named programs · 8 · from sources
What they call their work
Art & Civic Engagement
Engages students in community-based art projects, such as murals, to address social justice issues and promote civic leadership.
Art & ESL/Spanish
Integrates language learning with artistic expression for English and Spanish language learners.
Art & Empowerment
Develops confidence, voice, and leadership by guiding students to create life missions and embrace accountability and resilience.
Art & Identity
Encourages exploration of personal heritage and cultural background, emphasizing immigrant role models and cultural empathy.
Art & Mindfulness
Combines breathing techniques, meditation, and artistic practice to develop focus, emotional regulation, and resilience.
Art & Self-Love
Builds emotional safety, self-acceptance, and identity through creative expression and art exercises like mandala creation.
Art & World Cultures
Teaches global artistic traditions and facilitates virtual cultural exchanges to build cross-cultural understanding.
Virtual Exchange Programs
Connects youth across borders through online collaborative art projects and cross-cultural dialogue.
activities · 4 groups
What they do
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Arts Education Access Programs 1 activity
- Delivers arts education programs to K-12 youth in the U.S. and MexicoProvides in-person and virtual arts-based programming during school day, after-school, and summer programs for K-12 students in public schools, nonprofit organizations, children's homes, public libraries, youth organizations, and Indigenous communities across the United States and Mexico. Focuses on building resilience, purpose, and personal development through the arts.
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Cultural Exchange and Mutual Understanding Programs 1 activity
- Facilitates virtual exchange and collaborative art projects for global awarenessEngages students in virtual exchange and hybrid learning programs, collaborative art projects, and cross-cultural virtual interactions to foster global awareness, cross-cultural understanding, and civic engagement.
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Community-Engaged Public Art Projects 1 activity
- Implements community-based art initiatives for social impactLeads community-based mural projects and art-driven advocacy initiatives that enable youth to address social issues, promote civic engagement, and contribute to community transformation.
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Community Art Education Workshops 1 activity
- Offers multidisciplinary arts instruction including visual arts, performance, and mindfulnessDelivers hands-on instruction in visual arts, chorus, theater, dance, yoga-movement, world awareness, world cultures, empowerment, and mindfulness. Uses practices such as mandala creation and liberating art exercises to support student self-acceptance, identity development, and cultural understanding.
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financials · form 990EZ · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$197K
Contributions & grants$165K84%
Program service revenue$32K16%
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expenses
Total expenses$200K
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balance sheet
Total assets$27K
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Net assets$24K
4 years on record · 2020–2024 · YoY revenue +27.9%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024
Who runs it
paid leadership · 1
| Name | Title | Hours/wk | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lillian Alonzo Marin | Executive Director Founder Trustee | 40 | $77K |
board members · 4
- Raymond Happy — Trustee
- Ricardo Araiza — Trustee
- Stephanie Meade — Trustee
- Tobias Crabtree — Trustee
relationships · 7
Who they work with
- Indigenous communities Partner — Delivers arts programming in partnership with Indigenous communities in the United States and Mexico.
- Indigenous communities Partner — Engages with Indigenous communities in the USA and Mexico to deliver culturally relevant arts programming.
- children homes Partner — Works with children homes to provide arts programming for youth in unstable living situations.
- nonprofit organizations Partner — Partners with nonprofit organizations to serve youth in at-risk communities.
- public libraries Partner — Delivers arts education programs in collaboration with public libraries.
- public schools Partner — Collaborates with public schools to deliver arts education programs.
- youth organizations Partner — Partners with youth organizations to reach underserved populations.
strategies · 5
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Arts-Based Youth Developmentmethodology: arts-based_youth_developmentBy engaging youth in structured arts education, we foster personal growth and community engagement, because creative expression builds resilience, identity, and agency that transfer to non-arts domains.
- Arts-Integrated Life Skills Developmentmethodology: arts-integrated_life_skills_developmentBy teaching artistic decision-making as a transferable skill, we enhance personal growth and self-acceptance, because the cognitive and emotional processes involved in creating art mirror those needed for responsible, resilient everyday decision-making.
- Civic Engagement Through Socially Engaged Artmethodology: civic-engagement-through-artBy using art as a vehicle for addressing social issues, we develop youth leadership and community transformation, because creative participation in justice-oriented projects builds agency, critical consciousness, and collective action skills.
- Culturally Responsive Arts Education for Global Citizenshipmethodology: culturally_responsive_arts_educationBy integrating cultural heritage and racial identity into arts curricula, we promote global citizenship and social justice, because youth develop deeper self-acceptance and cross-cultural empathy when their identities are reflected and affirmed in learning.
- Inner Transformation as Foundation for Civic Impactmethodology: inner-transformation-to-outer-impactBy structuring programming around inner personal development, we produce outward civic and artistic engagement, because sustained community impact is only possible after youth develop self-awareness, identity, and purpose through the arts.