Art Charities & Non-Profits

This is an "in-progress, aspiring-to-be-comprehensive" list of art charities that help the arts survive.

National Arts Charity Organizations (US)

A Window Between Worlds (AWBW) Alliance for the Arts
https://awbw.org
Provides trauma-healing art workshops across the country.

Americans for the Arts
https://americansforthearts.org
Provides resources for advancing art and art education in the United States.

Art for Heart
https://linkedin.com/company/art-for-heart/
Art for Heart is a 501(c)(3) certified non-profit focused on closing art accessibility gaps nationwide.

Art for Redemption
https://artforredemption.com/
Fine artworks from prison, by incarcerated artists, for the benefit of their families, their future and society.

Art Without Boundaries Association
https://artwithoutboundaries.one/index.html
A Professional Association with the mission to improve the quality of life for individuals with Autism, Alzheimer's disease and other related disorders of the brain. To accomplish this, they recruit, train and certify artists in MnemeTherapy®

Dreaming Zebra Foundation
https://dreamingzebra.org
A nonprofit that encourages children to embrace creativity and follow their artistic dreams.

The Lianne and Danny Taran Foundation 
http://artforcharities.net/
Serves to bring artwork into hospitals and retirement homes.

National Art Education Association (NAEA)
https://www.artseducators.org/
A leading organization dedicated to promoting art education across the United States.

Young Arts
https://youngarts.org/
An organization that nurtures and promotes young artists across the country.

Young Audiences Arts for Learning
https://www.youngaudiences.org/
An arts-in-education network dedicated to inspire and educate young people through the arts.

Children’s Art Charities List

Americans for the Arts - Provides resources for advancing art and art education in the United States.

Arts Connection - Provides art education programs to the public schools in San Bernardino County.

Dreaming Zebra Foundation - A nonprofit that encourages children to embrace creativity and follow their artistic dreams.

Give Kids Art - Give Kids Art provides art programs to ignite creative exploration and self-expression in underserved children living in Los Angeles and beyond. 

Healing and Education Through the Arts (HEART) - The Healing and Education through the Arts (HEART) program is an arts-based approach to providing psychosocial support for children, youth, and adults around the world.

International Children's Art Foundation (ICAF) - ICAF has served American children as their national arts organization and the world’s children as their global arts organization since 1997. ICAF inspires students to boldly step beyond the boundaries set before them to improve the world.

National Art Education Association (NAEA ) - A leading organization dedicated to promoting art education across the United States.

Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership (PAEP) - Promotes life-long learning in and through the arts for Pre-K to grade 12 students, seniors, and special populations in schools and community sites throughout southeastern Pennsylvania.

Sunflower Creative Arts - The mission of Sunflower Creative Arts is to empower Florida children and families to be confident, creative and compassionate through Play, Nature and the Arts.

YoungArts - An organization that nurtures and promotes young artists across the country.

Young Audiences Arts for Learning - An arts-in-education network dedicated to inspire and educate young people through the arts.