The Rancho Cucamonga Community & Arts Foundation

WHY SUPPORT THE ARTS -- The Rancho Cucamonga Community & Arts Foundation believe that a flourishing, vibrant and culturally inclusive community is enhanced significantly by opportunities and experiences rich in the arts. Besides the obvious benefit of enjoying a wonderful concert, or seeing your child on stage for the first time, or wandering through an art exhibit filled with works of local artists, we wanted to highlight a few grander reasons as to why you should feel good about supporting the arts...

TRUE PROSPERITY - The arts are fundamental to our humanity.  They enable and inspire us-fostering creativity, goodness, and beauty. They help us express our values, build bridges between cultures, and bring us together regardless of ethnicity, religion or age.

STRONGER COMMUNITIES - Researchers have demonstrated that a high concentration of the arts in a city leads to higher civic engagement, more social cohesion, higher child welfare, and lower poverty rates.

HEALTH & WELL-BEING - Nearly 1/2 of the nation's healthcare institutions provide arts programming for patients, families and staff.  78% deliver these programs because of their healing benefits.

IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE - Students with an education rich in the arts have higher GPAs, standardized test scores, and lower drop-out rates. Children motivated by the arts develop attention skills and strategies for memory retrieval that also apply to other academic subject areas such as math and science.