The Yum! Family Series provides family-friendly programming through a partnership with Fund for the Arts and local arts organizations. Through this partnership, kids and families are able to experience arts programs at a greatly reduced cost, particularly those families at an economic disadvantage. The Yum! Family Series also provides field trips and after-school programs for local students.
Areas of Support
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Theatre Performance Sponsor, Student Matinees – Middle & High School Focus
Actors Theatre’s Education Programming enriches the lives of young people by giving them powerful tools like critical thinking, the ability to collaborate with others, self-confidence and problem-solving skills. Not only do these skills help these students be successful in their own pursuits, according to the US Department of Labor, they are essential to the workforce of the 21st Century.
ArtsMatch Cycle 2
ArtsMatch, a pilot initiative of the Fund for the Arts, expands the capacity of Cultural Providers (i.e., artists, cultural groups, organizations) to create special arts-based projects to reach new audiences and invest in innovation. ArtsMatch utilizes a crowdfunding platform to match donors to projects that are of interest to them. Fund for the Arts maximizes support for the projects by matching the dollars raised.Awards in the Arts Education Award
StageOne Family Theatre
Theatre Performance Sponsor, Student Matinees – Elementary School Focus
StageOne Family Theatre inspires and educates children and families by opening the doors to imagination, opportunity and empathy. Over the course of a season, more than 80,000 children and families from some 30 counties in Kentucky and Indiana will attend StageOne shows and programs. Last season, more than 60% of all JCPS students in grades K-6 came to StageOne performances – many at reduced or zero ticket cost as part of Play it Forward, the unique ticket underwriting program supported through the generosity of Yum! and other corporations, foundations and individuals.
.Youth Arts Training Scholarships
Supporting the artistic development of students with limited financial means.
