RYSE Center
For The Media, Arts And Culture Program
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Amount$150,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/17/2015
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Term36 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
Grounded in the values of youth leadership and social justice, RYSE Center provides programs and services for East Bay young adults, aged 13 to 21. RYSE reaches more than 650 people at its drop-in center in Richmond and more than 2,000 individuals through its off-site programs. The majority of its youth are engaged in organization’s Media, Arts, and Culture programs and often report that the arts offerings are what drew them to RYSE. Renewed funding will enable the organization to continue to provide after-school and evening visual arts, music, and video programs, as well as support the continued development of a new performing arts program.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.rysecenter.org
Address
3939 Bissell Avenue, Richmond, CA, 94805, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The RYSE Center works to create a space grounded in social justice that helps young people to transform their lives and communities in Richmond, California. The organization works to ensure young people have the emotional, physical, and political safety to acquire tools, skills, and resources to understand and change systemic inequities. This grant will support RYSE to achieve their mission more broadly around youth-led education advocacy. (Substrategy: Student and Community Voice)
for organizational adaptation
RYSE Center is a Richmond-based organization that engages youth by providing them the tools to build a better city and county. Its programs focus on equity and justice; community health; youth organizing; and media, arts, and culture. The latter program’s suite of activities, including workshops, field trips, creative projects, performances, and internships, engage more than 500 youth in approximately 60 projects and 40 events each year, reaching more than 2,000 audience members. This grant will support RYSE Center’s adaptation planning and implementation, advancing the Performing Arts Program’s Youth strategy.
