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Thank you for considering a gift to Groundworks Art Lab. Your generous support is critical to our mission and helps us make sure the impact of hands-on art programs can be shared across the community.
Ways to give
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Make a one-time (or set up a recurring) gift using this form. All gifts made using this form between November 1st & December 9th count toward Colorado Gives Day. (If you don’t see a form, please try refreshing this page.)
By Check: Please make your check out to Groundworks Art Lab, Inc. and mail it to: 3750 Canfield Street, Boulder, CO 80301
By Donor Advised Fund: Please make your check out to Groundworks Art Lab, Inc. and mail it to: 3750 Canfield Street, Boulder, CO 80301. Our EIN is 27-0947724. For additional information or proof of nonprofit status, please contact Breona Byrd, Development Manager, by sending and email to breona.b@groundworksartlab.org.
By Wire Transfer: Please contact Colleen McCarthy, Operations Director, by sending an email to colleen.m@groundworksartlab.org to request wire transfer instructions.
By Gift of Stock: Please contact Breona Byrd, Development Manager, by sending an email to breona.b@groundworksartlab.org to request transfer instructions.
Your gift matters because Making Art Makes a Difference.
For youth…
Hands-on arts programs also build lifelong success by fostering 21st-century job skills like critical thinking, creativity, and troubleshooting.
Visual arts, in particular, help students set goals and develop an idea of a final product, then cultivate discipline and focus to achieve those goals.
$1 for after-school art programs saves $9 on other costs
After-school arts programs save cities money. For every $1 spent on after-school programs, $9 is saved by reducing welfare and crime costs, improving academic performance, and increasing kids' learning potential.
2x as likely to graduate college
The arts help people succeed. Low-income students who are highly engaged in the arts are more than twice as likely to graduate college than their peers with no arts education.
5x less likely to drop out
Students excited by school stay in school. Low-income students who participate in the arts, both in school and after school, have a dropout rate of just 4 percent-five times lower than their peers.
For seniors…
For older adults, just 10 weeks of participation in a visual arts program has been shown to increase the resilience and neural connectivity of the brain. Community art programs also reduce social isolation and spark participation in other kinds of activities, helping elders remain active members of the community as they age.
$43.3 billion in savings from reduced doctor visits
After a year of singing in a chorale, older adults visited their doctor an average of 2.5 times less per year. This saves $500 per person, or up to $43.3 billion for the 86.7 million older adults in the United States each year.
63% reduced risk of dementia
Activities like dancing, playing an instrument, and reading lower the risk of dementia. Older adults who do at least 11 cognitive or physical activities per month are 63 percent less likely to have dementia.
Arts make life better
When older adults participate in the arts, they demonstrated statistically significant higher levels of five positive well-being indicators (interest, sustained attention, pleasure, self-esteem, and normalcy).
For society…
People who participate in arts programs are twice as likely to volunteer in their communities. Young artists are 40% more likely to have friends from different racial groups and twice as likely to vote. When arts organizations are present within low-income neighborhoods, property values are boosted by up to 20%.
75% reduction in income disparity
From 2000-2010, more than 75 percent of diverse, low-income, and highly disadvantaged neighborhoods saw reductions in income disparity that directly correlated to the formation of new arts organizations within that community.
Arts encourage empathy and decrease distrust
Research has shown that exposure to stories of other cultural experiences, such as through literary fiction, significantly increases empathy and the ability to see another person's point of view.
Culture improves immigrants’ psychological well-being
Immigrants who participate in culturally meaningful activities, including their indigenous arts, show improved psychological well-being, enhanced positive emotions and feelings, and deeper social connections with others.
For everyone…
For all ages and abilities, hands-on art activities decrease stress hormones, lowering anxiety and reducing depression. Community art programs, especially, reduce loneliness and build social connections across differences.
Research shows that participatory art programs like the ones offered by Groundworks Art Lab have dramatic impact on the mental, physical, and social health of participants as well as long-term impact on the communities they inhabit.
This is our WHY. When you give to Groundworks you’re helping bring the benefits of hands-on art programs to our entire community. Please make your impact today by clicking the button below.
Learn more about these statistics and other social impacts of the arts HERE.