Arts, Culture, and Humanities
Arts for Learning San Diego
Mission
Arts for Learning San Diego envisions a world where all students, families and communities imagine, create and thrive through the arts. We believe that the arts and artists are essential community resources that deserve sustained advocacy and long-term investment. We train and commission artists of all disciplines to engage directly with diverse communities through vibrant partnerships at the individual, family, school, and community level. Our arts programming reaches participants of all ages.
Ruling Year
1969
Executive Director
Ms. Tara Graviss
Main Address
4305 University Avenue Suite 555
San Diego, CA 92105 USA
Formerly Known As
Young Audiences of San Diego
Keywords
San Diego, arts education, children, families, art, teaching artist
EIN
95-2464304
3312254074
Arts Education/Schools (A25)
Nonprofit Management (S50)
Youth Development Programs (O50)
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Programs + Results
What we aim to solve
Arts for Learning of San Diego is committed to advocating and providing for the arts in education and enriching the lives of all children of our region through an extraordinary range of high quality performances, residencies and workshops to help our young people identify their cultural roots and discover their creative wings.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Where we work
Our Results
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Number of children served
Population(s) served
General/Unspecified
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context notes
Annual Performance Impact
Number of professional artists employed
Population(s) served
No target populations selected
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context notes
Annual Program Impact
Number of youth programs offered
Population(s) served
No target populations selected
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context notes
Annual Program Impact
Charting Impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
How will they know if they are making progress?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Arts for Learning San Diego envisions a world where every young person will have opportunities to imagine, create, and grow through experiences with the arts.
We continue to push forward and bring the arts into classrooms and community centers across the United States. And we are more committed than ever to the service of our parents and teachers and to teach a fourth generation of our nation's schoolchildren about the arts. Our vision for Young Audiences goes beyond simply providing quality arts-in-education programs – but to inspire young people and to expand their learning through the arts, so that they can lead healthy, fulfilling and productive lives.
Strong name/brand recognition combined with a 52+ year history of service to the community and an affiliation with a 32+ National YA Network backs up our experienced and passionate team. Young Audiences Arts for Learning has accomplished so much and has a rich and prominent history from the establishing of the National Young Audiences Week in 1971 to winning the National Medal of Arts Award in 2004. Last year alone, Young Audiences’ programs reached five million students in our nation’s schools through performances, workshops and residency programs in music, theatre, dance and visual, literary and digital arts. Arts for Learning San Diego provides unique programs that lead the community in quality service and we are well respected leaders in the arts education field. We have a history of programmatic innovation and growth and hosts the largest and most experienced roster of professional artists in San Diego County.
-Assess and upgrade hardware/software and infrastructure (track programs & results).
-Conduct assessments of all programs (modify as appropriate and conduct professional development as needed).
-Create an integrated approach to all materials and presentation of same
(market presence and saturation).
YASD launched a major initiative with SDUSD and title I in April 2015 to impact 13,000 students in 22 schools for the next two years. In addition we launched two Military Arts programs at 3 new sites in 2015.
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Affiliations & Memberships
Americans for the Arts 2010
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Arts for Learning San Diego
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Operations
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Board of Directors
as of 6/18/2019
Board Chair
Peter Gust
Chief Financial Officer at Resort Recovery Solutions, LLC / Sapphire Vacation Services
Term: 2018 - 2019
Tara Richards
TDawn Resources, Inc.
Don Renfro
The Corky McMillin Companies
Rachel LaBarre
Roxanne Rojas de Blanco
Young Audiences of San Diego
Barbara Garcia
National School District (Retired)
Eric Starr
Lecturer of Music and Performing Arts Internship Coordinator, San Diego State University
Miles Fleming
Entrepreneur | Consultant, Strategy & Business Development | Retired Technology Sales & Marketing Executive
Chris Fessenden
Founder, Artist Odyssey
Michael Heu
Director of the Academy of Literature, Media, & Arts (ALMA), Hoover High School
Louise Potash
Educator, writer, editor, and arts and education advocate
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
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SOURCE: Self-reported by organizationBOARD ORIENTATION & EDUCATION
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations?
Yes
CEO OVERSIGHT
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year?
Yes
ETHICS & TRANSPARENCY
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year?
Yes
BOARD COMPOSITION
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership?
Yes
BOARD PERFORMANCE
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years?
Yes
Organizational Demographics
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Disability
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