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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.

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

Akron Art Museum – Akron, OH
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
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
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
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
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
2022 / $215,283 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

Bronx Museum of the Arts– Bronx, NY
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
2022 / $230,420 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

Brooklyn Museum– Brooklyn, NY
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
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
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
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
2024 / $50,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
2022 / $250,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums 

Frist Art Museum– Nashville, TN
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
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
2024 / $33,960 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
2022 / $209,001 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
2022 / $25,000 / Creative Aging Workshops

Honolulu Museum of Art– Honolulu, HI
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
2022 / $250,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art– Sarasota, FL
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
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
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
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
2024 / $43,430 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
2022 / $249,993 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums

Minneapolis Institute of Art – Minneapolis, MN
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
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
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
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
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
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
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
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
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
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
2024 / $19,425 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
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
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
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
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
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
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
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
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
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
2024 / $55,000 / Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums
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

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