{"id":3688,"date":"2025-09-10T17:07:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livesircuit.com\/streetpoets\/?page_id=3688"},"modified":"2025-11-05T07:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:14:11","slug":"funding-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livesircuit.com\/streetpoets\/funding-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding & Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Street Poets would not be able to do the work we do without the generous support of various private foundations, public sources, corporations and individuals, including but not limited to:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • AHJN Collaborative Grant<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Ahmanson Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Amity Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The Annenberg Foundation (Explore.org)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The Attias Family Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Bloomberg Philanthropies<\/span><\/li>\n
  • California Arts Council<\/span><\/li>\n
  • California Community Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • California Humanities<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The California Wellness Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The Cowles Charitable Trust<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The Crail-Johnson Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Creative Artists Agency<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Department of Youth Development<\/span><\/li>\n
  • DeVos Institute of Arts Management, Social Cohesion Project<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The Dwight Stuart Youth Fund<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The Eisner Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Find Your Light Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Find Your Grind Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The Green Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • House of Blues Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The James Irvine Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Joseph Drown Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Judy Bork Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Kalliopeia Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Keck Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • LA Arts Recovery Fund<\/span><\/li>\n
  • LA County Department of Arts and Culture<\/span><\/li>\n
  • LA County Justice Care and Opportunity Department (JCOD)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Lendistry Performing Arts Grant<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Leo Buscaglia Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Liberty Hill Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Literary Arts Emergency Fund<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Mark Taper Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Music Man Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Music Man Meredith Wilson Award<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Newport Festivals Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Neighborhood Council Grant<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Perenchio Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Poetry Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Transforming LA\/Community Partners (DMH)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Weingart Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • William Morris Endeavor (WME) Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Ready To Rise<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Roth Family Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Sony Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Unlikely Collaborators<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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    Street Poets Inc. was the 2013 recipient of the Cultural Fluency Award from Mount St. Mary\u2019s College \u201cIn Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to the Development of Cross-Cultural Understanding in the Los Angeles Community.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Street Poets Inc. was the 2003 recipient of the John Anson Ford Human Relations Award from the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations \u201cfor being an exemplary program for youth from different backgrounds that instills inter-group understanding and awareness through artistic expression by exploring their own values, assets and obstacles in order to become agents of change in their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

    ERIC HENDERSON GOOD SEED FUND<\/h1><\/div>

    Inspired by the memory of a big-hearted Street Poet leader who was killed in a random drive-by shooting on his 19th birthday back in 2005, this scholarship fund provides financial mini-grants to Street Poets alumni pursuing college, vocational training or new business start-ups.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3688","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nFunding & Awards - Street Poets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/livesircuit.com\/streetpoets\/funding-awards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Funding & Awards - 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