providing young people
from diverse backgrounds
the opportunity to participate
in theatre experiences
in order to develop
confidence,
responsibility,
teamwork,
and a greater sense of self
and community

Get Involved - Donate to City Lights

City Lights Youth Theatre, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is supported by private foundations, corporations, and individual donations. To see a partial list of funders, please click here. If you would like to make a donation, visit the New York charities website, or click on the logo. For more information on our programs, please contact Laurren Scialpi at 212-262-0200.

City Lights Youth Theatre reaches more than 2,000 children annually through the Core Program of after-school and weekend classes and productions, the In-School Drama Immersion Program, and community-based partnerships.

Core Program Enrollment 2006-2007

Total Enrollment

Received Scholarship

% Received Scholarship

389

232

60%


Core Program Ethnicity 2006-2007

Caucasian

African American

Latino

Asian

30%

42%

25%

3%


Geographic Distribution 2006-2007

Manhattan

Brooklyn

Bronx

Queens

Other

52%

15%

12%

9%

12%


**FY06/07 there were 31 children in our earned income program (Fairy Tale Adventures) which are not included in the above statistics.

City Lights Youth Theatre is supported in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

City Lights Youth Theatre
Major Gifts and Leadership Support

Corporations and Foundations

Allen & Company
The Herbert Allen Foundation
A.R.T./NY - Andrew Mellon Foundation
BNP Paribas
Bloomberg
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
The Louis Calder Foundation
CBS
ContiGroup Companies Foundation
CSFB
Debevoise & Plimpton
Ernst & Young
The Bernard F. & Alva B. Gimbel Foundation
The Herman Goldman Foundation
The Liman Foundation
Loews Company Foundation
Management Consultants for the Arts
Marsh USA, Inc.
The MCJ & Amelior Foundations
JP Morgan Chase
National Basketball Association
Newman's Own Fund
The New York Times Company Foundation
The New York Times Company's 9/11 Neediest Cases Fund
Open Society Institute
The Pick Foundation
Puget Sound Fund of the Tides Foundation
The Pumpkin Foundation
SFX Sports Group
The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
The Silverweed Foundation
Sony Corporation of America
The Shubert Organization
Toys "R" Us Children's Fund, Inc.
The Vivendi Universal Fund

Public Agencies

Department of Cultural Affairs
National Endowment for the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts