The Aj A Project
The Aj A Project
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About this organization
Mission
The AjA Project is a compassionate space for young people, activists, visual artists and educators to engage critically with issues that affect our community and realize our collective liberation through participatory storytelling and the documentary arts.
About
PROGRAMS:THE AJA PROJECT EXISTS TO IGNITE CHANGE, BREAK CYCLES OF MARGINALIZATION, AND TO BUILD HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. WE DO THIS THROUGH A PLATFORM CALLED PARTICIPATORY PHOTOGRAPHY, WHICH ASKS YOUTH TO REFLECT ON AND ANALYZE THEIR PERSONAL AND SOCIAL LANDSCAPES. TO ACHIEVE THIS, AJA PROVIDES FREE PARTICIPATORY PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAMMING TO UNDERSERVED, MARGINALIZED, AND DISPLACED YOUTH. THIS YEAR, AJA HAS BROUGHT PROGRAMMING TO NEW POPULATIONS OF UNDERSERVED YOUTH, INCLUDING YOUTH AFFECTED BY HOMELESSNESS AND YOUTH TRANSITIONING OUT OF DETENTION FACILITIES, AMONG OTHERS.PUBLIC ART: THE AJA PROJECT HAS SHARED ITS VISUAL NARRATIVES WITH OVER 3 MILLION VIEWERS THROUGH LARGE-SCALE PUBLIC EXHIBITS. AJA'S PUBLIC ART PORTFOLIO HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST YEAR AS WE BARE WITNESS TO THE POWER OF PUBLIC ART TO IGNITE IMPORTANT SOCIAL CONVERSATIONS, PROMOTE CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND FOSTER A SENSE OF COLLECTIVE BELONGING IN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS ALONE, THIS HAS INCLUDED PARTICIPATORY INSTALLATIONS - SHORT-TERM, LONG-TERM, AND PERMANENT - AT THE SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF MAN, MARKET CREEK PLAZA IN SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO, THE EAST AFRICAN CULTURAL CENTER IN CITY HEIGHTS, AND MANY OTHERS. FEE-FOR-SERVICE:AJA ALSO CONTINUED TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE OUR FEE-FOR-SERVICE PROGRAM REVENUE STREAM CREATED LAST FISCAL YEAR - A MODEL THAT HELPS TO SUPPLEMENT OUR GRANT AND CONTRIBUTION REVENUE. BY PARTNERING WITH THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH DIRECTLY FUND AJA'S PROGRAMS AND/OR PUBLIC ART PROJECTS, AJA HAS DIVERSIFIED REVENUE STREAMS, THUS INCREASING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF FUNDING:CAJON VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTMEDIA ARTS CENTER OF SAN DIEGOPROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONALMISSION VALLEY YMCASAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATIONMULTICULTURAL HEALTH FOUNDATIONPARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW AMERICANSKPBSSAN DIEGO DIPLOMACY COUNCILSOUTHBAY FAMILY YMCARANCHO FAMILY YMCATHE GREENWALD COMPANYTHE JACOBS CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD INNOVATIONPRICE CHARITIES THE SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF MANPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWESTTHE SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The filing outlines the non-profit's goal as “To provide photography-based programming to transform the lives of youth and communities. aja has provided community-based programming for over 3500 individuals and has shared their visual narratives in more than 16 public exhibitions this year alone as well as a selection of work in our community gallery in city heights - open to the public year-round.”.
When explaining its purpose, the activities were outlined as: “To provide photography-based programming to transform the lives of youth and communities. aja has provided long-term, community-based programming for over 4,500 individuals, and has shared visual narratives with over 1 million viewers through large-scale public exhibits.”.
- As per legal reporting requirements, the state of operation for the non-profit is CA.
- The non-profit's address for 2020 is listed as 4089 FAIRMOUNT AVENUE, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92105 in the filing.
- As per the non-profit's form, they have 19 employees as of 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $250,000 and $500,000.
- Revenue is between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue less expenses is -$146,263.
- The organization has 6 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2000.
- The organization pays $369,173 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $22,330 in fundraising expenses.
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