The Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center is a hands-on center focusing on the historic expedition as a gateway for learning about history, exploration, transportation, the arts, science, the natural environment, and native cultures.
Light House Studio equips young people with the skills and confidence to tell their stories and build community through collaborative filmmaking. We seek to foster a community where Charlottesville’s young people flourish as students, storytellers, and citizens.
To communicate Madison’s role in creating our modern, democratic government.
We foster the youth of Charlottesville through music. The Music Resource Center is a safe, diverse, and creative community where teens learn, grow, and make music together. MRC is affordable to all.
To create and promote an interest in historical education and research leading to the preservation of artifacts, documents, and written records relevant to the history of Nelson County; and the authentication, preservation and the acquisition, as feasible, of historical sites and structures in Nelson County.
To enliven Virginia through access to the best in contemporary art and artists and to inspire new ways of thinking, seeing, and doing.
The 100 Black Men of Central Virginia advocate for the elimination of the achievement gap of African American males in grades K -12.
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation remains committed to a twofold mission: preservation and education. Preservation — to conserve, protect, and maintain Monticello in a manner which leaves it enhanced and unimpaired for future generations — and education — to interpret and present Thomas Jefferson to the widest possible audiences, including scholars and the general public.
We combine mentoring and technology to prepare youth for brighter futures!
Promoting kids’ well-being through counseling, family support, and early learning opportunities