Funding Amount

$1.5 million (goal over 5 years)

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Fund for Creative Arts Therapy

Overview: This fund will help enhance residents' lives through the unique healing and connecting power of music, art, and dance.

Status: Established in 2018 as part of the Living Branches Foundation

Focus Areas:

  • Music therapy

  • Art therapy

  • Dance therapy

  • Life enrichment programs for residents, especially those in Memory Care
  • Geographic Scope: All Living Branches communities (Pennsylvania)

    Fundraising Goal: $1.5 million over five years

    Matching Funds: Living Branches established a $250,000 matching fund to encourage donations

    Background: The program was created to support certified creative arts therapists (such as Seth Laucks) who provide healing and connecting experiences for residents. The fund grew from the vision of Edward Brubaker, President/CEO of Living Branches, who witnessed the benefits of creative arts therapy through personal experience with his mother's dementia and his daughter's musical talents.

    Contact Information:

  • Colin Ingram, Associate Director of Fund Development

  • Phone: 215-368-4438 ext. 44304

  • Edward Brubaker, President/CEO
  • How to Contribute: Checks can be made payable to Living Branches Foundation and mailed to Living Branches Foundation, 275 Dock Drive, Lansdale, PA 19446. You can also contribute securely through the website.

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    artsmusicwellnessseniors

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