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The Jazz Bakery is dedicated to presenting and preserving America's greatest musical art form, and to keeping jazz alive by cultivating new audiences and emerging talent. The Jazz Bakery exists to: • Present low cost live performances by the finest musicians from our local communities and around the world. • Promote an appreciation of America’s original art forms by creating an accessible center for jazz and the performing arts in Los Angeles County. • Inspire through music while building the next generation of jazz audiences. • Educate the next generation of jazz musicians through community outreach programs.

The Workshop Theater's mission is to inspire, sustain, explore, and amplify the creation of new theatrical stories, and to connect those stories to audiences.

From the Top celebrates the passion, dedication, and personal stories of the nation's outstanding young classical musicians. Through entertaining radio and television broadcasts, online media, and a national tour of live events and outreach programs, these performers inspire the pursuit of excellence, and encourage participation in the arts as an integral part of a vibrant and civil society. 

The Jazz Gallery serves as an international cultural center where the youngest generation of emerging professional jazz musicians are nurtured with opportunities to collaborate with their peers, discover and refine their creativity, and perform in front of eager audiences.

The mission of the Barnes is to promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts and horticulture. Founder, Dr. Albert C. Barnes, believed that art had the power to improve minds and transform lives. Our diverse educational programs are based on his teachings and one-of-a-kind collections.

Masterwork is dedicated to enriching and supporting the cultural life of the community through professional-level choral performances and the promotion of music education.

The Laundromat Project brings art, artists, and arts programming into laundromats and other everyday spaces, thus amplifying the creativity that already exists within communities to build community networks, solve problems, and enhance our sense of ownership in the places where we live, work, and grow.

Founded in 2012, Stage the Change, Inc. was created to teach and enable students of the arts to use their "arts voices" to create the world that they would like to live in •To help students become global citizens through creativity and performance and learn to approach social justice issues which are important to them through theatre, dance and film. As we grow, these students provide communities with inspirational original performance which serve as a catalyst for change.

Our mission is to foster an understanding and appreciation of Japan’s culinary heritage in the United States through outreach to chefs, culinary arts professionals and all who admire and enjoy Japanese culture. We are committed to the principles of cultural and gastronomic education and exchange and we believe that by inspiring chefs, restaurateurs, journalists, and food lovers both professional and amateur through such educational initiatives, we will expand and enrich their repertoires, their artistry and their cultural understanding. The Gohan Society serves as a resource center for knowledge of traditional Japanese ingredients, techniques and food-related products, and as a catalyst for the expansion of that knowledge in the United States.

The Edison Institute does business as "The Henry Ford."  Its mission is to provide unique educational experiences based on authentic objects, stories and lives from America's traditions of ingenuity, resourcefulness, and innovation. Its purpose is to inspire people to learn from these traditions to help shape a better future.    

Founded in 1969, the Phoenix Chorale enriches life through excellence and distinction in choral artistry.

Every year, The Book Truck gives thousands of free books to foster care and low-income teens throughout Los Angeles. Our programming is designed to encourage even the most reluctant readers: we carry the books that teens want the most and staff our truck with a diverse group of trained teen volunteers who make informed book recommendations to their peers and help them select the "right" book. Our mission is to break the cycle of poverty by increasing literacy skills among underserved teens.