Create Now is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit that empowers youth through arts education and mentoring. We have served 48,000 children and young adults in Southern California since 1996.

Our charity targets the most vulnerable kids ages 3 to 24 (transition-age youth) with workshops in music, writing, visual arts, performing arts, digital media, fashion and culinary arts. Youngsters who have been abused, neglected, homeless, incarcerated, and/or dealing with similar challenges learn new skills that motivate them to stay in school as they experience the therapeutic impact of the arts.

Create Now matches volunteers close to their neighborhoods via our network of 175+ emergency shelters, foster group homes, rehab centers, mental health facilities, detention centers and other youth agencies located throughout the Southland.

Our classes can be one-time sessions that last for just an hour, or ongoing programs based on your goals and schedule. Create Now providee training, plus arts supplies and equipment. We culminate our workshops with parties for the kids. They receive gift bags with lasting souvenirs to remind them about their accomplishments.

Create Now also teaches comprehensive classes that follow California Content Standards in music, writing and visual arts from Pre-K to grade 12 for disadvantaged students at Title 1, continuation and charter schools. In addition, Create Now produces community events, like our Power of the Arts Festivals and mural projects.

Each year, through Cultural Journeys, our organization brings thousands of marginalized children and their families to concerts, plays, museums and other cultural events at premier venues in the region, like the Hollywood Bowl and Cirque du Soleil. 

Your donations make all this possible. Create Now's EIN # is 95-4590574,