Incorporated in 1993, the NewTown Pasadena Foundation is an artist-run organization that is dedicated to developing creative opportunities for artists in Southern California. As the foundation believes alternative art is one of the few fields that still offers fresh and unique ideas to society, making cutting-edge art readily available to the public is an essential component of the foundation's programs. A NewTown Pasadena Foundation event titled "Trail Markers II: What Desert?" is supported by a $7,500 grant from the foundation. The weekend-long event brings water-themed, site-specific, visual, sound and performance arts to the community of Pasadena.

The Road Theatre Company was founded in July 1991 by a group of emerging and mid-career artists looking for a place to practice their craft and hone their skills. Located in the heart of the NoHo Arts District in North Hollywood, the company produces exciting and thought-provoking theatre and is the administrating organization for the Lankershim Arts Center, a community arts center that provides arts instruction, performances and exhibitions that bring together professional artists and community members. A $10,000 foundation grant supported the creation of a second production during the 2002 season and allows the organization to hire a fundraising consultant.

The Pasadena Junior Theatre is a performing arts organization for children and youth ages three to 18 that helps them gain the confidence and skills critical to their future successes in school and in life. The students are given the opportunity to work both behind the scenes and on stage in productions open to the community. A $14,168 grant supports PasadenaLEARNs (Leading Educational Achievement o Revitalizing Neighborhoods). Since 1999, the theatre's after-school program has been providing performing arts classes to children grades Kindergarten through six at schools in the Pasadena Unified School District. The grant helped the organization increase the number and quality of classes, provide staff training and purchase classroom supplies.

For more than 30 years, Plaza de la Raza has provided quality arts and arts education to Los Angeles's Latino community. Members of the surrounding Lincoln Heights and East Los Angeles neighborhoods enjoy the cultural center's art gallery, performing and visual arts classes, gift shop that sells the work of local artists and summer series of concerts and performances. A 1999 grant of $25,000 underwrote exhibition programming during the reopening of Plaza de la Raza's galley. A $60,000 grant in 2001 augmented the salaries of key staff members and supports the ongoing expansion of center's gallery.