Alicia Keys Officially Launches Kaleidoscope Dreams Foundation

Seventeen-time Grammy winner and philanthropist Alicia Keys has introduced her new nonprofit group, Kaleidoscope Goals Basis.

In response to the group’s web site, its mission is to collaborate “with native communities to construct and share multi-disciplinary arts programming designed to spark inventive potential.”

“With Kaleidoscope Goals, we’re creating one thing that makes individuals really feel seen, heard, and impressed to imagine in their very own tales,” says Keys, who additionally serves as board chair. “We wish individuals to know: you belong right here, your desires matter, and your voice has energy.”

Kaleidoscope Goals is led by its not too long ago appointed govt director, Asad Ali Jafri, who was beforehand the inaugural govt director on the South Asia Institute in Chicago, the place he pioneered the institute’s technique, packages and exhibitions.

“Kaleidoscope Goals Basis is rooted within the perception that creativity is a robust drive for connection, therapeutic, and transformation,” says Jafri. “We’re proud to construct packages that increase entry to the humanities and help communities which have lengthy been ignored of those alternatives. We’re creating areas the place desires can take root and thrive.”

Impressed by her Tony Award-winning musical Hell’s Kitchen, the group serves 4 pillars of engagement:

Cultural Entry: Free and curated entry to Broadway exhibits, museums, and different cultural occasions
Academic Enrichment: In-school arts schooling and classroom assets
Skilled Pathways: Fellowships, mentorship, internships, and inventive coaching
Group Engagement: Fostering belonging, pleasure, and connection via neighborhood packages

Since its founding in 2024, Kaleidoscope Goals Basis has launched pilot packages and initiatives to help its mission, together with its Hell’s Kitchen Fellowship by which 10 fellows skilled in directing, choreography, music, design and different manufacturing fields with the musical’s inventive workforce.

The Kaleidoscope Goals Basis Board of Administrators contains: