2022 Creativity Foundation Grants
Creativity Fund: Rwanda (The Ingazi Fund)
The Creativity Fund: Rwanda, which puts the decision-making for Rwandan grant money into the hands of Rwandans who know and understand what is happening in their own communities, was created two years ago with the help of the Creativity Foundation. It is a bold experiment to re-think foreign aid. (Foreigners are in facilitation and fundraising roles only, while all of the board leadership is from and based in Rwanda.)… More…
the collective blueprint
The Collective Blueprint helps young adults in Memphis get out of poverty. It effectively provides intensive support to young adults who have been out of work and school. This includes educational, medical, and psychological support. In 2022, the Creativity Foundation was especially impressed with the organization’s new advocacy and organizing training program… More…
Mamelodi initiative
The Mamelodi Initiative provides educational opportunities to young people in Mamelodi Township, while also building local leadership. The Mamelodi Initiative effectively fosters the curiosity and imagination of the youth it works with -- helping empower them to be change-makers… More…
The Phoenix School Music Program
The Phoenix School in Salem, Massachusetts effectively provides a creative education to children K-8th grade. Under the leadership of Creativity Foundation Legacy winner Dennis Shafer, the school is currently expanding its music program… More…
Free Black Chesapeake Project
Playwright Chelsea Dee Harrison, a Creativity Foundation Legacy winner, has a strong track record of creating public programs that combine an exploration of history with the creation of new art. The Creativity Foundation liked the fact that Chelsea Dee makes theater and art-making accessible, fun, and consciousness raising… More…