Open Arts Studio
Community & Not-for-Profit Support
We invite our community to gather, support, and engage through private and public programming, working sessions, service projects, support with strategic resources, and action groups to advance good within and across sectors and communities.
We are also committed to supporting those at the front lines of service through the provision of hopeful spaces to advance their work and access to new models of social change.
Leveraging Social Media to Advance Your Mission
The New York Times Social Media Editor Sona Patel discusses how not-for-profits can use social media most effectively. Learn about the various platforms, understand the opportunities and challenges presented by each, and discover how to ethically and effectively use social media to advance your mission.
Fostering Civil Communities
We embrace the intertwined texture of community. In a world that can feel increasingly siloed, we imagine community in a new way.
By engaging diverse audiences and putting them in proximity to some of the most pressing humanitarian issues of our time, we seek to foster communities that are civil, communities that flourish, and communities that are inclusive of all – with the goal of generating thought and action toward sustained social impact.
Impact and Innovation
Our Impact and Innovation series, launched in 2019, engages with leaders across sectors to explore collaborative models that pursue innovative strategies while achieving profound social change. Through this series, philanthropic participants can identify new ways of investing, private sector participants can identify new models of collaboration, and not-for-profits can determine ways to effectively pivot and modify sustainability strategies.
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Individuals provided with healthy meals through our Relief Fund for Connecticut, increasing food security for some of Fairfield County's most vulnerable populations
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People from 50 not-for-profits and 24 social enterprises and businesses engaged in the inaugural Impact and Innovation panel discussion
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Programs hosted for not-for-profits through our Space Grants program
2019
Scaled the Space Grants program to include more national and international organizations, including eight organizations with global reach.
2016
We honored the 15th anniversary of 9/11 with Voices Center for Resilience, one of our not-for-profit partners that works with public and private partners to promote healing and resiliency in the lives of those impacted by traumatic events.
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