Founded in 2007 by philanthropist Laurie M. Tisch, the Illumination Fund plays an active role in supporting innovative approaches across a range of issues—ensuring that arts and arts education are accessible to all, promoting health, and creating opportunities for civic engagement. The Illumination Fund focuses its support on New York City.
AppleTV releases compilation of 10 live action, animated, and documentary short films of youth mental health storytelling through film to combat stigma. Films followed by a conversation with Emmy winning actor John Turturro, Laurie Tisch, Cal Hedigan, and three young filmmakers. Available to watch worldwide.
The report includes case studies and data on the impact of the first six years of the Fund’s initiative at the intersection of the arts and healthcare in New York City.
The initiative will support organizations that use sports to improve youth mental health outcomes, expand access for underserved communities, and promote equity across New York City and beyond.
Illumination Fund releases new grantee videos and publishes report on its Arts in Health initiative, The Role of the Arts in Healthcare: Transforming Lives, Creating Community.
Illumination Fund Exhibition Showcases Artwork from 15 Grantees
These videos give you a behind-the-scenes look at the incredible organizations that are grantees in the Illumination Fund’s Arts in Health initiative.
Building on previous giving to healthy food initiatives such as the NYC Green Carts, in 2013 the Illumination Fund launched its Healthy Food & Community Change initiative, a $15 million, 5-year commitment in New York City.
In 2018 the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund launched Arts in Health, a $10-million multi-year initiative to support organizations working on health issues that impact New York communities and that utilize the arts as a tool for healing. The Fund is supporting the expansion of programs that work at this intersection, with special attention to increasing access for underserved communities and addressing disparities.
