GALVANIZE: $1 Million in Grants - Announcing Our COVID-19 Community Response Fund

Supporting Youth Music Organizations Amid Pandemic

$1 Million in Grants to Youth-Serving Music Programs In light of the impact COVID-19 is having on people across the United States, especially young people, The Lewis Prize for Music is establishing a $1 million COVID-19 Community Response Fund. The fund will distribute over 20 grants of $25,000 to $50,000 to responsive and adaptive Creative Youth Development (CYD) music programs. The application will open on Monday, April 20 and close on Friday, May 8 with grants distributed on June 16.   CYD organizations uniquely act as a critical part of the social fabric devoted to supporting young people's creative and material well being. By combining artistic training with access to mentorship, meals, transportation, mental health services and even housing, CYD providers are practiced at meeting the immediate and unique needs of young people. During these difficult times, we continue to see organizations within the CYD field foster community and collective resilience, despite having access to limited resources. They need and deserve our support more than ever before.  Through conversations with our 2020 Awardees and additional research conducted since mid-March, we know CYD music organizations across the country continue to serve young people and their communities. By sustaining the most responsive of these music organizations, we will help them keep young people connected to music and simultaneously address exacerbated issues of unequal access to food, housing, education and technology. Stable CYD organizations are important for the present and the future because they are dedicated to ensuring young people of all backgrounds develop the creativity, skills and self-confidence to thrive in life. The Lewis Prize will open its annual Accelerator Award process in the summer following the distribution of grants from the COVID-19 Community Response Fund.   Be sure to follow our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages to continue to recieve up to date information. If you have a moment, please share this news with others via email and on social media. In Solidarity, The Lewis Prize for Music team http://thelewisprize.org About The Lewis Prize for Music The Lewis Prize for Music believes that music in the lives of young people is a catalytic force to drive positive change in our society. It partners with leaders in diverse and vibrant communities who invest in young people by providing access to safe, inclusive spaces where they can build powerful relationships through music.   More information can be found at www.thelewisprize.org. Copyright © 2020 The Lewis Prize, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website or have a connection to The Lewis Prize for Music. Our mailing address is: The Lewis Prize 4000 Ponce de Leon Blvd Ste 510 Coral Gables, FL 33146-1431