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Support SAFInvest in access to the arts.
Your support helps Rochester young people discover the arts, take part regardless of cost, and explore where creativity can take them.
Pick the way that fits you.
Give, sponsor, volunteer, or partner. Every kind of support helps more young people reach the arts.
Fund arts access for young people.
Give online or mail a check. Gifts support Arts Day, subsidies, scholarships, and more.
Make a giftPut your business behind Arts Day.
Sponsorship VolunteerShare your time and talent.
Volunteer or mentor PartnerCollaborate as a school or organization.
Partner with us Share a resourceKnow a program, space, or supplies that could help?
Tell us
Sponsor Arts Day or an access program.
Businesses can underwrite Arts Day or support SAF's access programs.
- Recognition on co-branded materials
- Thanks on SAF's social media
- A presence at events like Arts Day
Optional: add sponsorship levels once they're set.
SAF at a glance.
- Organization
- Student Arts Foundation (SAF)
- Location
- Rochester, New York
- Focus
- Equitable arts access, youth development, creative pathways
- Arts Day since
- 2014
- Students served
- 400+ since SAF began; 100–150 at Arts Day each year
- Leadership
- Founded by School of the Arts alumni
- Status
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 45-4120223
Optional: add an annual budget and downloadable documents (one-pager, annual report, W-9).
Current priorities
- Growing the Regional Arts Opportunity Finder and expanding the network into new markets
- Sustaining the Community Art Subsidy Program
- Scholarships and mentorship for students pursuing arts-related study
- Launching the Rising Creatives paid internship (applications expected April 2027)
- Strengthening partnerships between schools and cultural organizations
Share your time and talent.
Help at Arts Day and community events, support operations, or mentor a young person exploring creative education and careers.
- Event setup, welcome, and family support
- Mentoring students on education and creative careers
- Professional skills: design, marketing, finance, grant writing
Volunteers and mentors who work directly with young people complete a background check before their first event.
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