated the essential role of arts for the Achievement and Gifted and and not enough people know that yet.” in education. He was elected to our Talented Network in the Cleveland Public School Teacher: Katie Wichser national board of directors in November Metropolitan School District. He also teaches fifth grade at Wilson Elemen- 2011 and is now a vice chairman and serves as the president of the board of tary School in Hamilton Township, New a member of the audit and education the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, Jersey. Her participation in the JCPen- committees. formerly known as Young Audiences ney Arts for Learning Initiative helped Leadership: Rickie Nutik has been of Northeast Ohio. refresh her passion for teaching. executive director of Young Audiences Teaching Artist: Aitina Fareed Cooke The insights from each of these of Louisiana since 1987, leading the is a teaching artist and education coor- individuals illustrate the many ways organization through tough times that dinator for Young Audiences of Western the arts present every child and young included rebuilding a damaged educa- New York. In heading up the JCPenney adult with the opportunity to develop tion system after Hurricane Katrina and Arts for Learning Initiative for schools their inherent talents and draw on their establishing an arts integrated charter in the Buffalo area, she finds surprising strengths. Read on to discover how school in Jefferson Parish. results from students. Young Audiences Arts for Learning is Programming: Ploi Pagdalian is senior Arts Integration: As the arts integra- engaging students around the country director of Programs at Arts for Learning tion director for Young Audiences of and helping them to think, learn, grow, Indiana, which prides itself on Virginia, Sheena Jeffers is closely in- achieve, and succeed. being an organization of fierce learners. volved in bringing the JCPenney Arts

David A. Dik National Executive Director Letterfrom the National Executive Director Inside

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JCPenney Arts for Learning Initiative Blending the art and science of creativity 4 and literacy Students shine in new ways with LEADERSHIP arts integration Stronger than ever after Katrina 6 Aitina Fareed Cooke 10 Rickie Nutik PROGRAMMING Active learning Great programs raises levels of start with listening 7 achievement 12 and learning Sheena Jeffers Ploi Pagdalian

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION Rekindling the passion for teaching Uniting arts and education to Katie Wichser change lives 8 14 Andrew Koonce GOVERNANCE Q&A with a National Board Member DEPARTMENTS Active boards linked to well-run Letter from the Chairman and President 3 9 organizations Affiliate Highlights 16 Henry Christensen III Financial Statements 21 Contributors 23 Directory 30 National Board & Staff 32

1 Affiliate Highlights 2015 Young Audiences Arts for Learning Program Numbers

Number of Programs 4,823,573 8,350 80,379 Number of Participants Partnering Institutions 4,683 86,104 Artists Educators

Partners Community Settings Public Schools 71% Urban 53% Independent Schools 7% Suburban 33% Charter Schools 2% Rural 14% Post Secondary 1% Community Based 19% Title 1 Schools 42% (of listed above)

Program Components Program Content Residencies 55% Music 25% Performances 20% Dance 22% Workshops 20% Theater 19% Professional Development 5% Visual and Design Arts 19% Literary Arts 10% Digital Media/Technology 5%

Program Integration 33% 29% 20% 5% 9% 4% Literacy STEM History Environment Bullying Nutrition

2 Letterfrom the Chairman and President

Learning in and through the arts is an integral part of a quality education for all young people. This philosophy has been at the heart of our mission for 63 years.

earning in and through the arts is an integral year of the Emerging Leaders Institute, which nurtures the part of a quality education for all young next generation of Young Audiences leaders. And thanks to people. This philosophy has been at the Jones Soda Company, Young Audiences sponsored a 12-week heart of our mission for 63 years. digital photography residency for schoolchildren in Detroit. Young Audiences Arts for Learning believes Building on these achievements in the year ahead, the the arts make a decisive difference in the national organization will focus on increasing our advo- lives of students, in their development and in cacy and marketing efforts and growing the network, while Lnurturing life-long learning. Our organization is guided by the expanding programs and services to current affiliates and understanding that children learn in different ways, at their furthering our development activities in support of Young own pace. The way we integrate the arts into the curriculum Audiences Arts for Learning. lends itself to individualized learning and accommodates We also wish to express our gratitude to the corpora- these differences in learning styles. tions, foundations, government agencies, and individual The Young Audiences Arts for Learning network of 30 donors who support Young Audiences. Whether they are affiliates comprises more than 4,600 teaching artists from long-standing or new contributors, we thank them for their all arts disciplines, 245 professional staff members, and 550 commitment and belief in our mission. Together we can board members. Through the efforts of this growing network, continue to exert a powerful influence on learning through Young Audiences is now the nation’s leading source of arts- the arts for all schoolchildren throughout the country. in-education programming. Our work is energized by part- nering with classroom teachers, arts specialists, and parents as well as collaborating with a diversity of arts and cultural organizations, institutions, and community sites. We are proud of our accomplishments and some of the year’s highlights include receiving The White House Letter of commendation issued during Young Audiences Week; hearing NEA Chair Jane Chu’s insightful comments at the National Conference in Kansas City, hosted by Kansas City Young Audiences and Arts Partners; and participating in the STEAM Caucus in Washington, D.C. Also deserving mention are several network projects geared to addressing the interests of students, educators, and administrators. The JCPenney Arts for Learning Initia- tive funded the expansion of the Arts for Learning literacy project in 12 affiliate communities and provided professional

development for 55 teachers, teaching artists, and program Corinne P. Greenberg Nathan W. Pearson, Jr. staff. The American Express Foundation supported the 4th Chairman President

3 ... Blending the art and science of creativity and literacy

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JCPenney Arts for Learning Initiative

ver the past year, the Arts for Learning (A4L) Initiative has broadened its reach to more teachers, artists, and school administrators across the nation. Together, they are delving deeper into the significant impact made possible by combining arts integration and key in- structional strategies in the classroom. And the stu- Odents? They may not realize how much more they are learning, the new connections made between ideas, progress in interpreting complex concepts, or the empathy they are developing for fellow students. What they do know is they like coming to school – some even say they love school now – and they are bursting with energy to participate in their lessons. Thanks to JCPenney Cares, and its $300,000 grant to Young Audiences Arts for Learning in Octo- ber 2014, a dozen affiliates have been able to revital- ize A4L programs in schools and community centers around the nation, blending the creativity and dis- cipline of the arts with the science of learning in an innovative, research-based literacy program. Below are stories from three professionals who can attest to the critical role arts have in reaching and engag- ing students in the classroom.

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Aitina Fareed Cooke Education Coordinator and Teaching Artist Young Audiences of Western New York

Students shine in new ways with arts integration

hen you integrate with their own scenarios,” she says. to write down. “By the third lesson, this arts into educa- The Arts for Learning unit Aitina student was talking to me directly, writ- tion, the students presented was Graphic Story Adven- ing down her own responses, and want- will surprise you.” tures, which was designed to integrate ing to do theater activities. The transfor- That’s what Aitina visual arts with achieving such literary mation was amazing to see,” Aitina says. WFareed Cooke found in her experience objectives as identifying story elements, Another student had issues with as a teaching artist in two very different visualization, author’s choices, predic- expressing emotions, holding a lot of places. Waterfront Elementary School, tions, sequencing, and summarization. anger inside. Aitina discovered he liked where Aitina worked with third and With “My Father’s Dragon,” by Ruth to draw and, after a few lessons, she was fourth graders, is in Buffalo, the second- Stiles Gannett, as the basis for the unit, able to reach him. “I kept him focused on largest city in the state of New York. The students drew simple lines and shapes to drawing, and he was able to express the Harold O. Brumsted Elementary School, indicate emotions felt by the characters emotions of the different characters in where she worked with first graders, in the story. These drawing techniques this way. You could see him gain confi- is in Holland, a rural and residential helped students to retain the informa- dence because he was good at something community. tion read and to come up with words to in school, and he continued to draw At first, Aitina wasn’t sure how the describe what was happening. and develop.” curriculum would work across the span “The teachers were excited about Whether students come from rural of ages, grades, geographic areas, and the visual and theater aspects of the or urban environments, from regular or abilities, which included one special lessons because they allowed students to special education classrooms, all can education class at Waterfront. “I sat have a different voice in the classroom,” benefit from arts integration in the class- down with the teachers to talk about Aitina says. “Several teachers talked room. “Drawing gives students a differ- the curriculum and how it could benefit about how they saw students shine in ent way to express themselves. And once their classes. They told me what their ways they hadn’t seen before. Students they’ve drawn something, they often students needed, so I got an idea of how who usually sat back and didn’t talk find it easier to put into words what they I might need to implement elements much in class were bursting out of their want to say. A lot of students are visual differently. It was very much a coaching shells when it was time to act out the learners, and the arts show them there and collaborative experience working role of a dragon or gorilla. A whole are different ways to learn,” Aitina says. with the teachers.” new student emerged.” “The arts should not just be a As for the students, “I was very The results were just as dramatic in sidebar to education or a fun activity in impressed with how they were catch- the special education class, where Aitina a 30-minute transitional period. It is im- ing on in each grade. They were excited included more hands-on activities and perative that arts become integrated with about drawing and, because I also theater exercises. There was girl who education and an integral part of the integrated theater techniques into didn’t speak much and, most of the time, school day. Arts integration is important, the class, they were eager to act out had a teacher’s aide nearby. She would and its value is apparent.” different scenes and even come up whisper her responses into the aide’s ear

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Sheena Jeffers Arts Integration Director Young Audiences Arts for Learning Virginia

Active learning raises levels of achievement

ho doesn’t know girls and eight boys for five hour-long teaching artists free to start the program the story “The sessions. Instead of sitting behind desks, in another school in a new school Three Little Pigs”? students were taking part in theater district. Houses built of games and dance warm-ups. They were What wins over educators and straw, sticks, and moving around, acting out roles, working administrators is results, Sheena says. Wbricks. A big bad wolf huffs and puffs. with others, and writing their feelings “By the end of our classroom experience Only the brick house stands. The wolf in student notebooks. “They would be at Tarrallton, the students had improved is defeated. totally committed to the scene, acting in their ability to infer by 33% and to In a traditional classroom, this the moment, and we would say, ‘Pause! identify story elements by 11%.” might have been a reading lesson. Kids Go back to your notebook and write She also cites results from using A4L sitting at desks. Books in hand. Maybe down your feelings.’ Their pencils would as a guide for theater camp. The students the teacher would introduce the students be moving as quickly as possible as the not only investigated the story being to a story map as a visual reference for students tried to jot down everything studied, they wrote their own plays using the characters and elements involved. their body was experiencing,” she says. the inferences and story elements un- Then they would move on to the next For character feelings of anxiety covered during their investigation. Then lesson in the curriculum. or fear, they might write, “‘My shoul- they designed costumes and figured out As Sheena Jeffers tells it, the Arts for ders are all scrunched up, and I can feel the blocking for their final performance. Learning (A4L) approach creates inves- my eyes are squinty.’ So they began to These students improved their ability tigative readers who take ownership of recognize the different ways of carrying to infer by 30% and to identify story their own learning process. In 2015, she emotions in their body, and they were elements by 36%. worked as a teaching artist alongside Su- using their words to describe how it feels “We are engaging students more zanne Byman, the third-grade teacher at to be scared or confident,” Sheena says. deeply by integrating arts into the class- Tarrallton Elementary School in Norfolk, There was so much activity in room, and many go on to seek further tackling student deficiencies in reading the classroom, another teacher asked knowledge or classes as a result. I know comprehension through movement Sheena what they were doing. “She said, little girls and boys who have signed up and theater. ‘I can hear the learning!’ The kids were for dance classes after an A4L program. Together they presented the A4L involved and asking questions. They One student found a violin at a yard sale unit Character Clues in Action. The were excited about giving answers and and is now practicing at home. Others little pigs were still front and center, drawing their own conclusions. The have signed up for art classes because but primary literacy concepts and skills momentum never slowed down.” they want to learn more about how to were designed into the lessons. These Now that the Tarrallton teacher paint or make a statue,” Sheena says. included character perspective, has been trained in the A4L curriculum, “We are teaching a core curriculum, character traits, making inferences, she intends to continue the program but we are also inspiring a new genera- and recognizing story elements. on her own, without a teaching artist in tion of artists. This work is magical, and Sheena met with the class of 10 residency. That leaves Sheena and other not enough people know that yet.”

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Katie Wichser Teacher Wilson Elementary School, Hamilton, New Jersey

Rekindling the passion for teaching

n the process of delivering of support that teachers could find into a teacher’s classroom and try to be- Arts for Learning (A4L) les- outside the classroom. Also, to see how come part of it without knowing any of sons to her fifth graders, Katie passionate the teaching artists are about the kids. It can also be intimidating for a Wichser refreshed her passion educating children and bringing arts into teacher to have someone come in from for teaching. While doing the classrooms was truly motivating.” outside to show them different ways to Planting a Community unit, At the seminar’s conclusion, Katie approach teaching. It’s hard for a teacher Ithe students used music to explore the was eager to get back to her students to share their kids and classrooms. They perspectives of a diversity of characters and start integrating more arts into have ownership. The answer on both in “Seedfolks,” by Paul Fleischman. reading lessons. “I came back with a sides is to develop trust. Maureen and “They were displaying real initiative toolbox full of new ideas and ways to I now work so well together we finish in the classroom, becoming self-starters motivate my students. I use things I each other’s sentences.” and getting involved in their learning. learned there all the time, even Katie traveled to Houston with one The fact that they were taking owner- outside of the A4L lessons,” she says. of her coworkers, another fifth grade ship made me fall in love with teaching One example is “sitting statues.” teacher, Andrew Coyne. He is planning all over again,” she says. Katie will call out this term in the mid- to introduce the A4L unit Authors & Katie had been toying with the dle of reading a story or talking through Actors, which is based on writing per- idea of making a career change before a lesson, which signals the students to sonal narratives, helping students learn A4L entered her classroom. “Teaching is sit still and listen closely, making a face about story beginnings, descriptions, getting overburdened with paperwork. to reflect how the character is feeling. and endings. In the classroom, A4L takes us beyond “They love this so much they’ll do it As for her classroom, Katie is plan- the traditional ‘Open your textbook spontaneously. One student said he ning two A4L units during the school and read page 17.’ It keeps the focus on did it in social studies to show how year. In addition to Planting a Commu- learning and on engaging students in an explorer felt when he found water. nity, which she intends to complete meaningful ways. It rejuvenated my To them it’s fun, and they’re gaining before winter break, she will begin Every- commitment to the classroom.” important learning skills.” day Heroes in the spring, using collage Katie’s official introduction to By the July professional learning and nonfiction texts to help students in A4L began at the January 2015 profes- seminar, in Houston, Katie had made determining importance, synthesizing sional learning seminar in Atlanta, her way from the audience to the stage information, and note-taking. which kicked off a national yearlong as a presenter with good information “Our goal is to include an A4L unit arts integrated initiative. More than to share. She and Maureen Heffernan, at each grade level at different times of 50 educators, teaching artists, school director of Arts and Education at Young the year. Our hope is that learning will administrators, and organizational lead- Audiences New Jersey and Eastern be carried over and reinforced, with a ers from across the country attended. “It Pennsylvania, gave their top ten tips cumulative impact that raises achieve- was incredibly enlightening,” she says. for successful co-teaching. “It can be ment in both literacy and the arts,” “I never realized the additional amount intimidating for an artist to come Katie says. 8 8 Henry Christensen III — Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP Vice Chairman, National Board of Directors, Young Audiences Arts for Learning

with a National Board Member Q &A Active boards linked to well-run organizations

enry Christensen schools chancellors on behalf of several became involved clients and from my involvement on with Young boards of several organizations offering Audiences Arts arts for learning programs. The arts are for Learning at not “fluff” or supplemental to learning; the suggestion of they are central to the process. It’s not Board Chairman about teaching a disadvantaged child to HCorinne Greenberg, whom he says is “a appreciate Beethoven. It’s about giving masterful recruiter who has spent many students additional ways to express and years devoted to the organization.” His find themselves and gain self-confi- due diligence and inquiries “rapidly led dence. me to understand why Corinne has so Coming from such a left-brain, devoted herself to this wonderful logical, analytical field as law, what organization.” impresses you most about education Today, he is a vice chairman of the that taps into right-brain, intuitive, board and a member of the audit and synthesizing traits? education committees. In this Q&A, I’ll answer by way of example: Lawyers he shares his thoughts about Young love music. Many great composers Audiences Arts for Learning: rebelled against their father’s wishes that Francisco, and I found it extremely ben- How does your day job influence they become lawyers. But law and music eficial. I would like to visit at least one your work with Young Audiences? are not antithetical. Music is beautiful affiliate each year and get to know them As a lawyer specializing in tax and sound, but it is also mathematics, and a better on a personal level and find out private client matters, I represent many way of thinking that is not foreign how I might help. charities and cultural organizations in to a lawyer. What goals do you want to achieve New York and throughout the world, es- Can you speak to the importance during your time on the board? pecially in England and South America. I of an arts integrated education and I would like to see the organization grow see the link between well-run organiza- the work of Young Audiences Arts for larger, with more affiliates, and stronger tions and active boards overseeing those Learning in making this happen across finances by the time I retire. Young organizations. Board members don’t mi- the nation? Audiences Arts for Learning is an excit- cromanage, but are involved in designing Through the work of the many affiliates, ing organization that, beyond its benefits and constantly updating the mission it is important to see that there is not one to students, gives real satisfaction to its for the organization and in managing “right” way to introduce young audienc- board members. What could be more finances. They look over the shoulder of es to music and arts. Variety is essen- satisfying than seeing young people the Executive Director, while not getting tial, and different methods work better grow and become more self-confident in the way, and help in achieving the for different children. One of the most because of what you have done to help goals of the organization. important roles the national organization them? Further, I am constantly pleased What have you observed when serves is as an information transmitter and reassured by the dedication to mis- arts intersect with children in an edu- across the network, sharing solutions sion of the staff and board members, and cational setting? among affiliates that can be adopted or by the warm and reciprocal interchange I have long appreciated the essential role modified from one location to another. between the affiliates and the national of arts in education. This understanding This past year I spent a day with Young organization. comes from my work with New York City Audiences of Northern California, in San

9 Andrew Koonce President of the Board of the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, formerly known as Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio. Academic Superintendent for the Achievement and Gifted and Talented Network in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.

Uniting arts and education to change lives

f you would have told An- younger grades in 2006, adding kinder- policies, along with knowing current drew Koonce, who played garten through fifth grade at CSA-Lower trends and where to allocate resources. several sports in high Campus, Andrew was named principal. “I bring that level of experience to the school, he would one day be In 2011, he returned to the upper campus Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, and known as “the artsy guy,” he as principal for grades six through twelve. that has led me to where I am today, as never would have believed Through it all, he maintained an associa- president.” you. Now he says that’s tion with the Young Audiences affiliate He sees his role as sharing with his M.O. there, now known as the Center for Arts- board members what it’s like in the lo- He learned the inclu- Inspired Learning, and Marsha Dobryzn- cal educational system and how some sive and leveling nature of the arts early ski, its executive director. students have never experienced the arts, inI his career, as assistant principal at In 2008, Marsha approached seen a ballet, or heard a quartet. He wants the Cleveland School of the Arts (CSA). Andrew about joining the board. With to share his commitment to bringing arts “With sports, only a certain number of his experience as a principal, he was a into the classroom and add a level of people can participate on a team, and natural to chair the Education Commit- urgency to what they do. those picked are ones who have shown tee. He also became a member of the “Too many students remember school athletic ability or potential. But with art, Advisory Committee and the Execu- as a negative place where they struggled, if you can’t act, you can sing. If you can’t tive Committee before becoming board not where they ever felt successful. If they sing, you can dance. If you can’t dance, president in 2015. “In hindsight, I think were behind in the grade-level curriculum, you can be a photographer. You can work Marsha was grooming me from the start, if most of the other students were doing backstage. You can write plays. You with roles as secretary and vice president better than they did, it’s natural that they can play piano. There’s something for and committee work,” he says. “She has a would disconnect,” Andrew says. everyone, and the umbrella of the arts good sense for how the board’s work can He believes the arts have the ability fosters a sense of family,” Andrew says. impact students’ lives and how to reach to get through to every student and bring He saw doors open for students the appropriate people and foundations them together. “Whether you can read at who found their passion in the arts, ris- to support these initiatives. My passion a high level or not, when you sit paint- ing above the challenges of poverty and for the arts falls right in line with this, so ing with others, you are all at the same other inner city struggles. Many pursued it’s been a good fit.” table making a mess. There may be some opportunities to further their talents in He also brings an insider’s perspec- students who have a flair for certain tech- specialized programs and some contin- tive on working with a large urban school niques, but every piece of art is interpreted ued on at prestigious institutions like district. This is particularly important differently by the observer. What one per- The Julliard School and Northwestern because it can be difficult for an outside son sees as art, another sees as splotches University. organization to stay current with changes of paint. That’s all part of the magic.” When the school expanded to in principals, administrators, and

10 11 Rickie Nutik Executive Director Young Audiences of Louisiana

Stronger than ever

t was August 2005 when Hurricane Immediately after Katrina, only Rickie and the associate director, Richard Bates, were left to pick up the pieces. Evacu- Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, ations had caused the few other staff members to leave, and from central Florida to Texas. teaching artists were scattered across the country. The office itself didn’t flood, but the building was uninhabitable, and a Flooding in New Orleans destroyed broken window allowed rain and wind to destroy documents. “The national organization and other Young Audiences homes, lives, and livelihoods. But affiliates were incredibly supportive and positively influenced the people of the city proved resilient, our survival and rebirth, helping us financially and emotionally,” Rickie says. The Houston affiliate provided office space, which reclaiming their city and their culture. Rickie and Richard used to reach out and find where everyone I Prior to Katrina, Young Audiences of Loui- had gone. “If artists evacuated to a place where another affiliate was located, that affiliate went out of its way to hire them. That siana was a mid-size affiliate. “We had slow and was especially meaningful at a time when artists were worried about making a living.” steady growth, and we were involved primarily By November 2005, Young Audiences of Louisiana was one in performance demonstrations and residencies of the first youth organizations to reopen its doors in the area. In fact, the first public school did not open until January 2006. “ that brought professional artists into the class- We realized that as families returned to New Orleans, there were few quality programs for their children. In addressing this gap in room to engage students in creative approaches services, we expanded signature arts in education programs and to learning,” says Rickie Nutik, who has been expanded into the youth development sector,” Rickie says. She and her staff took on the challenging task of partnering executive director since 1987. with other community groups to rebuild a badly damaged 12 after Katrina education system. Today, Young Audi- solving, team-building, and analytical attend twice monthly performance ences of Louisiana has an expanded skills,” Rickie says. This led to a two- demonstrations, and additional art- mission focusing on arts, education, and year effort to develop a charter school ists are brought in for residencies that youth development. It has been awarded education model that would accomplish connect to academic lessons. There is several competitive 21st Century all these things. Academic require- also a robust after-school program that Community Learning Center grants ments would be integrated with five about half the students attend. “This is from the Department of Education, art disciplines – literary arts, music, where students have the opportunity resulting in partnerships with schools dance/movement, drama, and visual to get more involved in arts instruction. throughout Orleans and Jefferson par- art – offering students additional learn- There are several ballet classes, Brazil- ishes, to provide afterschool programs to ing opportunities and multiple ways to ian dance, a school band, a drumming all students, whether schooled publicly, understand content. class, violin, and visual arts, as well as privately, or at home. Students at- In the fall of 2013, the Young gymnastics, robotics, and chess club. It’s tending these programs have achieved Audiences Charter School opened in a full service after-school program, and improved test scores, fewer absences, Jefferson Parish, serving students in we try to connect as much as possible and significantly decreased disciplinary kindergarten through third grade. Each with the regular school day,” Rickie says. actions. year as a new class enters, the school While Hurricane Katrina perma- Working with the schools in the expands and will eventually serve stu- nently altered the landscape of Louisi- post-Katrina days, “We saw they were dents through eighth grade. Now in its ana, the Young Audiences affiliate there doing a good job of focusing on raising third year, there are nearly 600 students has returned stronger than ever. It is academic performance, but there wasn’t in kindergarten through fifth grade, and now the largest provider of arts in a well-rounded approach to teaching the school has outgrown the space it education programs and services in the whole child. They were missing the leases from the school district. Louisiana, reaching close to 60,000 benefits of an arts integrated program, Every grade level teams teach- children statewide. one that supports creativity, problem- ers with a teaching artist. All students 13 Great

14 Ploi Pagdalian Senior Director of Programs Arts for Learning, the Indiana Affiliate of Young Audiences

Great programs start with listening and learning

t Arts for Learn- exhilarating because we were learn- preparing young children for kindergar- ing in Indiana, ing while running, and the results have ten. some programming been amazing. We weren’t determined to That two-year job has stretched and begins with great create a specific production or to paint changed into a career, where Ploi now fanfare. Such is the a mural. The outcome wasn’t forced in has the ability and opportunity to design case with Ensur- any way. All the possibilities were in programs, alongside her programming ing the Arts for front of us, and we were guided by the colleagues Cassandra Thomas and AAny Given Child, in which the John F. aspirations of the group.” Angela Yetter. “I find designing pro- Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts As Ploi tells it, Arts for Learning grams to be exciting because it involves has chosen Indianapolis as a partner prides itself on being an organization of a lot of players and gets me out into the city. The program will create a long- fierce learners. “We always want to learn community during my research phase. range arts education plan suited to the more – not just for the sake of learning, There’s a lot of listening and prodding to needs of local students in kindergarten but to understand better what a com- discover what a school might be needing through eighth grade. Ploi Pagdalian munity or school needs. Our strength is or lacking, and whether Arts for Learn- was part of the working group that put in our teaching artists and the arts, so ing is a good fit to fulfill those needs,” the Indianapolis proposal together, that’s what we bring to the table, but we Ploi says. which included the Arts Council of In- don’t come with a solution in hand. We With her hands-on knowledge of dianapolis, Indianapolis Public Schools, want to walk through the process with developing arts integrated program- and Arts for Learning and other Central our partners and arrive at a solution ming, and her long tenure, Ploi is now Indiana arts organizations. together.” becoming more involved in initiatives Other programming at the Young When Ploi joined Arts for Learning within the Young Audiences network. Audiences affiliate evolves in more in 2002, she expected to stay for two She also sees a personal benefit from organic ways. According to Ploi, the 2015 years, which was the length of the grant regular webinars and other contact with initiative Fresh StART Indy started with for her position. Her background was in affiliates. “We’re such a small staff in a “let’s see how this goes” approach. early childhood education, and she was Indiana that I really appreciate hav- The program, in partnership with the intrigued by the idea of an arts organi- ing people in the network to talk to for Indianapolis Department of Metropoli- zation devoting resources to bring artists ideas, problem-solving, and what have tan Development, engages artists with a into preschool centers. She planned you,” she says. “With my connection school or community to create public art to spend her short term exploring the to Young Audiences affiliates around projects in abandoned spaces, helping impact professional artists can make on the nation, I feel like I have colleagues to improve neighborhood safety. “It was early childhood providers and on better everywhere.” 15 Alliance Arts for Learning Institute Arts Council of Kern/Arts for Learning Arts for Learning Connecticut Arts for Learning Indiana Arts for Learning/Miami Arts Partners Big Thought Center for Arts-Inspired Learning Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education COMPAS, St. Paul Gateway to the Arts Kansas City Young Audiences Springboard 15Think 360 Arts for Learning Affiliate Highlights Young Audiences of Abilene Young Audiences of Houston Young Audiences of Louisiana Young Audiences of Maryland Young Audiences of Massachusetts Young Audiences New Jersey & Eastern PA Young Audiences New York Young Audiences of Northeast Texas Young Audiences of Northern California Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington Young Audiences of Rochester Young Audiences of San Diego Young Audiences of Santa Cruz County Young Audiences of Southeast Texas Young Audiences of Virginia Young Audiences of Western New York

16 Alliance Arts for Learning (AA4L) laboratory in the Bridgeport Housing Conference held at the Kansas City Institute, Atlanta, GA Authority Community Center where Marriott County Club Plaza Hotel on Arts for Learning, Woodruff Arts Center free music lessons are now available to April 23-25. The conference theme was has integrated its core literacy pro- over 40 underserved students. AFLCT “Building Partnerships Through Com- gramming with the Alliance Theatre’s also established an office in Stamford in munity Connections” and over 150 arts- educational programming to create a “Creativity Hub” to engage corpora- in-education professionals attended. the Alliance Arts for Learning (AA4L) tions in creative learning and reach out The keynote speakers were NEA Chair Institute. The AA4L Institute provides to more schools in Fairfield County. Dr. Jane Chu and Julia Fabris McBride, professional learning workshops for Vice President, Kansas Leadership Cen- educators, programs for arts integrated Arts for Learning Indiana, ter. Arts Partners teaching artists who classroom instruction, and arts experi- Indianapolis, IN performed during the three-day meeting ences that extend teaching and learn- Arts for Learning Indiana created a included: Aaron Fowler, Jean Pouncil- ing beyond the classroom. In June, the new program for veteran teaching art- Burton, Rob Simon and Armando AA4L Institute, in collaboration with its ists called the Expert Teaching Artist Minjarez. fellow arts partners of the Woodruff Arts Development (ETAD) program as part Center (WAC), hosted the WAC Educa- of their larger teaching artist learning Big Thought, Dallas, TX tor Conference. The four-day meeting, opportunities initiative. ETAD engages This year marked the 20th anniversary attended by 500 educators, was devoted veteran teaching artists beyond the of the Creative Solutions program. Big to reinvigorating teaching and learning basic lecture/learning dynamic. ETAD Thought commemorated the mile- through the arts and included sessions uses discussion, demonstration, critique stone with the publication of Creative on 21st century skills, differentiated and community to allow expert teaching Solutions: A Portrait of Potential which learning, STEAM, literacy and artists to explore facets of teaching that chronicles the lives of the students previews of programs produced interest them. Each participant chooses and the impact many of their teaching at the Arts Center. an inquiry question that explores a artists have had over the years. One of concept relevant to their unique teach- their teaching artists, Alejandro Perez, Arts Council of Kern/Arts for ing approach. Teaching artists can use was selected as an American Graduate Learning, Bakersfield, CA this process to create new programs, Champion. Big Thought also led two 15 Ayo Sharpe-Mouzon is a teaching art- enhance their current programs, or exciting curriculum projects: The State ist on the program roster of the Arts learn new skills or concepts to Fair of Texas and Klyde Warren Park, Council of Kern/Arts for Learning. Her improve their teaching. both designed to expand STEAM and program called African Heritage: Arts humanities learning beyond the walls & Culture is presented to students in Arts for Learning/Miami, FL of the classroom. Big Thought forged a kindergarten through sixth grade. When Arts for Learning/Miami (A4L) secured partnership with the Fossil Foundation Ayo enters a classroom or performs in more than $650,000 to open an A4L to create a design pathway for students a school auditorium, the children are Afterschool in Opa-Locka, FL and to ex- participating in the Dallas City of Learn- mesmerized by her voice, her African pand its ArtWorks internship program ing program, which has now enrolled feathered headdress and colorful attire, to provide year-long paid internships in more than 34,000 students. and the music from two drummers the arts for high school students. As a who accompany her. Ayo demonstrates result, A4L now offers paid school year Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, African dance, recites poetry and tells internships as well as internships for Cleveland, OH stories which are all based on her stud- academic credit. A4L also expanded the The Center for Arts-Inspired Learning’s ies with the national Ballet of Senegal, popular All Kids Included Youth Arts in (CAL) arts-based jobs training program, West Africa. She is one of many artists the Park program, a socially-oriented ArtWorks, celebrated its 10th anniver- who give their talent and dedication to arts program for children and youth sary this summer. Over the past decade, children every day in Bakersfield. with and without disabilities. Normally ArtWorks has employed 1,500 teens to offered on Saturday mornings during create art, advance 21st-century jobs Arts for Learning Connecticut, the school year, the program launched skills, and set them on a path for college Hamden, CT a four-week summer camp. Through or career. This year the first class of 90 Arts for Learning Connecticut (AFLCT) its Lewis Arts Studio program, A4L also students at the Cleveland High School held its first Arts Integration Institute presented its first series of Pop-Up Fam- for the Digital Arts, CAL’s partnership in June at the New Britain Museum ily Arts Days at two parks in Coconut school with the Cleveland Metropolitan of American Art in collaboration with Grove, FL. School District, became sophomores Central Connecticut University educa- and they were joined by a new freshman tion staff. Over 30 teachers and artists Arts Partners, Wichita, KS class. And, CAL’s Resident Teaching attended the four-day Institute engaging Arts Partners and Kansas City Young Artist (RTA) program which welcomes participants in integrating the arts into Audiences hosted the 2015 Young artists on to the affiliate’s staff was a teaching. AFLCT opened a keyboard Audiences Arts for Learning National success and helped to increase

1717 organizational capacity and sustainabil- programs in Western Pennsylvania Denver’s Mayor’s Awards for Excellence ity. Thanks to new funding, two more and providing programs in the city in Arts and Culture, and celebrated the RTAs will be hired to work on upcoming of Pittsburgh. 26th year of the Institute for Creative program initiatives. Teaching, a nationally recognized Kansas City Young Audiences, professional development course for Chicago Arts Partnerships in Kansas City, MO educators. Education (CAPE), Chicago, IL Kansas City Young Audiences (KCYA) Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education co-hosted the 2015 Young Audiences Young Audiences of Abilene, TX (CAPE), partnered with 80 teaching art- National Conference which included a The after-school residency Break It ists, 200 classroom teachers, and nearly variety of plenary sessions designed to Down at Martinez Elementary School 4,000 students at 81 Chicago public share best-practices in arts integration is one of the affiliate’s most popular schools. Teams of teachers and teaching and provided opportunities to hear in- programs. This year during one work- artists worked together throughout the spiring keynote speakers like NEA Chair shop session, teaching artist Haley year to plan and co-teach projects that Dr. Jane Chu. KCYA also embarked on Carter asked for a volunteer to help wove visual art, music, theater, dance, an exciting collaboration with the KC demonstrate “freestyle” dance. She was and digital media into units on math, STEM Alliance to integrate the arts into very surprised when a particularly shy science, language arts, history, and hu- the new Launch STEM curriculum. By student came forward. When this boy manities. This year, CAPE’s after-school pairing a KCYA teaching artist with a danced, she said, he exhibited a level of program received new funding that classroom teacher in a STEAM (science, confidence and passion that astounded will expand the program through the technology, engineering, arts and math) his classmates--who cheered him on. 2019-20 school year, further support- collaboration, KCYA can strengthen its This is just one example of personal ing CAPE’s mission to engage students, position as a classroom resource with growth through the arts Ms. Carter has inspire teachers, transform schools, and the tools necessary to help educators witnessed during her programs. The demonstrate impact through the arts. reach their goals. student told her, “In this class I can be myself. I don’t have to worry about any- COMPAS, Saint Paul, MN Springboard, St. Louis, MO one making fun of me or laughing at me. COMPAS engaged over 51,000 Minne- Springboard provided more than 5,000 I can just be me.” Break It Down will be sotans in art making and helped them program sessions reaching 56,000 offered at the Abilene school again next find and value their own creativity. New children in schools and community year—and the students can’t wait. partnerships resulted in innovative venues. Continuing its partnership with work for COMPAS artists working in the University of Missouri – St. Louis, Young Audiences Houston, TX communities. During the International the affiliate expanded its Signature Young Audiences of Houston and Hous- Youth Peace Prize Forum, youth who Programs which now include seven ton Arts Partners hosted the fifth annual had honed their spoken word skills with in-depth residencies. Springboard was Houston Arts Partners Conference on COMPAS brought the house down with one of 12 affiliates to receive a JCPenney September 11-12 at the Museum of Fine their piece, “We are Not Those People.” Cares grant to pilot the Arts for Learn- Arts in Houston. The conference theme Young women living in a shelter used ing Literacy project in its city schools. was “The Arts Fuel Innovation” and fea- the arts to find strength and courage, Springboard also collaborated with the tured speakers included: John Abodeely, telling their stories in pictures, objects local agency ArtWorks to offer summer Deputy Director of the President’s and words. High school students with internships for economically challenged Committee on the Arts and Humanities; many challenges spent 16 weeks work- teens and provided multiple programs Jessica Hamlin, Director of Education ing with a COMPAS artist, experiment- for Saint Louis public schools summer Initiatives for ART21; choreographer Liz ing with music and sounds, building enrichment. Lerman; and musician and educator towards a final rock and roll concert. Larry Livingston. The meeting also in- Think 360 Arts for Learning, cluded panel discussions and presenta- Gateway to the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA Denver, CO tions from ten of the city’s outstanding Since 1957, Gateway to the Arts has Think 360 Arts in partnership with arts organizations. provided arts-in-education programs to Colorado Creative Industries, awarded students, educators, artists and families $37,500 to schools throughout Colorado Young Audiences of Louisiana, in 15 counties. The affiliate has collabo- under its new program, Colorado Arts New Orleans, LA rated closely with the Pittsburgh Public Partnership Grants (CAP Grants). Thirty Young Audiences of Louisiana com- Schools Early Childhood program and schools applied and 19 were awarded pleted the first year of the US Depart- is an affiliate of the Wolf Trap Institute grants to encourage innovation and ment of Education PDAE grant funded for Early Learning in the Arts. In July, creativity in the classroom with local Arts-Integrated Professional Develop- Gateway merged with the Pittsburgh artists. In addition to bringing arts pro- ment (AIPD) project, in partnership with Cultural Trust’s Education Department, grams to more than 30,000 students, the Young Audiences, Inc. and Jefferson adding to the Trust’s scope of outreach affiliate received the Impact Award at Parish Public Schools. YALA served 48

18 second through fourth grade teachers hoods in Boston and will soon go to a of digital media, music production, and 52 classrooms from five Jefferson fourth site, the Nurtury Learning Lab, and visual arts. Parish schools, including the Young which serves the Bromley Health hous- Audiences Charter School. The project ing development in Jamaica Plain. Young Audiences of Northeast components include AIPD institutes Texas, Tyler, TX twice yearly, as well as embedded Young Audiences New Jersey and Young Audiences of Northeast Texas’ 44 professional development residencies, Eastern Pennsylvania, Princeton, NJ teaching artists reached 20,000 students using Arts for Learning Lessons (A4L) as Young Audiences New Jersey and East- through performances, workshops and the foundation. The goal of this four- ern Pennsylvania’s new Creativity Con- residencies; 302 teachers from across year grant is to transfer skills for arts- sultant Project (CCP) trains classroom Northeast Texas received professional integrated instruction from teaching teachers to use arts to teach across the development in arts integration; and artist to teacher, with the teaching artist curriculum. YA teaching artists serve as Caldwell Elementary Arts Academy in role shifting gradually from modeling school consultants to develop a culture Tyler became a model arts integration and co-teaching the A4L Lessons to that celebrates creativity and critical school. The affiliate also launched the facilitating the planning of original arts- thinking. Throughout the year artists Teaching Artist Training program with integrated lessons based on the A4L model lessons and help teachers design seven teaching artists who completed framework. their own arts integrated lessons. School over 80 hours of training on developing “Creativity Teams” attend a three-day arts integrated residencies for students. Young Audiences of Maryland, Creativity Institute where they share The teachers will pilot their new pro- Baltimore, MD challenges, lessons and strategies with grams in the fall. In addition to presenting 899 perfor- other schools. This unique approach mances and 237 residency programs, empowers teachers and creates in- Young Audiences of Northern Young Audiences of Maryland (YAMD) depth and sustainable arts-integrated California, San Francisco, CA provided opportunities to learn in and school environments. One teacher Young Audiences of Northern California through the arts to nearly 183,000 youth observed that CCP creates a safe space served over 24,000 students in 59 Bay in all of Maryland’s 24 school districts. for teachers to reconnect with creative Area schools and community centers YAMD also offered more than 10,000 ways of teaching and offers supportive this year. The affiliate reached 3,000 hours of arts integration training to individualized guidance. youth and family members through teachers so they can engage students free, public performances in partner- through the arts. YAMD provided fifty- Young Audiences New York, NY ships with Bay Area institutions such one 16-session literacy residencies to How can arts education make a differ- as the Walt Disney Family Museum, high-need Baltimore preschool class- ence for the 500,000 New York City the Presidio, and Live at Union Square. rooms through its partnership with Wolf children living in poverty? Young Audiences of Northern California Trap Institute and launched a Summer Seeking answers, the affiliate convened brought Creatively Green Family Festi- Arts Academy which provided a free, a panel of researchers, educators and vals to schools in San Francisco, thanks five-week, full day summer program community revitalization experts. Four to a program developed by NRG and to 250 Baltimore City third through key points emerged: 1) Out of school Young Audiences New Jersey seventh graders. time is the opportunity gap—children and Eastern Pennsylvania. are losing out on many hours of en- Young Audiences of Massachusetts, riched learning; 2) The creative economy Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Boston, MA in the city is growing fast—that’s where Washington, Portland, OR The affiliate’s Expanding Horizons there are middle income jobs; 3) To “Be Young Audiences of Oregon & SW through Music, is a residency designed It” children have to see it—children can- Washington launched Live SET (Sound to help close the literacy and kinder- not aspire to career paths that they have Engineering for Teens) a program which garten preparedness gaps for students no access to explore; and 4) Partner for combines music and workforce devel- aged 3-5 who are homeless or live in community based solutions—the arts opment, and trains underserved high extreme poverty. The program uses inspire connections across neighbor- school students in the art and science music to build pre-literacy skills; trains hoods. Moving swiftly into action, the of amplification and sound design for teachers in arts learning strategies; pro- affiliate expanded programming in com- concert venues and other performance vides performances, and instruments munities with high rates of poverty and environments. Thanks to funding to classrooms, and brings engagement a dearth of arts opportunities. Programs from Young Audiences, Inc. and local events and personalized, bi-lingual included performances on a vacant foundations and businesses, the pilot songbooks and CD’s to parents so they lot in Brooklyn, storytelling at a Bronx program was made available to students can reinforce music learning with their library, a family day of the arts celebra- at no cost and culminated in the Live children. This program currently serves tion in Harlem, and the new Link SET graduates engineering and manag- three Horizons for Homeless Children NYC program providing real-world ing a free, cross-genre concert for the preschools in underserved neighbor- experiences to teens in the fields public featuring some of Portland’s best

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musical acts at one of the city’s famous Young Audiences of Santa Cruz Young Audiences of Virginia, concert venues, Mississippi Studios, County, Nogales, AZ Norfolk, VA which also hosted the classes. One of the affiliate’s most popular Young Audiences Arts for Learning residency programs is Rap, Rhythm and Virginia (YAV) partnered with The Young Audiences of Rochester, Rhyme led by Erik Cork for fourth, fifth Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts to New York and sixth grade students. The program launch an integrated theatre experience Young Audiences of Rochester con- introduces students to writing, music for 28 youngsters in a two-week sum- tinues to influence the upstate New and math. Mr. Cork also led a day-long mer camp program which addressed York’s arts education scene in dynamic professional development workshop for summer literacy retention. In character ways. From expanding TruArt Dance 200 teachers which focused on Arizona development sessions, YAV teaching Company, an after school, teen-led State Arts standards and the Arizona artists instructed students on research- creative entrepreneurship initiative, Rubric. In addition to in-school pro- ing character traits using random text. to implementing arts integration at grams, the affiliate provides students In addition, they learned acting tech- Renaissance Academy Charter School with free field trips to musical and niques, stage etiquette, character per- of the Arts (funded by a JCPenney Cares theatre events in Tucson. Celebrating its spective, stage makeup, script-writing, Arts for Learning grant), and expanding 44th year, the affiliate looks forward blocking and costume design. During City of Rochester after school program- to providing rich arts-in-education the program, the students were assessed ming, the affiliate is diversifying its core programs to all students and families three times by YAV artists. Based on the business, and enhancing the quality of in Santa Cruz County. success of this program, the affiliate will professional learning for roster teaching develop more summer camp programs artists. In addition, Young Audiences Young Audiences of Southeast Texas, throughout the state next year. of Rochester increased programming Beaumont, TX in 13 counties by 40 per cent providing Young Audiences of Southeast Texas Young Audiences of Western New 166,016 arts experiences. is offering schools in Beaumont a new York, Buffalo, NY program: Soaring with the Arts. Dur- Young Audiences of Western New York Young Audiences of San Diego, CA ing two six-week residencies students provided long-term residencies in eight Young Audiences of San Diego is explore the world of birds. The project counties with the Arts Partners for partnering with the San Diego Unified blends science with various art forms: Learning initiative. The affiliate also -ex School District to transform school cul- dance, storytelling, sculpture, writing panded its services to young people liv- ture and climate through and with the and visual arts. Additionally, the project ing in Buffalo. One their most popular arts. Twenty-two schools are using Title includes after-school activities, exhibits programs is ArtWorks, a project which I dollars for arts integration residencies, of student art work in local businesses, provides teens with paid apprentice- professional development, assemblies, and a culminating event for all of the ships designed to enhance work place workshops, field trips and family nights. participating students and their families. skills and address college readiness. In YASD is responsible for vetting quali- By expanding the project into all the July, Young Audiences of Western New fied arts partners, hiring over 20 arts area’s school districts, the affiliate hopes York hosted the Buffalo Emerging Lead- organizations to facilitate residencies, to raise community awareness and ers Institute. Twenty-five participants curating a directory of over 50 organiza- media interest in the value of all from arts organizations and schools tions offering services to Title I schools, arts programs. across the state attended the three–day monitoring teaching artist progress and meeting which focused on sharpening collecting performance data and provid- leadership and management skills. ing ongoing professional development for teaching artists. The affiliate also serves as the main point of contact for participating schools and arts organizations.

20 Management’s Discussion of Young Audiences, Inc. Financial Statements

Young Audiences’ FY2015 financial statements reflect the YAI ended the year with a decrease in net assets of $676,384 organization’s strong financial management and long-standing due in part to a 111% increase in the organization’s grant making commitment to provide the highest quality programs and activity. In addition, YAI’s annual gala netted less than budget- services to Young Audiences affiliates while maintaining low ed. Market conditions also affected YAI’s investments, resulting overhead costs. Expenses for Affiliate Program Services were in a substantial decrease in performance from the prior fiscal 80% of YAI’s overall budget; administrative and fundraising year. To cover shortfalls in FY15, YAI drew on cash reserves expenses were 14% and 6% respectively. accumulated from prior years’ surpluses. Several items are worth noting. Generally accepted ac- If you would like additional information about YAI’s counting principles require that the full value of multiyear grants financial condition or the accounting rules that determine how be included as revenue in the fiscal year that the grant notifica- multiyear revenues and expenses are recorded and verified, tions are made. However, substantial expenses for carrying out please contact the Young Audiences, Inc. National Office in these grants may not be recorded in YAI’s financial statements New York City or visit our website at www.young audiences.org. until the year in which they are expended.

Young Audiences, Inc. Combined Statement of Revenue and Expenses June 30, 2015 (with comparative amounts for 2014)

Total % Total % Total Total Combined Rev/Exp Combined Rev/Exp National Affiliates 2014-2015 2014-2015 2013-2014 2013-2014

SUPPORT AND REVENUES

Earned Revenue School Sources & Contracted Income 157,332 14,479,107 14,636,439 38% 13,701,192 32% Investment Income 1 19,132 259,193 378,325 1% 1,520,042 4% Affliliate Cooperative Funding Fees 309,117 309,117 1% 269,662 1% Other Earned Income 63,935 293,269 357,204 1% 467,777 1% Total Earned Revenue 649,516 15,031,569 15,681,085 40% 15,958,673 37%

Contributed Revenue Individuals & Board Members 44,008 2,853,140 2,897,148 7% 4,448,606 10% Corporations & Foundations 372,058 10,489,964 10,862,022 28% 10,848,416 25% Government (Federal, State, County) 46,033 6,186,726 6,232,759 16% 7,622,392 18% Special Events (net of costs) 343,310 1,811,865 2,155,175 6% 2,713,620 6% Grants from Young Audiences Inc. 262,269 262,269 1% 172,105 0% Other Contributed Revenue 843,254 843,254 2% 439,135 1% In-Kind Contributions 31,022 554,469 1% Total Contributed Revenue 836,431 22,447,219 23,252,628 60% 26,798,743 63%

Total Revenue 1,485,947 37,478,788 38,933,713 100% 42,757,416 100%

COSTS AND EXPENSES Affiliate Program Services 1,730,664 30,497,650 32,228,314 80% 32,725,965 79% Management & Fundraising 431,667 7,389,843 7,821,510 20% 8,722,230 21% Total Costs and Expenditures 2,162,331 37,887,494 40,049,825 100% 41,448,195 100%

Excess of support and revenues (676,384) (408,705) (1,116,111) 1,309,221 over costs and expenses (under)

1 The total Affiliate Support & Revenues, Costs & Expenses are combined from reports submitted to National from the individual affiliates and have not been audited.

21 Young Audiences, Inc. Statement of Activities Year Ending June 30, 2015 and 2014

2015 2014

Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Total

Revenues and Support Individuals and Board members $44,008 $44,008 $144,481 Corporations and Foundations 37,058 335,000 372,058 37,450 Government 4,033 42,000 46,033 47,000 Annual gala 601,085 601,085 1,090,756 Less: Direct expenses (257,775) (257,775) (201,249) Donated services 31,022 31,022 21,625 Affiliate cooperating funding fees 309,117 309,117 269,662 Contracted services 157,332 157,332 148,808 Conferences 63,935 63,935 79,920 Miscellaneous income - 226 989,815 377,000 - 1,366,815 1,638,679

Net assets released from restrictions Satisfaction of program restrictions 357,000 (357,000) - - Endowment appropriations and release from restrictions to operations 885,000 (433,160) 451,840 81,610 Total Revenues and Support 2,231,815 (413,160) - 1,818,655 1,720,289

Expenses Affiliate Program Services 1,730,664 - - 1,730,664 1,648,135 Supporting Services Management and general 310,199 310,199 185,458 Fundraising 121,468 121,468 161,885 Total Supporting Services 431,667 - 431,667 347,343

Total Expenses 2,162,331 - - 2,162,331 1,995,478

Increase (Decrease) in net assets before non-operating activities 69,484 (413,160) (343,676) (275,189)

Non-Operating Activities Appropriations to operations from board designated endowment (451,840) (451,840) (81,610) Investment income, net of foreign taxes and - management fees $86,897 (2015) and $86,947 (2014) 366 2,970 3,336 45,642 Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments 12,738 103,058 115,796 1,172,786

Total Non-Operating Activities (438,736) 106,028 (332,708) 1,136,818

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets (369,252) (307,132) - (676,384) 861,629 Net assets, beginning of year 804,785 2,159,337 4,640,157 7,604,279 6,742,650

Net Assets, End of Year $435,533 $1,852,205 $4,640,157 $6,927,895 $7,604,279

The complete annual audited financial statements and report of the N.Y. State Department of Charities are available upon request.

22 ENDOWMENT FUND Mr. Jerry Lee The Young Audiences Endowment Fund was created in 1981 to support Young Audiences’ Candace Leeds work in establishing the arts as an integral part of every child’s education. Young Audiences Mr. Kenneth J. Lehman gratefully acknowledges the following gifts and grants since the establishment of the Martha Leighton Endowment Fund. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Leir* Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Lerner Benjamin and Elizabeth Abrams David A. Gardner Leventritt Foundation Foundation, Inc. John T. Garrity Marjorie Riche Lewis Richard A. Anderson Robert P. Goldberg Fund of Combined Mr. and Mrs. David Lewittes B. J. Adler Jewish Philanthropies Robert and Francis Low American Business Press The Harvey and Roberta Golub Charitable Janine Luke Bachmann Strauss Family Foundation Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation Mrs. Frances Luquer Baker Foundation Mrs. William W. Goodman Ms. Nancy M. Macaluso Frances Bast Jamie and Gary Gordon Donald and Maureen MacNeal Mrs. Richard J. Bates Corinne Greenberg Mr. Donald McAllister Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Beitz Mrs. George A. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Donald McAllister, Jr. Dr. Thomas P. Bergin The Maurice R. Greenberg and Donald McAllister Family in honor of Mrs. William J. Bernbach Corinne Greenberg Foundation, Inc.* Betty M. McAllister T. Roland Berner* Mr. and Mrs. Norvin Greene Ms. Liane E. McAllister Thomas R. Berner Jay Greenfield Joanne M. McCoy Ms. Patricia A. Bevis Marilyn Walter Grounds Mr. Stanley S. Madeja James and Mary Ellen Bigham Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Guckert Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mason Mr. Andrew M. Blum Mrs. Agnus Gund Charles E. Mather III Mrs. Richard J. Blum Hallmark Cards, Inc. Mrs. Deryck C. Maughan Ms. Phyllis S. Bogdanoff Ms. Aline K. Halye Ms. Luiza Meiszner Stanley Bogen Kenji Hara Mrs. Adrian Melissinos Booth Ferris Foundation The Hearst Foundation, Inc.* Richard L. Menschel Olive Bridge Fund Mrs. Joseph G. Hodges, Jr. Ms. Vera Mensher Brown Group, Inc. Charitable Fund The Marion O. and Maximilian Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Mercy, Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Caffarone E. Hoffman Foundation, Inc.* Mr. and Mrs. James L. Montag Linda and Mark Camel Hoffman-LaRoche Inc. Mrs. David J. Morrison Carnation Company Mrs. Larry D. Horner Claudia and Douglas Morse Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chiara David Houser Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Clark, Jr. Marilyn C. Hoyt Mr. and Mrs. Irving Moskovitz Coles Family Foundation Renate Hunter Mrs. Winthrop R. Munyan Mr. and Mrs. H. Gray Colgrove Marjorie Hyman on behalf of the Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Myers Mrs. Charles N. Cooper Benjamin and Elizabeth Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Naranjo Mrs. Donald Copley Abrams Foundation, Inc. Ms. Louise Nathanson Mr. John W. Creamer James A. Jacobson National Endowment for the Arts* Charles E. Culpeper Foundation The James Family Charitable Foundation Roy R. and Marie S. Neuberger Mr. and Mrs. William Curran Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Jericho Foundation, Inc. Alan and Wendy Dessy Mrs. Craig D. Johnson Mrs. Rolf E. Noether Arnold Deutsch Robert S. Johnson Sylvan and Ann Oestreicher Foundation The Estate of Eugenia D. Doll Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. David Oppenheim Mr. and Mrs. Donald Drapkin Charitable Trust The Paskus Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Duffy Eugene and Bernice Kane Nathan W. Pearson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Duggan Kansas City Southern Industries Tien Pei and Josephine Lee Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ehinger Judge Bentley Kassal Pender & Dunleavy Mr. John Emery Mr. and Mrs. William R. Kimball* Edmund Pender Leonard Estrin Publications Julie and Mike Kirk Amy and Joe Perella Charitable Trust R. Thomas Fetters Roger C. and Susan F. Kline The Betty M. & Leone J. Peters Mr. and Mrs. Sampson R. Field Keisuke Koshijima Foundation in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Avery Fisher Alice Krall Gail Peters Beitz Sue and Joe Frankel The Kroon Foundation The William Petschek Family Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Frehse, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kuennen Mrs. Stephen Potters Fribourg Foundation, Inc.* Ruth and Sidney Lapidus Meridel Prideaux Mrs. Michel P. Fribourg Dr. David Lasky Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Recanati John G. Gantz, Jr. Paige Lawrence David N. Redden 23 Sylvia and Mordecai Rochlin Anonymous gifts in memory Gretchen B. Kimball Barbara and Larry Robinson of Beatrice Duggan Ellen Liman Francis F. Rosenbaum, Jr. * Leadership Gifts Jerrold Newman Eleanor F. Rossbach Norris, Beggs & Simpson Ernest Rubenstein CONTRIBUTORS Pactolus Private Wealth Management LLC Jeannette D. Sahlein Young Audiences Arts for Learning Dina Recanati Robert A. Saltzstein gratefully acknowledges the generous Caroline and Jonathan Rosen Martin Sankey support of individuals,corporations Frank V. Sica Sax, Macy, Fromm & Co. and foundations across the country. Morton and Estelle Sosland Alice Scoville and Stuyvesant Barry Amy and John Weinberg $300,000 and over Mr. and Mrs. Martin E. Segal Wolfensohn Family Foundation JC Penney Cares Mr. and Mrs. James B. Selonick $1,000 and Over Whitney North Seymour, Jr. $50,000 and over Arts Federation Mrs. H. Parker Sharp Corinne and Maurice R. Greenberg Veronica and James Baker Nancy Shear Mary Ann Fribourg James Benedict Maida and Leon Sheinfield The Starr Foundation Robin S. Black Dr. and Mrs. William Shieber $25,000 and over Bob and Patte Calderoni John A. Silberman American Express Foundation Charles and Minette Cooper Charles Simon Thomas R. Berner John W. Creamer Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Stanley and Fiona Druckenmiller Elizabeth De Picciotto Sherryvore Foundation L. Scott Greenberg Susanne Emmerich The Skirball Foundation Elaine and Ken Langone EMWIGA Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John M. Smythe Elizabeth and Bertil Lundqvist John and Elizabeth Fazio Morton and Estelle Sosland National Endowment for the Arts Dale M. Frehse Susan and Joseph Stamler New York State Council on the Arts James H. Gellert The Starr Foundation* Jane and Bill Pearson Jean Creamer Hodges Carol Sterling Sue Ann Weinberg Geoffrey Johnson J. McLain Stewart $10,000 and over Daphne Kis John S. and Amelia Stillman Terry and Regina Armstrong Davey and Lee Klingenstein Kent Stoltzman Family Charitable Foundation The Lauder Foundation – Leonard Florence, Roger & Leslie Stone Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Holdings, Inc. and Evelyn Lauder Fund Helen D’Olier Stowell Arnhold Foundation David and Treva Leeuw James and Cheryl Strain Mr. and Mrs. Henry Christensen III Jonathan Lieberman Mr. and Mrs. John W. Straus Continental Grain Company Arthur Loeb Foundation John S. Stuart Paul J. Fribourg James Marcus TW Services, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fritzlo Mary Parker Nass Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tanenbaum William and Gretchen Kimball Fund Newmark Holdings Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Taylor Jill and Peter Kraus Roy and Jenny Niederhoffer Brooks Thomas* Mortimer Levitt Foundation Moeen Qureshi Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Vance Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc. RMC Capital Advisors Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance Roper Industries, Inc. CBORD and Horizon Liane and Ron Romaine George M. Van Cleave Family Foundation Software International in honor Ginger and Rod Sager Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Wall, Jr. of the Robert E. Knowling, Jr. Family Sankey Logan Foundation Mrs. James P. Warburg* Southwest Airlines Schrenk Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John Weinberg* Brendalyn and Ernest E. Nicole Seligman and Joel Klein Mrs. Jesse Werner Stempel Foundation Marjorie Silverman Nola Lancaster Whiteman Diane and Stephen Volk Elizabeth J. Sosland Susan and Frank Whyman Betty Lynn and Bernard Steinweg Mrs. John Williams $5,000 and Over Wenke and William Sterns Daniel J. Windham William Cox Mary Kay and John Strangfeld Jon and Abby Winkelried Foundation Charles and Celine Fribourg Konrad Testwuide Anne Winslow Effie and Robert Fribourg Phillips Van Heuse Foundation, Inc. The Wolfensohn Family Foundation* The Hebrew Home Riverdale Guy Vickers Tulgey Wood Foundation Heidrick & Struggles Nola Lancaster Whiteman Helen Woodbridge Marjorie Hyman Wyatt & Saltzstein Howard Morrel Team $500 and Over Mr. and Mrs. Gene Zuriff at Engel & Volkers Barnes & Thornburg LLP Laurence and Beth Zuriff Jones Soda Co (USA) Inc. Bartech Group Brimstone Consulting Group LLC 24 Timothy and Lucinda Carlson Arts & Culture Fund BNIM Architects Alan D. Cohen Arts & Education Council BNY Mellon Community Foundation of the Hudson Valley Arts Council of Indianapolis The Boeing Company Florence Davis Arts Council of New Orleans Bolles Art Foundation Benjamin Elbaz Arts and Venues Denver Borden Perlman Salisbury & Kelly Roger and Amy Faxon ArtsKC—Regional Arts Council Boss Foundation F8 Consulting LLC Margit and Eli Marie Arvesen Fund Boston Cultural Council Hubert and Mireille Goldschmidt of the Community Foundation Roberta Bracker Marilyn W. Grounds of New Jersey Brackets for Good The Guild, Inc. Ashton-Whyte Joyce and William Brantman Foundation Stephen J. Kantor AT&T Brave Heart Foundation Alan Mills Atlanta Foundation Bright Wings Foundation Annabelle F. Prager Atlanta Women’s Club Brinker International Eriko Miyazaki–Ross Austin Bank Henry and Barbara Broad Fund of Noel Tichy The Autzen Foundation the Princeton Area Community Foundation Tanya Van Court Axis Capital Brock Foundation Thomas L. Wickiewicz, M.D. Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ezra K. Zilkha Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation BTaylor Public Affairs Baker Botts LLP Buffalo City Council President CONTRIBUTORS TO Dexter F. and Dorothy H. Baker Foundation Darius Pridgen YOUNG AUDIENCES AFFILIATES Baker Hostetler Buffalo City Council Member A+E Networks Balloun Family Foundation Majority Leader David A. Rivera ABC Television Network Baltimore Community Foundation Buffalo City Council Member Abilene Cultural Affairs Baltimore Office of Promotion and The Arts Rasheed Wyatt Council/Heart for the Arts Bama Works Fund The Buffalo News The Abington Foundation Bank of America Buffalo Teachers Federation Absolutely Blooming Bank of America Merrill Lynch Bullis Fund Community Impact Acadia Foundation Bank of Texas, N. A. James E. and Diane W. Burke Foundation Accent on Arrangements Baptist Community Ministries Burr, Pilger & Mayer, Inc. Accenture Barclays Capital Business Consortium for Arts Support ACE Group Barman’s Fund Butler Burgher Group Advantis Credit Union The A. N. & Pearl G. Barnett Patrick and Aimee Butler Aetna Foundation Family Foundation Family Foundation AFD Contract Furniture Inc. Barr Assurance and Advisory Inc. The Byars Foundation Lassor & Fanny Agoos Charitable Trust Bauer Foundation Cady Family Foundation John W. Alden Trust Baxter International Foundation California Arts Council Allstate Insurance Company BB&T Bank Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s AmazonSmile Foundation BCMC Properties Belmont LLC International Realty America’s Charities Beazley Cambia Health Solutions American Century Investments Foundation Benesch Cameron Chemicals American Endowment Foundation Benevity Community Impact Fund The Campbell Foundation, Inc. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Richard Bennett Trust Camp-Younts Foundation Amerigroup LA, Inc. Lillian Wright & C. Emil Berglund Foundation Canandaigua National Bank Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Best Buy Cardinals Care Foundation Best Western Southpark Caroline’s Kids Foundation Hugh J. Andersen Foundation BGE Carter High School Alumni Annie’s Culinary Creations Big Box, Little Box Case Western Reserve University AOL F. R. Bigelow Foundation The Catholic Foundation Apple, Inc. Charles & Ruth Billingsley Foundation Catlin Group Limited Aquiline Holdings LLC Bird of Prey, LLC CBRE ARC Excess & Surplus, LLC Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation CBS Television Network Arch Insurance BL Mosher Consulting Cedar Lee Theatre Argo Group R. A. Bloch Cancer Foundation Central Indiana Community Foundation, Inc. Arms, Shilling and Pye H & R Block Foundation JP Morgan Chase Foundation Art + Space Bloomberg Foundation Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission The Art4Moore Fund of Tides Foundation Blue Cross Blue and Shield of Kansas City Children’s Charity Fund, Inc. The Artistic Insights Fund of the Blue Hills Bank Charitable Trust Children’s Foundation of Erie County Mid-Shore Community Foundation Blue River Community Foundation Children’s Guild Foundation Art Alliance/C3 Presents Bluetube Interactive Children’s Trust 25 Chubb & Son Constellation Brands DST Systems, Inc. Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Copaken Family Foundation Dunn Family Foundation Robert J. Ciatto and Elaine Copper Kettle Brewing Company Durham Family Foundation Ciatto Family Foundation The Coral Company Dye Family Foundation Cigna Corbin Bronze, LTD Early Learning Indiana Citigroup Inc. Catherine A. Corrigan Fund of East Texas Communities Foundation The Citizens of Baltimore County The Dallas Foundation eBay Foundation Employee Citizens First Bank Costanza Family Foundation Engagement Fund Citizens National Bank The Costley Family Foundation Ecolab City Arts/City of Chicago Country Fair White Elephant Harry Edison Foundation City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Cousins Foundation, Inc. Educational Testing Service City of Buffalo Mary Wilmer Covey Charitable Trust Edward Jones City of Cleveland Cox Charities Edwards and Hill Office Furniture City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs Crawford Taylor Foundation EKS&H City of Monroe, Mid-Sized Arts Grant & CRC Wholesale Group Elks Foundation Youth Bureau Creative County Community College District Estelle S. and Robert A. Long Ellis Foundation The City of Noblesville Fund, the Credit Shelter Trust Embrey Family Foundation Sheridan Fund, and Legacy Fund Crestwood Midstream Partners LP Emerson Community Foundation, a CICF affiliate The David M. Crowley Foundation Emory University City of Rochester, Department Recreation Crown Family Foundation Energizer Charitable Trust & Youth Services CTG George Ensworth Foundation City of San Diego Commission for Arts CT River Valley MPI Enterprise Bank & Trust and Culture Cumberland Empowerment Zone – 21st Enterprise Holdings Foundation City of San Diego Council Members: Century Community Learning Centers Ericsson Sherri Lightner, Scott Sherman, Current Catering, LLC Erie County Cultural Funds Myrtle Cole Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Erie County Department of Mental Health City Missionary Association Cuyahoga Community College Erie County Youth Bureau City Pop Gourmet Popcorn Cuyahoga County Department of Ernst & Young LLP Civic Engagement Priority Area Children & Family Services ESPN Clarke Caton Hintz CWI Maintenance, Inc. Sheriff Tony Estrada Clear Channel Outdoor CyberPoint International ETMC Foundation The Cleveland Foundation The Dallas Foundation Everest Reinsurance Co. Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Dallas Jewish Community Foundation Everhart Studio Foundation Danna McKitrick, P.C. ExxonMobil CoBiz Cares Foundation Davenport-Hatch Foundation, Inc. EY Coca-Cola Company Davis Polk & Wardwell Jeanne & Sanford P. Fagadau Family The George W. Codrington Charitable Dear Clark Philanthropic Fund of the Dallas Foundation DECD CT Office of the Arts Jewish Community Foundation Cohen, Seglias, Pallas, Greenhall & Furman Deloitte & Touche LLP Patricia Wolfson Fagadau Philanthropic Coldwell Banker Delta Air Lines, Inc. Fund of the Dallas Jewish Collins Foundation Helen Pumphrey Denit Charitable Trust Community Foundation Morton and Donna Collins The Denver Foundation Family Guidance Center Fund of the Princeton Area Dermatology & Skin Surgery Far West Recycling, Inc. Community Foundation Center of Princeton Max and Marian Farash Charitable The Colorado Health Foundation Des Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative Foundation Colorado State Thespians Robert W. Deutsch Foundation Ferber Family of Houma Foundation Communities Foundation of Texas Lyn Devon Joan & Harold Feinbloom Supporting The Community Foundation Digital Trends Foundation Community Foundation of Abilene DIRECTV, Inc. Fidelity Charitable Advisors Community Foundation of Eastern Discovery Communications, Inc. Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Connecticut Anna Doan Fifty Licks LLC Community Foundation for Greater The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Fine Arts Foundation New Haven The Dodge Jones Foundation/Abilene First Bank Holding Company Community Foundation for SW Washington Michael Dorf Presents Forest City Enterprises Community Service Association Herbert H. and Barbara C. Dow Foundation Fossil Foundation Con Edison Downtown Optimist Foundation Foulds Family Foundation The Edward T. Cone Foundation The Dresher Foundation Foundation of Southeast Texas Consolidated Communications Foundation Drinker, Biddle & Reath Four Seasons Tree Care, Inc.

26 The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Griffith Family Foundation Iberdrola USA Foundation The Meta A. & Williams S. Griffith IBM Corporation Samuel I. & John Henry Fox Foundation Foundation ICON International Fox Networks Group The George Gund Foundation IHeartMedia Fragomen, Del Rey, Bersen, & Lowry LLP Gordon and Llulie Gund Foundation iFLIP4 France-Merrick Foundation Gordon and Llura Gund Fund of Illinois Arts Council Francis Family Foundation the Princeton Area Community Illinois State Board of Education David A. Franczyk, Buffalo City Foundation ILMS Council Member The Walter and Elise Haas Fund Impact KC Sidney E. Frank Foundation Jerry & Jill Hall Charitable Fund Independent Bank Frazier & Deeter LLC The Halle Family Foundation Indiana Arts Commission Freeman Family Foundation James & Gayle Halperin Foundation The Indiana Youth Institute Frost Bank Hamden Community Block Grant The Indianapolis Foundation,a CICF affiliate Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Hamilton Jewelers Intel Volunteer Grant Program Fuller Foundation Hamilton’s Grill Room IPS Advisors Fund for the Arts Hampton Roads Community Foundation Ironshore Gallagher Metzler Insurance Bryant and Nancy Hanley Foundation Irwin Foundation B. C. Gamble & P. W. Skogmo Fund of Harford Steam Boiler iVision The Minneapolis Foundation John H. & Wilhelmina D. Harland Foundation The Jackson Foundation Game Show Network The Hartford Financial Services Group The Janus Foundation Gannett Foundation Earl Harris 15 Year Charitable JCPenney Clifford Willard Gaylord Foundation Lead Annuity Trust Jeffers Design Group, Inc. Theodore Gebler Foundation Hasson Company Realtors Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Geffen Mesher Merril G. & Emita E. Hastings Foundation Jewish Endowment Foundation GEICO Philanthropic Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundation Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies General Mills Foundation Hebert Foundation Johnson Controls Foundation Genesee Valley Parent Magazine Hedgeserv Corporation Johnson County Community Foundation Georgia Council for the Arts Helix/Architecture + Design Johnson Family Foundation Georgia Institute of Technology Shirley and Barnett Helzberg Foundation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Georgia-Pacific Corporation Heritage Fund of Bartholomew County Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. Helen G. Gifford Foundation The Hertz Family Foundation, Inc. 1962 Charitable Trust Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital The Ginn Foundation HFS Wealth Management Jones Day Harry L. Gladding Foundation, Inc. Hispanic 100 Gene and Jerry Jones Family Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Hoblitzelle Foundation Jones & Morris Attorneys Jerome S. Glazer Foundation The Hockaday School Arthur Jordan Foundation The Eugene and Marilyn Glick Hogan Lovells US LLP Joule Hotel Family Foundation HOK Kansas City JPMorgan GNOF Classroom Enrichment Fund Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral Jubilation Foundation Mark T. and Carol Pierce Goglia Fund Honda of Princeton Junior League of Abilene Rita Sue and Alan J. Gold Philanthropic Hopewell Valley Community Bank Junior League of Atlanta, Inc. Fund of the Dallas Jewish The Horizon Foundation of New Jersey Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund Community Foundation Horizon Unitarian Universalist Church of HRK Foundation Golden Star Inc. Horncrest Foundation, Inc. Fannie and Stephen Kahn Foundation Goldman Sachs Hot August Blues and Roots Festival The Louise W. Kahn Endowment Fund Sam & Sooky Goldman Family Foundation Hotel Phillips of the Dallas Foundation Goldsmith Family Foundation, Inc. House of Blues Music Forward Foundation Kaiser Permanente Go Media Inc. Howard Energy, Inc. Kaiser Permanente Community Health Fund Google, Inc. Howley Family Foundation Kansas City Life Insurance Gouvernet Arts Fund HSBC Kansas City Power & Light Grady Health Foundation Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation Kansas City Southern E. Reuben and Gladys Flora M. R. & Evelyn Hudson Foundation Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation Grant Charitable Trust Hulu Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation Greater Hartford Fund Roy A. Hunt Foundation KBC Records Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce The Huntington National Bank KBM Enterprises Greater Lynchburg Community Trust Husch Blackwell LLP Ben E. Keith The Greathouse Foundation/Abilene Hyatt’s All Things Creative Keller & Owens, LLC Gregory & Appel, Inc. Hyde and Watson Foundation W. K. Kellogg Foundation

27 R. C. Kemper Charitable Trust M&T Charitable Foundation Arts Agencies John F. Kennedy Center for The John D. and Catherine T. The Mobile Majority the Performing Arts MacArthur Foundation Moisio Charitable Gift Fund Kern County Board of Supervisors Lois and Philip Macht Family Momentous Institute Kessler Entertainment Group LLC Philanthropic Fund Moneta Group Charitable Foundation KeyBank Foundation Beth Maher Family Foundation Marjorie Moore Foundation The Kimball Foundation Maine Community Foundation Morgan Stanley William and Gretchen Kimball Fund The Malkin Fund, Inc. Morris Manning & Martin LLP Kinder Morgan Foundation The Milton and Tamar NACCO Industries, Inc. Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation Maltz Family Foundation Nadler Advisory Services LLC King & Spalding LLP Malvin Riggins & Company PC The National Bank of Indianapolis Kirk Foundation Maker Studios National Endowment for the Arts Kiwanis Club of Baltimore City, Inc. Managed Health Services National Fuel Kiwanis Club of Norfolk Mankoff Family Foundation Navigators Insurance Kiwanis Club of Roanoke Dorette D. Manry Charitable NBC Universal KKR Remainder Unitrust NBC Universal Foundation Klabzuba Realty, LLC Mansfield Family Foundation NCC Media The Klinsky Family Charitable Fund Dr. Frank C. Marino Foundation NCR Foundation Knapstein Design Nancy Peery Marriott Foundation, Inc. Neiman Marcus John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Net-Volutions Louis B. II and Josephine L. Kohn Maryland State Arts Council Network for Good Family Foundation, Inc. Marzhal Foundation New Hampshire Charitable Foundation KPMG LLP Mason Construction New Jersey Historical Commission Krakower Team, Hunt Real Estate Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. New Jersey Manufacturers Kroger Matthews Southwest Insurance Company KSDS Jazz 88.3 The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation New Jersey State Council on the Arts KSM Consulting, LLC Katharine Matthies Foundation New Orleans Kids Partnership Kulas Foundation The Oscar G. and Elsa S. Mayer New Orleans Jazz and Heritage LaBella Associates Family Foundation Festival and Foundation Jim Lagattuta McCormack Baron Salazar Community Grant Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret The Eugene McDermott Foundation Newport News Commission for the Arts Larkburger Ronald McDonald House New Venture Fund Larsen & Torbro Info Tech Limited Maybelle Clark McDonald Fund New York City Department of Cultural Latham & Watkins, LLP Alice & Kirk McKinney Family Fund Affairs in Partnership The Mark Law Firm of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund with the City Council, New York John J. Leidy Foundation, Inc. McMaster-Carr Supply Company State Council on the Arts, with Judd Leighton Foundation McVay Family Foundation the support of Governor Andrew M. Stephen B. Lemann Memorial Fund The Meadows Foundation, Inc. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature Jonathan D. Lewis Foundation MEDecision New York Council for the Humanities Liberty Burger MediaVest USA New York State Art Teachers Association Liberty Tax & Una Familia Sin Meisel Family Foundation (NYSATA) Fronteras Foundation Sudesh & Iqbal Menon Foundation New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) LifeBridge Health Mentor Graphics Child Development Center New York State Division of Criminal Eli Lilly and Company Foundation Mentoring Minds Justice Services Lilly Endowment Inc. The Merck Foundation New York State Senator Joseph E. Robach R. C. Lilly Foundation The Astrid and Pat Merriman Family Fund of NextGen Rochester Linde Family Foundation Communities Foundation of Texas NIC Little Smiles Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation Locke Lord LLP Charitable Funds Henry E. Niles Foundation Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Miami-Dade County Department of NJ CAR Michael J. LoCurto, Buffalo City Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Nogales Unified School District Council Member Council, the Miami-Dade Deborah Monroe Noonan Fund, Lockton Insurance Brokers, Inc. County Mayor, and the Board Bank of American NA trustee R. A. Long Foundation of County Commissioners The Nord Family Foundation The Thomas J. Long Foundation The Miami Foundation The Nordson Corporation Foundation Lumina Foundation for Education Microsoft Corporation Norfolk Commission on the Arts W. P. & Bulah Luse Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board and Humanities Bank of America, N. A. Trustee Missouri Arts Council Norfolk Southern Corporation M&T Bank Missouri Association of Community Norris, Beggs & Simpson 28 Northern Trust Port Devanning Services Rochester Gas & Electric Northwest Health Foundation Portfolio Recovery Associates Rochester Public Library Nicholas H. Noyes, Jr., Portland Community Rochester Press Radio Club Memorial Foundation, Inc. College-WorkSource RochesterWorks! NRG Energy, Inc. Portsmouth General Hospital Foundation The Rogers Foundation Nutech Portsmouth Museums and Rolling Elvi Inc. James B. Nutter & Company Fine Arts Commission Melvin and Adele Roman Foundation Ober Family Fund of the Princeton Herman T. and Phenie R. Pott Foundation The Rose, Inc. Area Community Foundation Posnick Family Foundation Henry and Ruth Blaustein Ober/Kaler Pottstown Area Health Rosenberg Foundation Office Depot Foundation and Wellness Foundation Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP Ohio Arts Council Power2give.org Atlanta, GA Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation John R. Oishei Foundation PRA Rotary Club of Abilene Old Newsboys Arthur & Jeanette Pratt Rotary Club of Atlanta Old Point Bank Memorial Fund Rotary Club of Columbia Patuxent, Inc. Agnes Cluthe Oliver Foundation Evelyn Preston Foundation Rotary Club of St. Louis On the Rise Bakery Prettybrook Partners, LLC RubinBrown Oppenheimer Family Foundation T. Rowe Price Foundation, Inc. Richard W. Rupp Foundation Oppenstein Brothers Foundation PriceWaterHouse Coopers LLP Ida Alice Ryan Charitable Trust Optix PDX Reverend Darius Pridgen, Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Oregon Arts Commission Buffalo City Council President Foundation Oregon Community Foundation Princeton Area Community Foundation S & S Worldwide Oregon Cultural Trust Princeton BMW Mini Safety National Oregon Screen Impressions Princeton Center for Yoga & Health Safeway, Inc. Oregon Weight Loss Surgery LLC Prior Family Trust Sahara Enterprises, Inc. The Bernard Osher Foundation HJ Promise Foundation Saigh Foundation Osiason Educational Foundation Vin and Caren Prothro Foundation Salesforce.com, Inc. Otten Johnson Robinson Will Ptak Foundation Sammons Enterprises, Inc. Neff + Ragonetti QBE North America San Diego County Board of Supervisors: Ovation TV Foundation Radler, White, Parks & Alexander LLP Greg Cox, Bill Horn, Dave Roberts Owens-Illinois, Inc. Jonathan and Meg Ratner San Diego Foundation Ozmon Family Foundation Family Foundation San Diego Unified School District Pacers Foundation, Inc. RBC Wealth Management The George and Estelle Sands Foundation The Pacey Family Foundation The Real Estate Council Foundation Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office Painting with a Twist REAM Foundation Santa Cruz County School Guido & Ellen Palma Foundation Recall Corporation Superintendent’s Office The Parker Foundation Rees-Jones Foundation Santa Fe Ranch and the Sedgwick Family Patxi’s Pizza Regional Arts Commission Sapphire Foundation, Inc. Paychex, Inc. Regional Arts & Culture Council The Saucy Noodle PDX Vox, LLC The Reinberger Foundation Savings Bank of Manchester Pennsylvania Council on the Arts RG&E/Iberdrola USA The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund People’s Health Cleaves and Mae Rhea Foundation Arlene Schnitzer Trust People’s Health Network Rice Foundation Schwab Charitable Fund Pepsico Foundation, Inc. Mabel Louise Riley Foundation Scientific and Cultural Facilities District Perkins & Company, P.C. Riverfront Park Community Fund Scozzari Builders Incorporated Perkins-Prothro Foundation David A. Rivera, Buffalo City Scripps Networks Interactive Perkins + Will Council Member Seawall Development Company, LLC James I. Perkins Family Foundation Margaret Rivers Fund Securian Foundation Pew Charitable Trusts RLI Corporation Anthony Sedgwick PGE Foundation Roanoke Arts Commission Select Equity Group Foundation Philadelphia Insurance Companies Roanoke County Seneca Foods Foundation Photoraphs do Not Bend Gallery Jerome Robbins Foundation Shaw-Burckhardt-Brenner Foundation Physical Therapy The Summerfield G. Roberts Foundation Shelton Family Foundation/Abilene PNC George K. & Marjorie McCarthy The Sherwin Williams Foundation PNC Bank Robins Fund Silicon Valley Community Foundation Poehler/Stremel Charitable Trust The Joseph H. & Florence A. The Harold Simmons Foundation The Pollock Foundation Roblee Foundation Simple Gifts Fund Polk Bros. Foundation Rochester City School District Siteman Family Foundation

29 Sony Corporation of America Foundation Peter & Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation Wegmans Community Giving Sony Pictures Television TowneBank John F. Wegman Fund Sosland Foundation TowneBank Foundation Wells Fargo Sourland Cycles Trail Blazers Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation Southeast Texas Arts Council Transamerica Foundation-Baltimore Linford and Mildred White Foundation Southside Bank TransRe Thomas H. White Foundation, Spears Consulting Group Travelers a Key Bank Trust Sprint Foundation The Travelers Companies, Inc. Wildflower Foundation C. J. & Dot Stafford Trust Mary Jean and Oliver Travers Willamette Give Guide Stages Consultants Foundation, Inc. Todd A. Williams Family Foundation Stanwich Advisors LLC The Treu-Mart Fund Williamsburg Area Arts Commission Starbucks Foundation Truist Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP The Starr Foundation Tubac Jack’s Marie C. & Joseph C. Wilson Foundation The Marianne and Roger Staubach Fund Tucker Ellis LLP Winter Financial Health Strategies Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust Wisdom/Martin Family Sterneck Family Foundation Tulsa and Simone Fund Wolf Trap Foundation Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Inc. Alison Rose Tunis Fund of Wolfrum Capital Management Stinson Leonard Street The Baltimore Community Foundation Group, Inc. an affiliate of St. Louis Blues 14 Fund Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. David A. Noyes & Co. St. Louis Unitarian Foundation TurningPoint Foundation Wolman Family Foundation for Children UBS The Ellen Wood Fund Stone Family Foundation UMB Financial Corporation Woodruff Arts Center Norma and Don Stone United Bank Foundation Wright Family Foundation Charitable Gift Fund United Way Henry E. Wurst Family Foundation Stover Family Foundation United Way of the Columbia-Willamette Rasheed Wyatt, Buffalo City The Studio School United Way of Greater Rochester Council Member Suddenlink Communications United Way of Metro Chicago Xerox Corporation Dr. Suess Fund United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Xerox Foundation Suplee, Clooney & Co. United Way of Santa Cruz County XL Group Swiss Re Unity Foundation of La Porte County YMBL Sylvan/Laureate Foundation University of Missouri – St. Louis York County Arts Commission TACA USA Funds Young Audiences New Jersey Talbot Underwriting Services (US) Ltd. US Bank & Eastern Pennsylvania Target Corporation US Bank Foundation George Young Foundation Target Foundation U.S. Department of Education Juan Young Trust TATA Consultancy Services Limited U.S. Trust-Bank of America Youth & Families Fund T&W Foundation, Inc. Private Wealth Management Walter J. & Betty C. Zable Foundation Texas Bank and Trust Validus Zefr Texas Commission on the Arts Anne VanLent Fund of the Princeton Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, Inc. Texas Education Agency Area Community Foundation Zurich Texas Instruments Foundation The Vetter Foundation Anonymous (14) The Alvin and Fanny B. Viacom Media Networks Thalmeimer Foundation The Vick Family Foundation Tharp-Perrin Gindhart Artists Village Gate Third Federal Foundation Virginia Beach Arts and Thompson Land Company Humanities Commission Thomson Reuters Virginia Commission on the Arts James R. Thorpe Foundation Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 3-M Foundation Waddell & Reed Hamden Three Seas Inc./Leroy Konen Waffle House Three Tomatoes Catering Wall Einhorn & Chernitzer PC Edgar A. Thurman Foundation Wallace Foundation for Children Ginger E. & Robert D. Wallace Foundation Timmons Foundation Wallis Foundation George B. Todd Fund of the E. C. Wareheim Foundation Mid-Shore Community Foundation, Inc. Wayne County Community Endowment Thomas L. Tolbert Elementary School Weather Channel TOTAL Petrochemical Vila B. Webber 1985 Charitable Trust

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NATIONAL OFFICE GEORGIA Springboard Young Audiences, Inc. Alliance Arts for Learning Institute 1310 Papin St., Suite 402 171 Madison Avenue, Suite 200 1280 Peachtree St., NE St. Louis, MO 63103 New York, New York 10016-5110 Atlanta, GA 30309 314-768-9670 212-831-8110 404-733-5293 www.springboardstl.org www.youngaudiences.org www.alliancetheatre.org/education www.arts4learning.org NEW JERSEY & EASTERN ILLINOIS PENNSYLVANIA ARIZONA Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education Young Audiences New Jersey & Eastern Young Audiences of 228 S. Wabash, Suite 500 Pennsylvania Santa Cruz County Chicago, IL 60604 200 Forrestal Road 310 W. Plum St. 312-870-6140 Princeton, NJ 08540 Nogales, AZ 85621 www.capeweb.org 609-243-9000 520-397-7914 www.yanj.org www.yascc.com INDIANA Arts for Learning Indiana NEW YORK CALIFORNIA 3921 N. Meridian Street, Suite 210 Young Audiences New York Arts Council of Kern Indianapolis, IN 46208-4011 One East 53rd Street Arts for Learning 317-925-4043 New York, NY 10022 1330 Truxton Ave., Suite B www.yaindy.org 212-319-9269 Bakersfield, CA 93301 www.yany.org 661-324-9000 KANSAS www.kernarts.org Arts Partners Young Audiences of Rochester 201 N. Water, Suite 300 274 N. Goodman St., Suite D242 Young Audiences of Northern Wichita, KS 67202 Rochester, NY 14607 California 316-262-4771 585-530-2060 465 California Street, Suite 433 www.artspartnerswichita.org www.yarochester.info San Francisco, CA 94104 415-974-5554 LOUISIANA Young Audiences of Western www.ya-nc.org Young Audiences of Louisiana New York 3900 General Taylor, suite 201 1 Lafayette Square Young Audiences of San Diego New Orleans, LA 70125 Buffalo, NY 14203 P.O. Box 16274 504-523-3525 716-881-0917 San Diego, CA 92176 www.ya4la.org www.yawny.org 619-282-7599 www.yasandiego.org MARYLAND OHIO Young Audiences of Maryland Center for Arts-Inspired Learning COLORADO 2600 North Howard St., Suite 1300 13110 Shaker Square, Suite C203 Think 360 Arts Baltimore, MD 21218 Cleveland, OH 44120 For Learning 410-837-7577 216-561-5005 135 Park Avenue West www.yamd.org www.yaneo.org Denver, CO 80205 720-904-8890 MASSACHUSETTS OREGON & WASHINGTON www.think360arts.org Young Audiences of Massachusetts Young Audiences of Oregon 89 South Street, Suite 603 & SW Washington CONNECTICUT Boston, MA 02111 1220 SW Morrison, Arts for Learning Connecticut 617-629-9262 Suite 1000 Portland, OR 97205 3074 Whitney Ave., Bldg #2, 2nd Fl. www.yamass.org 503-225-5900 Hamden, CT 06518 www.ya-or.org 203-230-8101 MINNESOTA www.aflct.org COMPAS PENNSYLVANIA 75 5th St. West, Suite 304 Gateway to the Arts FLORIDA St. Paul, MN 55102-1414 803 Liberty Avenue Arts for Learning/Miami 651-292-3215 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 404 NW 26th Street www.compas.org 412-362-6982 Miami, FL 33127 www.trustarts.org/Gateway 305-576-1212 MISSOURI www.a4lmiami.org Kansas City Young Audiences TEXAS 5601 Wyandotte Young Audiences of Abilene Kansas City, MO 64113 1101 North 1st Street 816-531-4022 Abilene, TX 79601 www.kcya.org 325-677-1161 www.abilenecac.com 31 YOUNG AUDIENCES DIRECTORY

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FOUNDERS Directors Board Members Emeriti Mrs. T. Roland Berner James Benedict Mrs. Howard L. Clark Mrs. Edgar M. Leventritt Kevin J. Bradicich Mrs. Irving Moskovitz Mrs. Lionello Perera Kevin P. Chavous J. McLain Stewart Rudolf Serkin Bettie Minette Cooper Mrs. John W. Straus William Cox Mrs. James D. Wolfensohn OFFICERS Benjamin Elbaz Chairman Dale M. Frehse National Advisory Committee Corinne P. Greenberg Scott Greenberg Emanuel Ax President Marilyn W. Grounds Garth Fagan Nathan W. Pearson, Jr. Jean Creamer Hodges Leon Fleisher Marjorie Hyman Richard Goode Vice Chairmen Gretchen B. Kimball Gary Graffman Henry Christensen III Daphne Kis Lorin Hollander John W. Creamer Peter S. Kraus Yo-Yo Ma Mary Ann Fribourg Elizabeth B. Lundqvist Wynton Marsalis Vice Presidents Yo-Yo Ma Zubin Mehta Thomas R. Berner Wynton Marsalis Arthur Mitchell Lady Maughan Mary P. Nass Murray Perahia Sue Ann Weinberg Amy Rasmussen Itzhak Perlman L. Jan Robertson Shirley Ririe Treasurer Ginger Sager Peter Serkin John W. Creamer Estelle Sosland Leonard Slatkin Secretary Richard Stoltzman Richard Stoltzman James H. Gellert H. Guyon Townsend III Michael Tilson Thomas Diane K. R. Volk Deborah Voigt Nola Lancaster Whiteman Charles Wadsworth Susan Wadsworth Andre Watts Pinchas Zukerman NATIONAL OFFICE

David A. Dik Nicole Fix Susan Loeb National Executive Director Director of Finance Bookkeeper Jane C. Bak Peter H. Gerber Dr. Janis Norman Director of National Services Director, Arts for Learning Director of Education, Research & Professional Development Stewart Burns Jarred Hoyt Special Projects Consultant Communications and Marcus Romero New Media Associate Director of Communications Barbara Davis and New Media Assistant to the Executive Director Paula Kascel Director of Development Carla R. Fernandez-Soto Development Associate

32 Credits: Designer: John Mulvaney Writer: Amy Binder Editor: Jane C. Bak Executive Photography: David Moser Photography: Todd Elliott, Abby Hacker, Tim Loretangeli, Stellar Exposures Special thanks to John O’Connor, Senior Vice President, Administration, Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc. for donating the paper for this report The mission of Young Audiences Arts for Learning is to inspire young people and expand their learning through the arts.

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