2024 Fall/Winter Grant Recipients
Bring on the Spectrum, Inc.
Bring on the Spectrum, Inc offers social, recreational and lifestyle activities for neurodiverse and neurotypical children, teens and adults like art, yoga, music, Zumba, life skills and more.
Camp Looking Glass
Since 2004, Camp Looking Glass has been providing sleep-away summer camps and year-round recreational activities to children and adults with disabilities in the Mississippi Delta, all at no cost to campers and their families.
cARTie
cARTie brings high-quality art and museum-based learning directly to young students with their art museum bus across Connecticut for students in PreK-2. They partner with local community organizations to provide families and children with exciting art and museum adventures.
Down Syndrome Association of Central New Jersey
The Down Syndrome Association of Central New Jersey is a non-profit organization, dedicated to providing support, education, opportunity and enrichment to persons with Down Syndrome and their families with the hopes of breaking down barriers, eliminating misconceptions, and promoting inclusion for those with Down Syndrome.
GIGi's Playhouse Long Island
GiGi’s Long Island delivers free educational, therapeutic-based, and career development programs for individuals with Down syndrome, their families, and the community, through a replicable playhouse model.
HorseAbility
Located on the beautiful campus of The College at SUNY Old Westbury, HorseAbility is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to improve the lives of individuals with special needs through Equine Facilitated Interactions. HorseAbility is proud to be one of only two Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl.) Premier Accredited Centers on Long Island.
Hudson Valley Swim
Since 2003, the primary goal at Hudson Valley Swim has been to teach proper swimming techniques, no matter the age of the student. Their swimming lesson program is for students of all ages and abilities, starting as early as 6 months through adult.
Jacob's Chance Inc.
Jacob's Chance enriches lives by empowering individuals 5-40 years old who have developmental and or, intellectual disabilities with or without physical disabilities through inclusive programs that promote personal development and positive relationships.
Morgan's Wonderland Camp
Open all year long, Morgan’s Camp is an Ultra-Accessible™ camp for everyone with a particular emphasis on giving people with physical and developmental disabilities an opportunity to enjoy summer-camp-type activities alongside guests without special needs.
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet’s Education Department strives to make a positive impact in its community through low-cost and free educational programs and events that make ballet as inclusive, accessible, and welcoming to as many people as possible.
Poudre Public Schools
Located in Northern Colorado, the Center Based Autism Program at Shepardson Elementary is a warm and inclusive K-5 school with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
Special Olympics of New York
Special Olympics New York provides inclusive opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to discover and unleash the champion within. Their athletes experience the thrill of competing in authentic sports, to overcome defeat, taste victory, and stay active for life.
Theatre Within
Since the onset of the pandemic in 2020, Theatre Within has provided nearly 1,000 free workshops in creative expression and mindfulness for children and adults impacted by cancer. In addition, they provide the John Lennon Real Love Project songwriting program to elementary and middle schools.
2024 Spring/Summer Grant Recipients
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation
The mission of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation is to further the pioneering vision of the choreographer, dance, and cultural leader Alvin Ailey by building an extended cultural community that provides dance performances, training and education, and community programs for all people.
Aspiring Attitudes
Aspiring Attitudes is a non-profit dance studio where special needs and typically developing students take classes and perform side by side in their fully integrated studio, regardless of any physical, developmental, emotional, or financial limitations they may have. Students learn the art of true inclusion.
Baby Fingers
Baby Fingers offers a unique journey through language and music for babies and children, schools, parents and educators. Their programs support early language development for Deaf and hearing children, while strengthening communication and family bond through the use of music and sign language.
Camp Abilities
Camp Abilities Brockport is to empower children and teens with visual impairments to be physically active and productive members of their schools, towns, cities, and communities, as well as to improve the health and well-being of people with sensory impairments. Many of the specialists at Camp Abilities are blind themselves, which greatly improves the experiences of the campers.
Children's Learning Center
Established in 1948, the Children’s Learning Center (CLC) has a well-earned reputation for outstanding education, evaluation, and treatment for children from early childhood to adulthood with a broad range of mild to severe disabilities. Located on the grounds of CP Nassau, each child’s program is individualized and closely monitored by a team of multidisciplinary professionals.
Hear Your Song
Hear Your Song, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that empowers children and teens with serious illnesses and complex health needs to make their voices heard through collaborative songwriting. In kid-driven, trauma-informed songwriting sessions, Hear Your Song volunteers work with youth participants to guide them through the process of writing their own songs about anything they want
HorseAbility
Located on the beautiful campus of The College at SUNY Old Westbury, HorseAbility is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to improve the lives of individuals with special needs through Equine Facilitated Interactions. HorseAbility is proud to be one of only two Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl.) Premier Accredited Centers on Long Island.
Joyce Theater Foundation
For over three decades, The Joyce Theater Foundation has advanced its mission to serve the art of dance and choreography, promote the richness and variety of the art form, and enhance the public interest dance. Comprehensive educational programs for schools and families enhance the public’s appreciation of dance and serve more than 1,500 local students annually.
KEEN Chicago
KEEN (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now) has a mission to empower youth with disabilities and impact volunteer coaches through participation in free, non-competitive, one-on-one programs of physical activity and fun, supporting the overall health and well-being of all participants. In its open, unstructured and non-competitive environment, KEEN welcomes every child, regardless of their disability.
Mephibosheth Farms Angelic Riders
Mephibosheth Farms Angelic Riders, Inc. is a non-profit 501 (c)3 PATH certified therapeutic horseback riding facility dedicated to providing the many benefits of horseback riding with children and adults who have physical, psychological, and developmental disabilities.
Michigan Arts Access
Located in the International Institute of Detroit, Michigan Arts Access is a non-profit organization that promotes creativity, education, and accessibility to the arts for people with disabilities by creating an inclusive society where they may participate in, learn through, excel in, and enjoy the arts.
Morgan's Wonderland
On April 10, 2010, Morgan’s Wonderland became the world’s first theme park designed with individuals with special needs in mind. Guided by its mission of inclusion, the park strives to bring together guests of all ages and all abilities through the power of inclusive play offering 25 Ultra-Accessible™ attractions.
National Dance Institute's DREAM Project
National Dance Institute (NDI) is a non-profit arts education organization that brings children together through inclusive dance and music programs. The NDI DREAM project is an inclusive dance program that provides children with disabilities the opportunity to perform.
Nassau/Suffolk Autism Society of America
NSASA is a non-profit organization serving over 4,000 families on Long Island. Their mission is to support individuals with autism in our local community by providing free educational, social, and recreational opportunities to families touched by autism.
Pal-O-Mine Equestrian
Founded in 1995, the mission of Pal-O-Mine Equestrian is to provide a comprehensive therapeutic equine program using horses to facilitate growth, learning, and healing. Their growing population includes children and adults with disabilities, those who have been abused or neglected, the military, and the impoverished.
REVolutions Dance
REVolutions Dance was created with the intention of uniting individuals with and without disabilities through movement, creativity, and artistry. REVolutions Dance serves disabled and non-disabled dancers of all levels, as well as those who are simply interested in movement and creativity as a means of strengthening the connection between disabled and non-disabled populations.
Salt Lake Community College Foundation
The SKIP (SLCC Kids in Play) Program is a community-based exercise and play program for children with disabilities and their families within the greater Salt Lake area. SKIP's mission is to provide children with disabilities adapted physical activity opportunities in a safe, inclusive, family orientated, noncompetitive atmosphere.
Share the Voice
Share the Voice, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization providing adaptive tricycles and miles of smiles to children with special needs at no cost. The purpose of Share the Voice, Inc. is to provide a physically active outlet and increase social skills and self-esteem in a home and neighborhood environment through the use of mobility equipment.
Special Olympics of New York
Special Olympics of New York provides year-round sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills, and friendships with their families, other Special Olympic Athletes, and the community.
St. John School of the Arts
St. John School of the Arts empowers the youth and their families through its passion for music, dance, theatre, and visual arts. Its programs seek to instill creativity and a greater sense of collaboration throughout the diverse community. St. John School of the Arts has proudly been bringing arts education to the children of St. John for over 40 years.
St. Mary’s Kids
St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children is committed to improving the health and quality of life for children and families with special needs. The team of pediatric specialists at St. Mary’s Hospital for Children in Bayside, New York, provides specialized, interdisciplinary care to hundreds of children with complex medical conditions.
Tilles Center for the Performing Arts
Tilles Center’s mission is to entertain and enrich the Long Island Community through arts performance, education, and advocacy. Tilles Center’s Arts Education Program provides arts experiences to under-served communities, from low-income school districts to those on the autism spectrum.