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NONPROFIT PARTNERS
For over 50 years, the Art Colony Association, Inc., producer of the Bayou City Art Festival,
has raised over $3.6 million in support of local nonprofit organizations.
Pictured above are representatives from our Memorial Park 2024 nonprofit partners.
From left to right: FreshArts, ArtReach, The Women's Fund, The Health Museum and The Museum of Fine Arts Houston
2025 NON PROFIT PARTNERS
ARTreach connects community partners with artists to positively impact the underserved and the community as a whole.
We see art as a healing, restorative, and empowering mechanism to help at-risk populations overcome obstacles and thrive. ARTreach serves the tri-county area of Katy, Texas, including greater Fort Bend County, Harris County, and Waller County. ARTreach connects programs through collaborations with many community partners, including social service agencies, government entities, and other nonprofits. ARTreach artists deliver programs in foster care centers, schools, libraries, hospitals, community centers, senior living homes, and residential treatment centers.
Mission:
ARTreach uses the arts to change lives.Through the power of connection, we deliver quality art programs to the most vulnerable populations in our communities: children and families at risk, special needs groups, and senior citizens. In partnership with professional artists and volunteers, we aspire to create positive impact on the community
Pink Bows Foundation was established in honor of Madison Alexis Dubiski, who passed away at the age of 23 while attending the Astroworld music festival on November 5, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Madison was known for her loving and kind personality, as well as her dedication to community service. She had completed over 500 volunteer hours and worked with 25 non-profits by the time she graduated high school. The foundation aims to continue Madison's legacy of giving back.
Pink Bows Foundation's Mission:
Pink Bows Foundation's mission promotes stronger safety protocols to be consistently implemented at entertainment venues, while providing safe spaces and protecting attendees to prevent avoidable injuries or death.
Mission: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of Houston with diverse histories of art spanning 5,000 years and six continents.
Vincent van Gogh, Hospital at Saint-Remy, 1889, oil on canvas, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, the Armand Hammer Collection, gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation.
The Women's Fund Mission:
The mission of The Women’s Fund is to provide Houston area women, and girls, with the tools they need to be advocates for their health - because health is a resource for everyday life and not just the objective of living. Resiliency is a key strategy to empowering individuals and communities to either increase or decrease long-term health outcomes; therefore, The Women's Fund teaches resiliency skills to increase self–efficacy, decision-making, goal setting and communication, and resourcefulness to ensure positive health outcomes for individuals and communities.
The Health Museum's Mission:
The mission of The Health Museum is to foster wonder and curiosity about health, medical science and the human body.
About The Health Museum:
The Health Museum is a nonprofit science museum that was created in response to the polio epidemic that spread throughout the US in the 1940s and 1950s. With donations from the Victory Over Polio vaccination campaign and funds from local organizations, a series of permanent health exhibits were created to fulfill quality health information and education.
About Indigo Grupo de Teatro:
Grupo de Teatro Indigo is a Houston based Hispanic theater company founded by Eddie González and Domingo Banda in 2007, legally becoming a 501c non-profit organization in 2023.
Indigo Grupo de Teatro's Mission:
To educate by preserving, presenting, and promoting Latino Culture through the performing, visual, and literary arts.
