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Dedicated to inspiring young artists for America's future, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) is a Miami-based, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1981 by businessmen and visionary Ted Arison, chairman emeritus of Carnival Cruise Lines, and his wife Lin. NFAA's mission is to recognize outstanding young artists, provide educational enrichment and professional development assistance in their pursuit of the arts, and to raise the appreciation, support and awareness of the arts in America to ensure the nation's artistic future. NFAA's core program, youngARTS is open to high school seniors and other 17 and 18-year-old artists in the performing, literary and visual arts. Finalists share in over $600,000 in cash awards. At the request of The Commission on Presidential Scholars, the program serves as the exclusive nominating organization for students to also be named U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts. In 27 years, NFAA has honored 16,000 young American artists chosen from more than 160,000 NFAA youngARTS registrants with $6.4 million in cash awards and $80 million in college scholarship opportunities.

youngARTS/NFAA – By the Numbers

• 12 million: Students targeted through in-school marketing (Total potential reach)
• 26,000: High Schools in America promote the youngARTS program (12 million students)
• 638,316: Monthly hits on website (www.youngARTS.org)
• $600,000+: Cash awards made annually to youngARTS winners
• $6.4 million: Cash awards to-date for youngARTS student participants (12,000 awards)
• $3 million: International scholarship money available annually to participants
• 200,000: youngARTS Magazine annual printing. (Full text also available online)
• 100,000: : youngARTS posters sent annually to high schools nationwide. 4 posters sent directly to teachers, principles, arts departments, and counselors in each school
• 25,900: Google search results for "National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts"
• 16,000: Program alumni. A few notable alumni are television and film actor Ron Eldard; Ugly Betty star Vanessa Williams; Entourage star Adrian Grenier; Warner Brother’s recording artist Josh Groban; Tony Nominee Raúl Esparza; and internationally acclaimed artists Hernan Bas and Doug Aiken
• 11,000: Individuals on combined mailing lists
• 8,000: Annual youngARTS Program applicants
• 2,400: Running time in seconds of Rehearsing a Dream, the 2007 Oscar nominated short documentary about the youngARTS Week experience currently airing on HBO
• 800: Annual attendance at the Affair of the Arts Performance & Gala
• 200+: Alumni on Broadway, in Orchestras and Symphonies & Professional Dance Companies
• 140: Finalists brought to Miami annually for youngARTS Week in January
• 116: Additional regional participants awarded in three metropolitan areas

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