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2020 Vision: Understanding the effect of COVID on youth nonprofit music programs in NYC
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Ricciardi, Laura R.
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Spring 2025
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2025
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The COVID-19 pandemic had world-changing effects with no sector of society spared. The focus of this work is to understand the real-time responses in the art sector to COVID-19, specifically in two non-profit youth music programs in New York City. The Harmony Program, annually serves 3,000 students with musical education. The Young People's Chorus with 17,000 children served since its inception in 1988. Financial sustainability, artistic vitality, and recognized public value are key values for successful arts organizations as recommended by the National Endowment for the Arts. Qualitative interviews with executives at the Harmony Program and YPC coupled with in depth analysis of each organization's non-profit 990 filings highlights strategies used to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Proactive planning both organizationally and financially are foundational for fostering adaptability and resilience of non-profit arts organizations facing unforeseen crises on the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic
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