Better together
We’re fortunate to partner with an extraordinary network of grantees that are empowering countless people to find their creative voices and make meaningful connections along the way.
Meet our grantees
Vitality Arts®
for ages 55 and better
Seeding Vitality Arts Cohort Members are noted in blue.
Albuquerque Museum Foundation – Albuquerque, NM
2020 / $20,520 / Creative Age
2020 / $3,000 / Online Mixed Media Collage Class
Alive & Kickin – Minneapolis, MN
2019-2021 / $155,095 / Three-Year Expansion Plan
American Alliance of Museums – Arlington, VA
2021 / $10,000 / 2022 TrendsWatch Report
Anchorage Museum Association – Anchorage, AK
2021 / $25,000 / Creative Vitality: Arts-Based Learning for Older Adults
2020 / $25,000 / Creative Vitality: Arts-Based Learning for Older Adults
2020 / $3,000 / Virtual Movement Class
CommonBond Communities – St. Paul, MN
2021 / $112,000 / Arts and Aging
2020 / $100,000 / Arts and Aging
2019 / $100,000 / Arts and Aging
2019 / $25,000 / Engaged Aging at CommonBond Communities
Community Music Center – San Francisco, CA
2017-19 / $120,000 / Older Adult Choir
Craft Contemporary – Los Angeles, CA
2022 / $25,000 / Crafting Histories
2020 / $21,667 / Crafting Histories
2020 / $3,000 / Interactive Online Programming
Episcopal Homes of Minnesota – St. Paul, MN
2019 / $12,500 / Artistically Unpacking 125 Years of History
FilmNorth – St. Paul, MN
2021 / $20,000 / Stories 55
2020 / $3,000 / Stories 55: Virtual Adventures in Visual Storytelling
2019 / $17,500 / Stories 55
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance – Chicago, IL
2022 / $25,000 / Active and Engaged: Arts Programming for Older Adults
2020 / $25,000 / Senior Art Programs
2020 / $3,000 / Virtual Programming: Botanical Drawing
Heard Museum – Phoenix, AZ
2022 / $25,000 / Creative Aging Workshops
2020 / $25,000 / Creative Aging Workshops
John Michael Kohler Arts Center – Sheboygan, WI
2020 / $25,000 / Art Links Sheboygan
2020 / $3,096 / Online Learning: Polymer Clay
Johnson Memorial Health Services Foundation – Dawson, MN
2019 / $12,500 / Releasing Your Inner Artist in Rural Minnesota
Keshet Dance Company – Albuquerque, NM
2021 / $25,000 / Fine Wine Dance FWD: 2021 – 2022 Series
2020 / $3,000 / Fine Wine Dance aka Moving FWD Online Workshops
Lifetime Arts, Inc. – New Rochelle, NY
2022-2024 / $1,500,000 / Strategic Plan/General Operations
2021 / $63,500 / Digitial Services Expansion
2021-2022 / $700,000 / Advancing Creative Aging
2020-2021 / $62,500 / Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums
2019 / $31,185 / MN Teaching Artist Trainings
2018-2020 / $135,000 / Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums
2017-2020 / $1,500,000 / National Impact Initiative
2017-2020 / $182,500 / Seeding Vitality Arts MN
2016-2019 / $228,750 / Seeding Vitality Arts U.S.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) – Los Angeles, CA
2021 / $44,361 / Create + Collaborate
2020 / $40,300 / Create + Collaborate
2019 / $37,015 / Create + Collaborate
MacPhail Center for Music – Minneapolis, MN
2022 / $85,000 / Forte at 55+: Turning Up the Volume on MacPhail Music
2021 / $85,000 / Forte at 55+: Turning Up the Volume on MacPhail Music
2020 / $85,000 / Forte at 55+: Turning Up the Volume for Music for Life
2019 / $77,000 / Forte at 55+: Turning Up the Volume for Music for Life
Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc. – New York, NY
2021 / $20,000 / Creative Aging Choir
Minneapolis Institute of Art – Minneapolis, MN
2020 / $3,000 / Online Learning Pilot
2019 / $22,096 / Hands-on Art
Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts – Winona, MN
2021 / $25,000 / Creative Aging at Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts
2020 / $6,000 / Vitality Arts
2019 / $10,000 / Seeding Vitality Arts
Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte – San Juan, Puerto Rico
2020 / $25,000 / La Vida es un Arte (Life is an Art Form)
2020 / $2,992 / La Vida es un Arte 2.0 (Life is an Art Form 2.0)
Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson – Tucson, AZ
2020 / $25,000 / Stay Gold and School of Drag
2020 / $3,000 / The Real Imagined: A Collaborative Zine
Naples Botanical Garden – Naples, FL
2021 / $25,000 / Creative Aging Workshops
2020 / $17,565 / Nature Journaling: Botany through Art
2020 / $3,074 / Observing Nature Around Me through Artful Journaling
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies – Washington, DC
2020 / $268,000 / Leveraging State Investments in Creative Aging Phase 2
National Guild for Community Arts Education, Inc. – New York, NY
2021 / $87,500 / Catalyzing Creative Aging: Shifting Culture
2021 / $50,000 / Activating Communities of Care: The Creative Aging Movement in a Time of Pandemic
2019-2020 / $470,000 / Catalyzing Creative Aging: Building a Movement
National Museum of Mexican Art – Chicago, IL
2021 / $25,000 / Viva La Vida
2020 / $25,000 / Viva la Vida
2020 / $3,000 / Viva La Vida (Virtual Workshops)
Neon Museum – Las Vegas, NV
2020 / $25,000 / Reclaim Restore Remember Creative Series
2020 / $2,945 / Creative Aging: Telling Personal Stories
Ohio History Connection – Columbus, OH
2020 / $25,000 / Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums Year 2
2020 / $2,856 / Virtual Watercolor Class
PrimeLife Arts Learning – Minneapolis, MN
2022 / $38,000 / General Operating Support
2021 / $25,000 / General Operating Support
Park Square Theatre – St. Paul, MN
2019 / $25,000 / Theatre Workshops for Theatre Lovers Age 55 and Up
Pillsbury House Theatre – Minneapolis, MN
2021 / $25,000 / CenterstAGE Memoir Explorations
2020 / $3,000 / Virtual Memoir Classes
2019 / $12,500 / CenterStAGE
Rumriver Art Center – Anoka, MN
2021 / $25,000 / Vitality Arts
2020 / $3,000 / Online Learning Pilot
2019 / $25,000 / Vitality Art-Reach Classes
Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts – Camden, NJ
2020 / $25,000 / Encore Arts Creative Aging Program
School One – Providence, RI
2021 / $19,825 / Intergenerational Arts Program
2020 / $3,000 / Life’s Gems: Intergenerational Creative Writing
Smithsonian Institution – Washington, DC
2022 / $25,000 / Smithsonian Studio Arts and Boomers’ Chorus
2020 / $25,000 / Smithsonian Boomers’ Chorus
2020 / $3,000 / Curating a Life: Art as Memoir
Speed Art Museum – Louisville, KY
2020 / $25,000 / Community Connections
2020 / $3,000 / Online Bookmaking
St. Francis Music Center – Little Falls, MN
2019 / $12,500 / Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls (St. Francis Music Center)
Taller Puertorriqueño – Philadelphia, PA
2021 / $25,000 / Moving Stories 3: Sharing Memories through Art-Making
2020 / $3,000 / Online Learning Pilot
2020 / $6,400 / Best Practices in Vitality Arts among Philadelphia’s Latino Community
Teachers & Writers Collaborative – Brooklyn, NY
2021 / $25,000 / Legacy Arts: Telling Out Stories
2020 / $3,000 / Our Oral Histories
Textile Center – Minneapolis, MN
2021 / $25,000 / Interlace
2020 / Interlace Online
2019 / $25,000 / Interlace
The Louisiana Museum Foundation – New Orleans, LA
2022 / $ 16,981 / Creative Aging Courses at the Louisiana State Museum
2020 / $17,753 / Illustrating New Orleans: Arts Workshops for Older Adults
2020 / $3,000 / Resilience in Writing: Online Poetry Courses for Older Adults at the Louisiana State Museum
The Olana Partnership – Hudson, NY
2022 / $25,000 / “Young at HeART” Workshop Series
2020 / $25,000 / “Young at HeART” Workshop Series
TU Dance – St. Paul, MN
2021 / $16,544 / Dance Workshops for Older Adults
2019 / $12,500 / Dance-Writing Workshops for Older Adults: Dancing Your Story
Twin Cities Public Television – St. Paul, MN
2021 / $125,000 / Next Avenue: Exploring Museums
2020 / $124,355 / Next Avenue: Arts Courses
2019 /$255,641 / Next Avenue: Telling Our Stories
Union County Historical Society and Heritage Museum – New Albany, MS
2020 / $25,000 / Pottery, Mosaics, and Stitchery
2020 / $3,187 / Online Memoir Writing and Mixed Media
United Methodist Retirement Communities (URMC) Foundation – Chelsea, MI
2021 / $25,000 / Art of Aging: Crafting a Creative Community
2020 / $3,000 / Online Learning Pilot
Walker Methodist Foundation – Minneapolis, MN
2021 / $25,000 / In-Person Art After a Year of COVID
2020 / $3,000 / Online Learning Project
2019 / $17,500 / Transforming Arts at Highview Hills
YMCA of Greater Syracuse – Syracuse, NY
2019 / $15,000 / Active Adult Artists
Discovery Arts
for children and youth
Children’s Theatre Company – Minneapolis, MN
2022 / $75,000 / ACT Pass
2021 / $75,000 / ACT Pass
2020 / $75,000 / ACT Pass
2019 / $50,000 / ACT Pass
Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts – Minneapolis, MN
2022 / $68,376 / First Moves
2021 / $68,376 / First Moves
2019 / $87,801 / First Moves
East Side Arts Council – St. Paul, MN
2021 / $25,000 / Arts for All
2020 / $25,000 / Arts for All
2019 / $25,000 / General Operating Support for Youth Programming
FilmNorth – St. Paul, MN
2021 / $50,000 / General Operating Support
2020 / $50,000 / Youth Media Education
2019 / $50,000 / Youth Media Education
Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies – St. Paul, MN
2022 / $85,000 / Harmony Program
2021 / $85,000 / Harmony Program
2020 / $80,000 / Harmony Program
2019 / $65,000 / Harmony Program
Lundstrum Performing Arts – Minneapolis, MN
2020 / $50,000 / General Operating Support for Youth Programming
2019 / $45,000 / General Operating Support for Youth Programming
MacPhail Center for Music – Minneapolis, MN
2022 / $90,000 / All Together Now! North Minneapolis E-12 Music
2021 / $90,000 / All Together Now! North Minneapolis E-12 Music
2020 / $85,000 / All Together Now! North Minneapolis E-12 Music
2019 / $75,000 / All Together Now! North Minneapolis E-12 Music
Minneapolis Institute of Art – Minneapolis, MN
2022 / $57,372 / Creativity Academy
2021 / $57,372 / Creativity Academy
2020 / $52,900 / Creativity Academy
2019 / $59,629 / Creativity Academy
Northern Clay Center – Minneapolis, MN
2021 / $25,000 / Clay to Go
2020 / $25,000 / Clay to Go
2019 / $25,000 / Clay to Go
Pillsbury House + Theatre – Minneapolis, MN
2021 / $45,000 / Chicago Avenue Project
2020 / $45,000 / Chicago Avenue Project
2019 / $45,000 / Chicago Avenue Project
TU Dance – St. Paul, MN
2021 / $40,000 / Access to TU Dance Center Programming for Children & Youth
2020 / $40,000 / Access to TU Dance Center Programming for Children & Youth
2019 / $40,000 / Access to TU Dance Center Programming for Children & Youth
VocalEssence – Minneapolis, MN
2021 / $100,000 / VocalEssence Singers Of This Age
2020 / $100,000 / VocalEssence Singers Of This Age
2019 / $100,000 / VocalEssence Singers of This Age
Walker Art Center, Inc. – Minneapolis, MN
2019 / $40,000 / Cultural Experiences Partnership: 6th Grade Animation Workshops
2017-2019 / $47,500 / Cultural Experiences Partnership Animation Program
Humanity Arts
for adults with mental illness
MacPhail Center for Music – Minneapolis, MN
2022 / $144,114 / Music Therapy at Andrew Residence
2021 / $144,114 / Music Therapy at Andrew Residence
2020 / $171,395 / Music Therapy at Andrew Residence
2019 / $151,519 / Music Therapy at Andrew Residence
Mateo Lodge, Inc. – Redwood City, CA
2021 / $98,150 / Mateo Lodge Art Program and Renovation
2020 / $77,700 / Mateo Lodge Art Program and Renovation
2019 / $71,200 / Mateo Lodge Art Program and Renovation
People Incorporated – St. Paul, MN
2021 / $80,000 / Artability – Art and Music 2022
2020 / $120,000 / Artability
2019 / $120,000 / Artability
Tasks Unlimited, Inc. – Minneapolis, MN
2021 / $17,850 / Lodge Renovation
2020 / $35,350 / Lodge Renovation
2019 / $88,384 / Lodge Renovation
Touchstone Mental Health – Minneapolis, MN
2021-2022 / $127,059 / Creative Expression Program
2019-2020 / $89,240 / Creative Expression Program