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  • Programs & Services

    Free Arts offers a comprehensive creative empowerment curriculum, to help your organization heal the lives of children and families.

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    With Free Arts Minnesota, your donations provide thousands of children a year with a healing creative outlet. All amounts welcome.

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  • Help Kids Create

    Discover the healing power of art in the most rewarding way imaginable; byteaching it! Become a Free Arts Volunteer Mentor.

  • 10 Ways to help children

    There are many ways to make enormous differences in the lives of children. Find out which way is best for you.

  • Out Wish List

    Art supplies, office equipment, musical instruments, event tickets and more. There are many items that you can contribute to help children thrive. Or check out Free Arts Minnesota's Wish List at Target Lists.

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MYTHS VS REALITY

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Art supplies, office equipment, musical instruments, event tickets and more. There are many items that you can contribute to help children thrive. Wish List >>

Myth

Reality
“Most of the donations made to small non-profit organizations just goes to overhead.” Actually, Free Arts operates with a lean budget. In 2008, seven paid Free Arts staff recruited and trained 350 volunteers to serve 2,082 children. There are still over 5,000 children in need of Free Arts services in Minnesota.
“Lots of people donate to Free Arts Minnesota. They don’t need any more money from me.” Nearly half of our annual budget comes from individual donations. Every gift at every dollar amount makes a difference.
“I can’t afford to give a lot – my gift won’t really make a difference.” All gifts – large and small – contribute to our ability to serve at-risk children in Minnesota. Just $25 will provide a child with one-on-one mentorship for a week.
“Art is fun and all, but I want my money to serve children in a more meaningful way.” While expression through art is important and fun, art is really the activity that provides the outlet for mentors to connect with at-risk children to form trusting relationships and build self-esteem.