Donate to Project Create

Project Create is the only organization in Washington, D.C. that provides free, after-school arts education to children living in emergency, transitional and long-term affordable family housing.

Help us reach as many children as possible.

Email or call 202.660.2555 to learn more:

• During 2008-2009, the number of kids in Washington, D.C. with neither parent employed at a full-time job went from 41% to 44%, and the number of children living in poverty went from 28,000 to 33,000 (26% to 29%).  If Washington, D.C. were a state it would rank second behind Mississippi in percentage of children living in poverty.
• People in homeless families, who make up 39% of the total homeless population in Washington, D.C., increased by 10% between 2009 and 2010.  In 2010, the District of Columbia government served 593 families in emergency shelter and 619 families in transitional Housing. These families included 1,585 adults and 2,241 children.  At the same time, 488 families were on the waiting list.
• In 2010, Washington, D.C. was rated worst in the nation for “food insecurity” with 32.3% of the District’s kids living in “food insecure” households.
• A five-year survey of 600 homeless youth in a Seattle arts program found a strong correlation between attendance and life achievements (e.g. substance abuse cessation, return to school, employment, pro-social skills developments).

• Arts education has been shown to increase resiliency to cope with stressful life circumstances. (Resiliency is defined here as “the capacity to channel your pain rather than exploding.)
• Art has been found to have a particular therapeutic value for those populations that have experienced abuse and neglect.