2025 Fall/Winter Grant Recipients
Adventure Centers Hawaii
Adventure Centers Hawaii creates accessible opportunities for underprivileged youth, individuals with special needs, and those seeking to build confidence, allowing them to experience the physical and mental benefits of climbing, at no cost. Bouldering is a great way to grow stronger, smarter, and more confident!
The Arc Northwest Mississippi
The Arc of Northwest Mississippi is a non-profit serving the disability communities of Northwest Mississippi by offering programs, education, and connection to achieve the best life possible.
Community Connections
Community Connections is a non-profit established in 2007 with the goal of helping families address various health, developmental, and social needs by offering comprehensive programs and services not currently available in our Arkansas communities.
Down Syndrome Association of Central Kentucky
The Down Syndrome Association of Central Kentucky has been helping and supporting families since 1993, when a small group of parents envisioned better opportunities for their children with Down syndrome. Today, that vision and our organization have expanded, enabling us to offer a range of programs and services completely free to our students and their families.
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. DSACNJ also strives to help children and adults reach their full potential through the development of “Club DREAMS” which will offer academic, therapeutic, and extracurricular programs as well as training in life skills, job skills and provision of job opportunity to people with Down syndrome.
The Francois Foundation for Autism
The Francois Foundation for Autism promotes awareness and understanding to break the stigma of autism in Delaware. They support and empower caregivers of individuals with autism while fostering a community of support and understanding for autism families.
HorseAbility
Located on the beautiful campus of The College at SUNY Old Westbury, HorseAbility is a 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.
Little Friends, Inc.
Established in 1965, Little Friends, Inc. empowers people of all ages experiencing autism, intellectual, emotional, and physical disabilities, and their families, to live, learn, work, and thrive in their communities.
Long Island Children's Museum
Established in 1993, Long Island Children’s Museum is a not-for-profit learning space devoted to the busy work of play. The needs of all children and families are at the center of LICM4all, a Museum-wide initiative to provide accessibility and inclusion resources for all Museum visitors. Part of the initiative includes Sensory Sensitive Theater performances. LICM welcome children and families with a range of disabilities to enjoy the live theater experience in a comfortable setting that includes lighting and sound adjustments.
Nassau Suffolk Autism Society of America
NSASA is a non-profit organization serving families on Long Island, NY. Their mission is to support individuals with autism in the local community. They offer the opportunity for children/adults with autism and their families to participate in recreational and social activities and events in the community. They can participate without fear of judgment and with support.
National Dance Institute
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.
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.
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.
2025 Spring/Summer Grant Recipients
Amazement Square
Amazement Square is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary, hands-on museum located in historic Downtown Lynchburg, Virginia. Additionally, it is the ONLY museum in Virginia to be named a Certified Autism Center.
Attack Theatre
Founded in 1994 by Michele de la Reza and Peter Kope, Attack Theatre fuses modern dance, original live music, and interdisciplinary art forms to create engaging dance performances. Attack Theatre is committed to offering inclusive, engaging experiences for people of all abilities.
Backyard Players & Friends
Backyard Players & Friends is an inclusive, arts-based community program, open to the public for participants age 14 and older. They work to give every person a space so that together we can share ideas and experience openness, joy and creativity. They believe that through inclusion there is diversity and strength.
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.
Camp HorseAbility, Inc.
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.
Camp Kehilla
Camp Kehilla is designed to make the typical camp experience accessible to neurodivergent campers. Their approach allows for a customized summer for children ages 5-21 years with developmental disabilities, Autism spectrum disorder, and/or other neurodevelopmental conditions.
Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck
Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck is dedicated to the benefit of children and adults with disabilities aged 6-50 with year-round programming options. At Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck, campers experience the joys of boating, arts & crafts, music, swimming, and campfires, as well as adaptive sports and games.
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.
Creative Dance Center
Creative Dance Center welcomes students of all ages and abilities who are passionate, dedicated, and have a love for dance. Their friendly atmosphere while using collaborative and diverse methods of teaching enhances knowledge and provides a fun and creative outlet for the students.
Happy Hideaway Sensory Gym
Happy Hideaway will be a sensory gym located in Muncie, IN, specifically designed to cater to the needs of children with autism and sensory processing differences. Their mission is to provide a safe, inclusive, and stimulating environment where children can explore, play, and develop essential skills in a supportive setting.
Joshua's House Foundation
Joshua's House Foundation offers mental health services , vocational programs, and civic engagement education through innovative techniques for families, caregivers , teachers and mental health providers of children and adults facing any kind of developmental or physical disability.
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.
Miracles in Motion
Established in 2007, Miracles in Motion is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation designed to provide the full dance experience to people with special needs. Providing a complete dance education, along with structured choreography in a dance company setting, every session is re-structured to meet the specific needs of each dancer participating.
Nassau County Games for the Physically Challenged
Since 1985, the Nassau County Games for the Physically Challenged has offered physically challenged youth the exciting opportunity to participate in competitive sports and recreational activities adapted to best suit their unique abilities.
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.
Saint Mary's Hospital for Children
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.
Special Olympics Georgia
The mission of Special Olympics Georgia is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for all children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.
The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
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.
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, we provide the John Lennon Real Love Project songwriting program to elementary and middle schools.
Willow Arts
Willow Arts works to build a community of young artists with disabilities by reducing inequalities and barriers in arts education. It uses an assets-based approach to provide a safe and supportive atmosphere for young artists to develop their artistic craft and social skills while reaching their full potential.