Building Beats - Illumination Fund

Building Beats - Illumination Fund is sponsored by Illumination Fund. Empowers youth through music education by offering digital music production workshops that teach digital and technological skills in music-making.

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com/LMTischFund) ### The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund aspires to have a positive, lasting impact on well-being and community life The Illumination Fund’s interest areas are multifaceted, and many programs cross over traditional categories, including arts, health, and civic engagement.

All of the Illumination Fund’s grants are united under the foundation’s mission: to increase access and opportunity and to build healthier communities The Illumination Fund focuses on programs and organizations in New York City. The City has a wealth of resources that make it a dynamic place, yet there are profound disparities across neighborhoods, races, ethnicities and income levels.

The Illumination Fund strives to build opportunities for all New Yorkers to have healthy, fulfilling lives and for communities to have access to the City’s resources.

Supporting organizations that use the arts to address mental health stigma, trauma, and aging-related disease in New York communities Supporting organizations that use sports to improve youth mental health, expand access, and promote equity in New York City and Northern New Jersey ###### Access to the Arts Supporting organizations that increase cultural access and opportunity for New Yorkers Supporting projects in Israel and NYC that foster community engagement, constructive expression, and cross-cultural communication Supporting organizations that mobilize individuals toward social change to enhance society and strengthen communities Supporting organizations that use the arts to address mental health stigma, trauma, and aging-related disease in New York communities Supporting organizations that use sports to improve youth mental health, expand access, and promote equity in New York City and Northern New Jersey ###### Access to the Arts Supporting organizations that increase cultural access and opportunity for New Yorkers Supporting projects in Israel and NYC that foster community engagement, constructive expression, and cross-cultural communication Supporting organizations that mobilize individuals toward social change to enhance society and strengthen communities Supporting organizations that use the arts to address mental health stigma, trauma, and aging-related disease in New York communities Supporting organizations that use sports to improve youth mental health, expand access, and promote equity in New York City and Northern New Jersey ###### Access to the Arts Supporting organizations that increase cultural access and opportunity for New Yorkers Supporting projects in Israel and NYC that foster community engagement, constructive expression, and cross-cultural communication Supporting organizations that mobilize individuals toward social change to enhance society and strengthen communities Supporting organizations that mobilize individuals toward social change to enhance society and strengthen communities Supporting organizations that use the arts to address mental health stigma, trauma, and aging-related disease in New York communities Supporting organizations that use sports to improve youth mental health, expand access, and promote equity in New York City and Northern New Jersey ###### Access to the Arts Supporting organizations that increase cultural access and opportunities for New Yorkers.

Supporting projects in Israel and NYC that foster community engagement, constructive expression, and cross-cultural communication Supporting organizations that mobilize individuals toward social change to enhance society and strengthen communities Supporting organizations that use the arts to address mental health stigma, trauma, and aging-related disease in New York communities * [](https://thelmtif.

org/our-programs-2/#) * [](https://thelmtif. org/our-programs-2/#) Since its founding in 2007, the Illumination Fund has undertaken time-limited initiatives with enduring impact. These initiatives have benefited hundreds of thousands of people and in many cases were catalytic.

Although the Illumination Fund is not making new grants in these areas, programs that were developed or expanded with the Illumination Fund’s support have continued to evolve and grow.

###### **Healthy Food & Community Change** Building on previous giving to healthy food initiatives such as the NYC Green Carts, in 2013 the Illumination Fund launched its Healthy Food & Community Change initiative, a $15 million, 5-year commitment in New York City.

The NYC Green Cart initiative, a partnership with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, was an innovative model that used mobile vending to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables in targeted neighborhoods. Initiatives that activate the spirit of service, have an impact on critical community issues, and build skills for young people that increase their economic opportunities.

###### **Healthy Food & Community Change** Building on previous giving to healthy food initiatives such as the NYC Green Carts, in 2013 the Illumination Fund launched its Healthy Food & Community Change initiative, a $15 million, 5-year commitment in New York City.

The NYC Green Cart initiative, a partnership with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, was an innovative model that used mobile vending to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables in targeted neighborhoods. Initiatives that activate the spirit of service, have an impact on critical community issues, and build skills for young people that increase their economic opportunities.

###### **Healthy Food & Community Change** Building on previous giving to healthy food initiatives such as the NYC Green Carts, in 2013 the Illumination Fund launched its Healthy Food & Community Change initiative, a $15 million, 5-year commitment in New York City.

The NYC Green Cart initiative, a partnership with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, was an innovative model that used mobile vending to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables in targeted neighborhoods. Initiatives that activate the spirit of service, have an impact on critical community issues, and build skills for young people that increase their economic opportunities.

Initiatives that activate the spirit of service, have an impact on critical community issues, and build skills for young people that increase their economic opportunities. ###### **Healthy Food & Community Change** Building on previous giving to healthy food initiatives such as the NYC Green Carts, in 2013 the Illumination Fund launched its Healthy Food & Community Change initiative, a $15 million, 5-year commitment in New York City.

The NYC Green Cart initiative, a partnership with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, was an innovative model that used mobile vending to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables in targeted neighborhoods. Initiatives that activate the spirit of service, have an impact on critical community issues, and build skills for young people that increase their economic opportunities.

###### **Healthy Food & Community Change** Building on previous giving to healthy food initiatives such as the NYC Green Carts, in 2013 the Illumination Fund launched its Healthy Food & Community Change initiative, a $15 million, 5-year commitment in New York City. * [](https://thelmtif. org/our-programs-2/#) * [](https://thelmtif.

org/our-programs-2/#) ### Grantees and Partners Since its founding in 2007, the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund and an affiliated donor-advised fund have made more than $110 million in grants. The list of grantees and partners below is a sampling of recent and past grants.

Filter by Programs Filter by Area of Works Filter by timefilters [](https://thelmtif. org/grantees/babson-college/) Film: A Most Beautiful Thing [](https://thelmtif. org/grantees/americans-for-the-arts/) ### Americans for the Arts Diversity in Arts Leadership Program [](https://thelmtif.

org/grantees/anti-defamation-league/) ### Anti-Defamation League [](https://thelmtif. org/grantees/art-for-justice-fund/) Artists and advocates working together to end mass incarceration [](https://thelmtif. org/grantees/art-start/) Art Start Youth Mental Health Initiative [](https://thelmtif.

org/grantees/artis/) [](https://thelmtif. org/grantees/artistic-noise/) [](https://thelmtif. org/grantees/arts-minds/) [](https://thelmtif.

org/grantees/aspen-institute-2/) Conversations with Great Leaders in Memory of Preston Robert Tisch [](https://thelmtif. org/grantees/batsheva/) [](https://thelmtif. org/grantees/billie-holiday-theatre/) ### Billie Holiday Theatre [](https://thelmtif.

org/grantees/blue-star-families/) Blue Star Arts in New York City [](https://thelmtif. org/grantees/bronx-museum-of-the-arts/) ### Bronx Museum of the Arts Youth Arts Education Programs [](https://thelmtif. org/grantees/brooklyn-academy-of-music/) ### Brooklyn Academy of Music [](https://thelmtif.

org/grantees/brooklyn-museum/) [](https://thelmtif. org/grantees/building-beats/) [](https://thelmtif. org/grantees/caaav/) [](https://thelmtif.

org/grantees/cardozo-law-school/) [](https://thelmtif. org/grantees/caringkind/) [](https://thelmtif. org/grantees/casita-maria-center-for-arts-education/) ### Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education * Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)Bluesky * Share on Threads (Opens in new window)Threads * Print (Opens in new window)Print * Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Email LinkedInFacebookEmailBlueskyShare ##### Laurie M.

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