To read about Past Catalyst Partners, please click on the links above.
Central City Opera House
Central City Opera House Association presents a nationally acclaimed Summer Opera Festival, operates a model Artists Training Program, sponsors educational outreach programs, and maintains more than 30 historic properties. Central City Opera invested its Catalyst grant to create an infrastructure commensurate with the organization’s artistic excellence. This Catalyst partnership focused on supporting management, strengthening fund development, upgrading marketing materials, expanding audience, and producing the internationally acclaimed world premier of the Chinese opera Poet Li Bai.
Urban Peak
Urban Peak helps homeless, runaway and at-risk youth overcome homelessness and other life challenges to become self-reliant adults. Services include shelter, street outreach, medical clinics, food and clothing, education and job training, and housing. Following an organizational merger, Urban Peak has developed a continuum of services to support and empower vulnerable young people. They invested Catalyst resources to strengthen their board, create new marketing materials, upgrade technology, strengthen fund development and create a comprehensive program evaluation system.