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P a g e 11 o f 2 3 14. Who will directly or indirectly benefit from your project? Please be as specific as possible on the characteristics of those who will benefit including, gender, race, age, income level and geographic location. Also, what are the demographics of the area where your project takes place? Does your project help to address any racial disparities in the location it is proposed for? Please list any data sources used and show the steps of any calculations: The ArtsCenter’s mission is to educate and inspire creativity and to enrich the lives of people of all ages, therefore, the entire community will benefit from this project. As the new space is designed and built, accessibility is imperative. Through conversations with community members and stakeholders, a space that is accessible and welcoming to all will be realized. The new building to be not only a place for art education and performing arts but also a community gathering place, where citizens can gather, meet and spend time reflecting on the intersection of the arts in nature and everyday life. Ultimately, The ArtsCenter’s goal is to affect minorities within the area’s communities by creating a more diverse and welcoming ArtsCenter. To understand who has historically benefitted from The ArtsCenter’s programming, please reference this summary of The ArtsCenter’s programming and people impacted by it: While multi-generational arts experiences are an important part of The ArtsCenter’s mission, nearly one half of TAC patrons are youth, making our Youth Programming particularly important to their work. With a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and ensuring all learners can explore their creative capacity through access to transformative arts experiences, scholarships are offered to students from low-income households for both the ArtsCamp and Afterschool Arts Immersion programs. To ensure that all youth in Orange County have access to art experiences the education staff reaches out to counselors and social workers working with the local school systems, the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools. TAC also partners with other social services organizations in this area such as the Family Success Alliance and the Refugee Community Partnership. Having run for 40 years, the multi-generational ArtsCamp is one of TAC’s oldest programs. With over 160 arts education classes over 11 weeks, the program consists of week-long summer camp sessions for students entering grades K-12, with full-day and half-day options. All camps are taught by professional teaching artists from the Triangle area. Afterschool Arts Immersion (AAI) provides arts enrichment and social emotional support during critical afterschool hours for youth in grades K-5. Through two- week artist in residencies, students explore a variety of artistic styles, infusing elements of their academic curriculum with exploration of cultural diversity, important social justice issues, and the development of important social skills through working in peer groups. While TAC does not track the ethnicities of their students in ArtsCamp and Afterschool Arts Immersion Programs, the scholarship programs inform the organization that approximately 25% of the youth in their programs come from households that are at or below federal poverty level. TAC offers a tiered tuition assistance program that awards financial aid to a broad range of students: approximately 22.2% are African American, 42.2% LatinX, 8.9 % Asian, 4.5% mixed ethnicity; and 22.2% Caucasian. The teachers and artists in residence for the Afterschool Arts Immersion program are 75% white, 17% black, 4% Hispanic and 4% Native DocuSign Envelope ID: FC54AC26-7897-4270-8EA1-D754CD59EA76