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Vitality Arts®

for ages 55 and better

Seeding Vitality Arts Cohort Members are noted in blue.

Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums Cohort Members are noted in orange.

Akron Art Museum – Akron, OH
2022 / $90,942 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

Alive & Kickin – Minneapolis, MN
2023 / $100,000 / General Operations
2022 / $100,000 / General Operations
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

ASU Art Museum – Tempe, AZ
2022 / $119,978 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

Be That Neighbor – Minneapolis, MN
2022 / $5,000 / Mill City Singers 

Boise Art Museum– Boise, ID
2022 / $215,283 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

Bronx Museum of the Arts– Bronx, NY
2022 / $230,420 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

Brooklyn Museum– Brooklyn, NY
2022 / $250,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

CommonBond Communities – St. Paul, MN
2023 – 2024 / $170,000 / Arts and Aging
2022 / $100,000 / Arts and Aging
2021 / $112,000 / Arts and Aging

Craft Contemporary – Los Angeles, CA
2022 / $25,000 / Crafting Histories

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art – Bentonville, AR
2023 / $43,020 / Vitality Arts Project Evaluation
2022 / $229,130 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums 

FilmNorth – St. Paul, MN
2021 / $20,000 / Stories 55

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco – San Francisco, CA
2022 / $250,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums 

Frist Art Museum– Nashville, TN
2022 / $129,545 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance – Chicago, IL
2022 / $25,000 / Active and Engaged: Arts Programming for Older Adults

Heard Museum– Phoenix, AZ
2022 / $209,001 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
2022 / $25,000 / Creative Aging Workshops

Honolulu Museum of Art– Honolulu, HI
2022 / $250,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art– Sarasota, FL
2022 / $109,907 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

John Michael Kohler Arts Center – Sheboygan, WI
2022 / $22,000 / Art Links Sheboygan

Keshet Dance Company – Albuquerque, NM
2021 / $25,000 / Fine Wine Dance FWD: 2021 – 2022 Series

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

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) – Los Angeles, CA
2022 / $250,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
2021 / $44,361 / 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

Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc. – New York, NY
2022 / $18,000 / Creative Aging Choir
2021 / $20,000 / Creative Aging Choir

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art– Memphis, TN
2022 / $249,993 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

Minneapolis Institute of Art – Minneapolis, MN
2022 / $250,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts – Winona, MN
2021 / $25,000 / Creative Aging at Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts

Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte – San Juan, Puerto Rico
2022 / $25,000 / La Vida es un Arte (Life is an Art Form)

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego– San Diego, CA
2022 / $250,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson – Tucson, AZ
2022 / $25,000 / Intergenerational & Creative Aging Programs

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston – Houston, TX
2022 / $250,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

Naples Botanical Garden – Naples, FL
2021 / $25,000 / Creative Aging Workshops

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies – Washington, DC
2022 / $1,396,500 / States Leading Creative Aging

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

National Museum of Mexican Art – Chicago, IL
2021 / $25,000 / Viva La Vida

Neuberger Museum of Art – Harrison, NY
2022 / $246,822 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

New Orleans Museum of Art – New Orleans, LA
2022 / $250,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

Ohio History Connection – Columbus, OH
2022 / $25,000 / 55+ Creative Aging Classes

Pérez Art Museum Miami  – Miami, FL
2022 / $216,150 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

PrimeLife Arts Learning – Minneapolis, MN
2022 / $38,000 / General Operating Support
2021 / $25,000 / General Operating Support

Philbrook Museum of Art – Tulsa, OK
2022 / $162,350 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

Pillsbury House Theatre – Minneapolis, MN
2021 / $25,000 / CenterstAGE Memoir Explorations

Queens Museum of Art – Queens, NY
2022 / $250,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

Rumriver Art Center – Anoka, MN
2022 / $25,000 / Vitality Arts Outreach
2021 / $25,000 / Vitality Arts

Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts – Camden, NJ
2022 / $25,000 / Encore Arts Creative Aging Program

School One – Providence, RI
2021 / $19,825 / Intergenerational Arts Program

Smithsonian Institution – Washington, DC
2022 / $25,000 / Smithsonian Studio Arts and Boomers’ Chorus

Speed Art Museum – Louisville, KY
2022 / $25,000 / Platinum Collective Jewelry Extravaganza

Taller Puertorriqueño – Philadelphia, PA
2021 / $25,000 / Moving Stories 3: Sharing Memories through Art-Making

Tampa Museum of Art– Tampa, FL
2022 / $250,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

Teachers & Writers Collaborative – Brooklyn, NY
2021 / $25,000 / Legacy Arts: Telling Out Stories

Textile Center – Minneapolis, MN
2021 / $25,000 / Interlace

The Louisiana Museum Foundation – New Orleans, LA
2022 / $ 16,981 / Creative Aging Courses at the Louisiana State Museum

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art– Kansas City, MO
2022 / $250,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums 

The Olana Partnership – Hudson, NY
2022 / $25,000 / “Young at HeART” Workshop Series

Toledo Museum of Art– Toledo, OH
2022 / $119,916 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

TU Dance – St. Paul, MN
2021 / $16,544 / Dance Workshops for Older Adults

Twin Cities Public Television – St. Paul, MN
2022 / $125,984 / Next Avenue: Arts + Aging in Community
2021 / $125,000 / Next Avenue: Exploring Museums

United Methodist Retirement Communities (URMC) Foundation – Chelsea, MI
2021 / $25,000 / Art of Aging: Crafting a Creative Community

Utah Museum of Fine Arts – Salt Lake City, UT
2021 / $158,500 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums 

Walker Methodist Foundation – Minneapolis, MN
2021 / $25,000 / In-Person Art After a Year of COVID


Discovery Arts

for children and youth

Children’s Theatre Company – Minneapolis, MN
2022 / $75,000 / ACT Pass
2021 / $75,000 / ACT Pass

Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts – Minneapolis, MN
2022 / $68,376 / First Moves
2021 / $68,376 / First Moves

East Side Arts Council – St. Paul, MN
2023 / $17,500 / Arts for All
2022 / $25,000 / Arts for All
2021 / $25,000 / Arts for All

FilmNorth – St. Paul, MN
2021 / $50,000 / General Operating Support

Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies – St. Paul, MN
2022 / $85,000 / Harmony Program
2021 / $85,000 / Harmony Program

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

Minneapolis Institute of Art – Minneapolis, MN
2022 / $57,372 / Creativity Academy
2021 / $57,372 / Creativity Academy

Northern Clay Center – Minneapolis, MN
2023 / $17,500 / Clay to Go
2022 / $25,000 / Clay to Go
2021 / $25,000 / Clay to Go

Pillsbury House + Theatre – Minneapolis, MN
2023 / $31,500 / Chicago Avenue Project
2022 / $45,000 / Chicago Avenue Project
2021 / $45,000 / Chicago Avenue Project

TU Dance – St. Paul, MN
2023 / $28,000 / Access to TU Dance Center Programming for Children & Youth
2022 / $40,000 / Access to TU Dance Center Programming for Children & Youth
2021 / $40,000 / Access to TU Dance Center Programming for Children & Youth

VocalEssence – Minneapolis, MN
2023 / $70,000 / VocalEssence Singers Of This Age
2022 / $100,000 / VocalEssence Singers Of This Age
2021 / $100,000 / VocalEssence Singers Of This Age


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

Mateo Lodge, Inc. – Redwood City, CA
2023 – 2024 / $190,000 / Mateo Lodge Art Program and Renovation
2022 / $87,275 / Mateo Lodge Art Program and Renovation
2021 / $98,150 / Mateo Lodge Art Program and Renovation

People Incorporated – St. Paul, MN
2023 – 2024 / $220,000 / Artability Workshops and Showcase
2022 / $125,000 / 2023 Artability Workshops and Showcase
2021 / $80,000 / Artability – Art and Music 2022

Tasks Unlimited, Inc. – Minneapolis, MN
2021 / $17,850 / Lodge Renovation

Touchstone Mental Health – Minneapolis, MN
2021-2022 / $127,059 / Creative Expression Program

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