The management of the community will select 5 non-profits during the first 6 months in operation which starts June 15, 2004.

Thereafter, it is the responsibility of the community to add the non-profits of their choice by using the petitioning process.

Clicking on the banners below will take you to the dedicated page for that non-profit on this web site. Once there, you can reach the home page of that non-profit and learn more about other programs and efforts they are involved in.

Click here if you are a non-profits wishing to be listed on this web site. Click here for members who wish to learn about the rules governing non-profits.

International Performing Arts, Inc., a not-for-profit, 501 (c) 3 corporation, has a mission of promoting performing arts from cultures of the world through programs of study, research and presentation of traditional, emerging and new multi-cultural performing arts activities.

Some of our Goals are:

Sustain on-going established programs of international cultural exchange including Summer Institute, KPA On Tour, Sounds of the World, Summer Sounds of the World and the Artist-In-Residence program.

Develop new multi-cultural programs related to the needs of the local IPA urban community and home-base.

Create the Black Rock Art Center, a multi-cultural art center for the creation and presentation, research and study of international arts activities.

Non Violence International - Since its founding in 1989, Nonviolence International (NI) has provided assistance to individuals, organizations and governments globally seeking nonviolent means to achieve their social and political goals.

The goal of NI is to strengthen the ability of individuals or communities to make decisions about situations affecting their lives and to participate in defining their state's or nation's interest by enhancing leadership and nonviolence skills. NI promotes nonviolent action as an effective means for citizen diplomacy and the resolution of conflict, as well as a powerful alternative to violence.