Arts programming is often considered a luxury many social service agencies simply can’t afford to offer. To fill that void, Free Arts NYC partners with several agencies throughout New York City to provide quality arts programs on-site to their various communities, always at no cost.

Our programs are in high demand. Each year, 100% of the agencies we work with ask Free Arts NYC to return, and there is presently a waiting list of new organizations that would like to work with us.

The following agencies currently partner with Free Arts NYC:

BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life)
A national non-profit youth agency that exists to dramatically increase the academic achievements, self-esteem and life opportunities of children living in low-income, urban communities. Bell administers after-school academic enrichment programming at public schools throughout NYC and elsewhere; Free Arts provides a cultural enrichment option for their CS200 site in Harlem.

CAMBA Beacon Center
A school-based community center that partners with community-based organizations to provide educational, recreational and cultural initiatives, youth leadership and social services to low-income Flatbush neighborhood residents.

Center for Court Innovation
Founded as a public/private partnership between the New York State Unified Court System and the Fund for the Ciyt of New YorkFund for the City of New York, the Center for Court Innovation is a non-profit think tank that helps courts and criminal justice agencies aid victims, reduce crime and improve public trust in justice. The Center combines action and reflection to spark problem-solving innovation both locally and nationally.

Children’s Aid Society
An organization that offers health, educational and social services for children in various locations throughout New York City.

Community Roots Charter School
Community Roots Charter School is a rigorous K-5 learning community where learning is embedded in meaningful real world context, where children are deliberately taught to see the connections between school and the world.

Department of Homeless Services
A network of several homeless shelters throughout New York City. The work of DHS and its nonprofit partners focuses on providing safe shelter, outreach services and, over the last few years, helping individuals and families transition to permanent housing.

Dream Charter School
Dream is the charter school of the esteemed East Harlem non-profit organization, Harlem RBI. The school’s mission is to educate East Harlem children through a comprehensive K-8 program that builds a community of passionate lifelong learners and promotes physical, social, emotional and moral growth in a nurturing environment with high expectations.

Edwin Gould Services
A comprehensive social service agency offering a variety of services to children and families. Free Arts NYC partners with STEPS to End Family Violence that is dedicated to empowering families through innovative, strength-based programs that promote healing and social change.

Excellence Charter School
Located in the Bedford Stuyvesant part of Brooklyn, this all-boys school primarily works with the African American community. This school’s mission is to “prepare young boys to enter, succeed in and graduate from outstanding college preparatory high schools and colleges.” Currently, the school has kindergarten and first grade classes, with the goal of adding a new kindergarten class each year to ultimately become a K-8 school.

The Family Center
Assists seriously ill parents (with HIV/AIDS or cancer) to create a better future for their children by providing comprehensive legal and social services, education and research. Free Arts NYC partners with their Brooklyn and Manhattan sites.

Future Leaders Institute Charter School
FLI’s mission is to expand opportunities for students who historically have had limited access to rigorous academic instruction, and to empower them to make informed, deliberate decisions so that they may lead socially responsible, productive lives.

Good Shepherd Services
A social service organization providing support to young people growing up in high-poverty New York City communities. Good Shepherd works to break the cycles of negative outcomes, helping vulnerable young people and their families make a safe passage to self sufficiency. Free Arts partners with GSS at the following locations: Barbara Blum Residence (temporary residence for teen boys awaiting Family Court outcomes); Neighborhood Family Empowerment Center and North Bronx Family Service Center (family counseling program that provides case management, advocacy and referral services to avert the need for foster care) and Access GED (full-time program for overage, under-credited youth who have experienced failure in other academic settings).

GO Project
The “Grace Opportunity Project” is located at the Grace Church School. GO is an academic assistance program for Lower Manhattan’s underprivileged public school students (grades 1-5) in need of reading, writing and math remediation outside of the school hours. A year-round social worker offers GO families the opportunity to receive counseling, referrals, parent discussion groups and workshops.

Graham Windham Manhattan Mental Health Center
Established in 1981, MMHC serves the mental health needs of children in the Central and West Harlem community. In addition, the center promotes literacy and academic acheivement for all children seen at MMHC.

Grand Street Settlement
A community center that services residents on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Their mission is to provide community-based, family-focused services that empower young people and adults to develop their strengths and skills to become economically and socially self-sufficient.

Harlem Link Charter School
K-4 public school that aims to link academics, values and community to graduate articulate scholars that are active citizens who learn and serve in their communities. Families, staff and community join together to provide a safe, supportive learning environment that empowers students to take an active role in learning and demonstrate good character.

I Have A Dream
A community center that assists youth from local and low-income families to reach their education and career goalsby providing a long term program of mentoring, tutoring and enrichment with an assured opportunity for higher education.

Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center
A Manhattan-based community center that aims to meet the social, educational, recreational and cultural needs of west side residents (especially those living in the Amsterdam Houses).

Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Services
A community-based organization whose mission is to improve the physical, social and spiritual health of impoverished East Harlem children and families, predominantly Mexican immigrants.

Palladia, Inc.
A substance-abuse treatment agency with permanent supported housing facilities for formerly homeless families. Free Arts NYC partners with Dreitzer House in East Harlem and Stratford House in the Bronx.

Union Settlement Association
Through education programs and human services, the agency promotes leadership development and fosters economic self-sufficiency to help individuals and families build a stronger community.