support project open door

Project Open Door (POD) is committed to providing free access to high-quality arts learning and careers in art and design for teens. 

To ensure the sustainability of our work, we ask of your support through a donation to POD. Any support helps to ensure that arts education and programming is accessible to Rhode Island's youth artists. In 2019, POD supported approximately 200 high school students from Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, and Woonsocket. 86% of our students are young people of color. Our Saturday Portfolio Program holds a 96% retention rate, and since 2015, 100% of seniors attending POD have graduated from high school.

How will my donation be put to use? 

Your support will help purchase art supplies, fund programs, workshops, and field trips, and support Teaching Artists.

Project Open Door (POD) is immensely grateful to the generous support of the Hasbro Foundation, Ocean State Charities Trust, and the Rhode Island School of Design, whose investments in POD have made our work possible and sustainable and directly impact the teens participating in our programs.

If you would like to learn more on how to support Project Open Door, please contact:

Jen Raxter, Senior Executive Director of Major and Planned Giving

Email: jraxter@risd.edu Phone: 401.454.6762, or call toll free at 844.454.1877