Improving quality of life for people of color through STEAM
Mission
Through community-centered programs, consulting, and action-oriented research, ABC addresses issues accessing capital, networks, and knowledge. ABC partners with people of color — with an emphasis on the communities and people identifying as Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous— to connect them with resources and leverage the economic value of their cultural capital to improve their quality of life.
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Grassroots Action Project
In the first 10 years of operation, ABC has reached 4261 nonprofits, individual artists, and social enterprises, raising nearly $40 million for STEAM nonprofits and small businesss.
“Grimalkin and I know first-hand how important the work, services, and support ABC provides and we are extremely grateful and want to see how they continue to do this work and help others succeed and thrive. The services they provide to marginalized creatives and communities [are] much needed and exemplary.”
-Nancy Grim Kells, December 2022
|New York City & Long Island > Abraham in Motion. Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Project. Art for Justice Fund Art in the Park. Art Resistance Through Education. Blaze the Mic, NY. Bloomingdale School of Music. Braata Productions. Bread and Water Theatre. Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. Brooklyn Raga Massive. Camille A Brown Dancers. Community-Word Project. Dance/NYC. Dancing in the Street. Davalois Fearon Dance. Divine Rhythm Productions. Educated Little Monsters. Fist and Heel Performance. Frailty Myths. Harlem Stages. I Am Gym Foundation. ITAP IN. Jazzmobile. Kinding Sindaw. Kosoko Performance. LEIMAY. Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce. Marquis Studios. MASA. Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet. Modern Maestro. Museum of the City of New York. Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company. National Guild for Community Arts Education. Network Support Services. New York Hall of Science. Niani Taylor & Munch Hours, Inc. Queens Center Of The Arts. Queens Underground Film Festival. Red Hook Initiative. The Redeeming Time Project. Sidra Bell Dance New York. he Center for Arts Education. The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan. Trailblazer Camps. Trance4mation Nation. Tribeca Film Institute. Young Composers and Improvisers Workshop. | Massachusetts > The Effing Foundation for Sex Positivity. | District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia > The International Association of Blacks in Dance, Inc. Kennedy Center Performing Arts. Ron Brown Scholar Program. | New Jersey > New Jersey Performing Arts Center. New Jersey Theatre Alliance. | New York State > New York Council on Nonprofits. TRANSART Cultural Services. | Germany > Contemporary And (C&). | Illinois > Intersex Justice Project. | Texas > Polydallas Millennium. | Ohio > Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. | California > Gender Health Center (Sacramento). Levitt Pavillion LA. SWOP Behind Bars. | Florida > Dr. Barbara Seniors Harkins Foundation.
|New York City & Long Island > Abraham in Motion. Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Project. Art for Justice Fund Art in the Park. Art Resistance Through Education. Blaze the Mic, NY. Bloomingdale School of Music. Braata Productions. Bread and Water Theatre. Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. Brooklyn Raga Massive. Camille A Brown Dancers. Community-Word Project. Dance/NYC. Dancing in the Street. Davalois Fearon Dance. Divine Rhythm Productions. Educated Little Monsters. Fist and Heel Performance. Frailty Myths. Harlem Stages. I Am Gym Foundation. ITAP IN. Jazzmobile. Kinding Sindaw. Kosoko Performance. LEIMAY. Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce. Marquis Studios. MASA. Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet. Modern Maestro. Museum of the City of New York. Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company. National Guild for Community Arts Education. Network Support Services. New York Hall of Science. Niani Taylor & Munch Hours, Inc. Queens Center Of The Arts. Queens Underground Film Festival. Red Hook Initiative. The Redeeming Time Project. Sidra Bell Dance New York. he Center for Arts Education. The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan. Trailblazer Camps. Trance4mation Nation. Tribeca Film Institute. Young Composers and Improvisers Workshop. | Massachusetts > The Effing Foundation for Sex Positivity. | District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia > The International Association of Blacks in Dance, Inc. Kennedy Center Performing Arts. Ron Brown Scholar Program. | New Jersey > New Jersey Performing Arts Center. New Jersey Theatre Alliance. | New York State > New York Council on Nonprofits. TRANSART Cultural Services. | Germany > Contemporary And (C&). | Illinois > Intersex Justice Project. | Texas > Polydallas Millennium. | Ohio > Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. | California > Gender Health Center (Sacramento). Levitt Pavillion LA. SWOP Behind Bars. | Florida > Dr. Barbara Seniors Harkins Foundation.
Help Desk
Whether through free expert 1-on-1 consulting for your business or coursework walking you through the fundamentals or advanced steps, our capacity builders meet clients where they are.
Grassroots Action Project
Trying to get access to grant funding or need more robust financial support? Want to network with other STEAM-related businesses owners and nonprofits? Learn more about our programs.
“You guys know what you’re doing. This system is messed up, you know that. But you also are already doing the work to recognize and fix it.
You got this.”
—BERTHA LEWIS, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE BLACK INSTITUTE