Causes: Arts & Culture, Children & Youth, Environment, Environmental Beautification, Job Training, Youth Development Programs

Mission: West Park Cultural Center uses arts and culture as a central tool in programs that help children and youth tap into their creative and academic potential. West Park Cultural Center is where families can access the arts, education, and other programs that contribute to their personal development.

Results: West Park Cultural Center in normal times reaches more than 5,000 children, youth and adults annually through afterschool arts classes, "Arts for Literacy" in the classroom, Saturday Arts Classes, Camp Ginkgo, and the annual West Park Arts Fest.

Target demographics: children, youth and families

Direct beneficiaries per year: children and youth engage in virtual summer and afterschool arts programming when Covid-19 made in-person classes impossible.

Geographic areas served: West Philadelphia

Programs: Afterschool (ceramics, film, theatre) Arts, Arts for Literacy during the school day, Camp Ginkgo, danceLogic on Saturdays, and the annual West Park Arts Fest.