Destiny Arts Center
For General Operating Support
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Amount$255,000
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Program
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Date Awarded10/29/2018
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Term36 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Destiny Arts Center seeks to inspire and ignite social change through movement arts by providing free and low-cost dance, theater, martial arts, violence prevention, and leadership classes to youth aged three to 18 in Oakland. Destiny Art Center’s professional teaching artists work with more than 3,000 primarily low-income youth and youth of color, both at the organization’s home campus, and at 24 schools and community centers throughout the East Bay. Destiny Arts Center’s two youth performing companies collaborate to produce one original piece of musical theater per year, and perform for more than 20,000 audience members annually.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.destinyarts.org
Address
970 Grace Avenue
Oakland, CA 94608
Oakland, CA 94608
Grants to this Grantee
for organizational adaptation
Destiny Arts Center seeks to inspire and ignite social change through movement arts. The center’s professional teaching artists also work with more than 3,000 primarily low-income youth and youth of color, aged three to 18, both at the organization’s home campus, and at 24 schools and community centers throughout the East Bay. Each year, Destiny Arts Center’s two youth performing companies collaborate to produce an original piece of musical theater for more than 20,000 audience members. This grant to Destiny Arts Center aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s Youth strategy, and will advance the organization’s adaptation planning and implementation.
