TO MAKE A DONATION:
Please make donation checks out to
WHAT GIRLS KNOW
and mail to:
The New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center
(Attention: Marie Lamb)
900 Camp St., New Orleans, LA 70130
Thank you.
OUR DONORS INCLUDE
SAVE THE CHLDREN: The Katrina Response
Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world. For nearly 75 years, Save the Children has been helping children survive and thrive by improving their c
STARBUCKS FOUNDATION
Since its inception in 1997, The Starbucks Foundation has awarded over $12 million to more than 700 literacy and youth organizations throughout the United States and Canada . These grants provide organizations support in the development of innovative learning opportunities for youth in arts and literacy and environmental education. The Starbucks Foundation supports programs for youth 6-18, that integrate literacy with personal and civic action in the communities where they live. Funding for the Foundation has come mostly from Starbucks Coffee Company and also from individual donations. This is one element of Starbucks continuing efforts to give back to its communities.
What Girls Know will work in partnership with the Starbucks store on Maple Street in New Orleans (which just celebrated its grand re-opening since Katrina) to organize “A Storm of Stories” performing events in the store.
V-DAY ORGANIZATION
V-Day (founded by Eve Ensler) is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop worldwide violence against women and girls, including rape, incest, genital mutilation (FGM) and sexual slavery.
V-Day has given consistent support to What Girls Know since 2001.
NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
(The Semans Art Fund, Inc.)
For the second consecutive year, Ciera Payton a student at NCSA, has been granted a financial award for her work in What Girls Know .
RUSH PHILANTHROPIC ARTS FOUNDATION
Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation is dedicated to providing disadvantaged urban youth with significant exposure and access to the arts, as well as providing exhibition opportunities to underrepresented aratists and arts of color. While its primary emphasis is the the arts, Rush Philanthropic is committed to the general well being of young people by considering a wide range of concerns. It was founded in 1995 by brothers Russell, Danny, and Joseph Simmons. (Although Rush Philanthropic gives exclusively to NYC youth, it donated discretionary funds this year to What Girls Know in New Orleans .
