We’re building our individual base of support and are looking for people who want to build a world where all youth are supported, free and youth prisons no longer exist. Can we count on you?
Invest in Dreams
Young people are creating roadmaps for a future free of youth incarceration.
They need your support!
Keep youth voices at the front of the movement.
Invest in Self Expression
Youth perspective and experiences embody visionary power. Help us hold space for young people to share their stories with each other, their community, and the world on behalf of collective liberation, counter-narrative and youth leadership.
Invest in Positive Change
Cultural organizing harnesses the power of art and culture to strengthen organizer relationships, increase campaign impact and expand creative skills that bolster youth self confidence. Support young people to learn a multitude of strategies to use their art to actualize their boldest abolitionist dreams.
We all play a role in building a world that transcends youth prisons. We need you!
We’ve been fortunate to receive sustained support from major national foundations like the Kresge Foundation, Art for Justice Fund, and Public Welfare Foundation, and from local foundations in Richmond, VA like the Robins Foundation and Richmond Memorial Health Foundation. Supporting the movement to end incarceration exists in many forms. The backbone of the movement is rooted in many generations of organizing and creative visioning led by Black and Indigenous grassroots community organizing.
How will your contribution be used?
Youth stipends - Large scale public art production costs including billboards and building sized augmented reality banners - Pay artists - Art based programming at the #NoKidsinPrison exhibition - Printing costs for art to be wheat pasted across cities - Cultural strategy workshop costs - Pay film-makers and designers - Art materials - Photography and film equipment…your donation supports all kinds of creative work to support youth organizers who are determined to see the end of youth incarceration and the beginning of full investment in their liberation, success and inner peace.
Pivoting toward a world where we defend the fullest potential of young people and their rights to be free requires ALL of us. It also means investing in projects and ideas that steer us toward creative solutions.
The past 2 years have interrupted life in more ways than we can count. But if there’s one thing that gives us hope, it’s the enormous momentum toward abolitionist values and structural reinvestment. The movement is gaining ground! If you're in a position to contribute monetarily, we hope you’ll consider investing in the future young people envision through Performing Statistics.
If you’re financially tapped, there are many ways to support: share this fundraiser, share our work, connect with a youth justice advocacy campaign, and show up to cultural events about abolition.
A note of transparency
Performing Statistics is a fiscally sponsored project of Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. (SEE), a 501(c)3. Your tax-deductible donation will be given directly to SEE, but it will be restricted to Performing Statistics. 6.5% of all of our income goes to SEE to administer our project, the lowest rate for any fiscal sponsor. This allows us to focus our time on our mission while SEE handles the back end administration required to run a successful non-profit agency.