The Foundation believes that an early experience in the arts can inform a child's thinking and ability to be creative later in life. As such, our goal is to provide early opportunities to encounter the arts in many forms and in a variety of ways. As children mature and they begin to make choices about where their interests and passions lie, we seek to support those who choose the arts as the discipline of choice in their formal studies. Following this spectrum, the Foundation supports programs that provide arts education at the elementary school levels all the way through to providing scholarships to high school students who wish to continue their arts training at the college level. Programs funded include those that provide classes and workshops in music, theater, dance and the visual arts to students who might not otherwise be exposed to an arts education. The Foundation wishes to foster the creative spirit and enable youth to grow and become vital members of their community. Through the funding of programs both in and out of schools, the aim is to allow young people not only to envision their goals but also to realize them. In addition, some of our grants have helped to fund programs that provide a safe, nurturing environment to cultivate the creativity of the most at-risk institutionalized teens from the foster care and juvenile justice systems.