partnerships & community connections
In business, they say, "You're only as good as your last deal." In show business, they say, "You're only as good as your last hit." And in the world of non-profits, they say, "You're only going to be successful if you have a lot of partners."
It is not an exaggeration to say that community collaborations are a key to CSMA's success and ability to make its vision of Arts for All a reality. So who are our partners, why are their connections critical to the school, and what does their involvement mean to YOU?
Here is what CSMA's COMMUNITY PARTNERS do for you, your family and the community. . .
- FIRST 5 Santa Clara County and Arts Council Silicon Valley fund enrollment for approximately 125 preschoolers in our Castro School bi-lingual music and art program;
- Shoreline Amphitheatre and Los Altos/Mountain View PTA Council support our annual Choral Fest featuring 500 children singing on Shoreline's main stage;
- City of Mountain View, individual school districts and parent groups help us to bring arts education to 7,500+ elementary school children at approximately 30 schools;
- Silicon Valley's philanthropic leaders - William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation and others - fund everything from financial aid to creative program development to general operating;
- ebay Foundation funds a partnership between CSMA and Abilities United (formerly the Community Association for Rehabilitation, or C.A.R.) providing weekly classes at CSMA to Abilites United artists;
- Adobe Foundation supports our New Media Program providing classes in animation, web design, laptop orchestra and more;
- University Art of Palo Alto enables us to expand our outreach to teens and adults, providing them with targeted workshop flier mailings and art supply savings;
