The AthFest Music & Arts Festival is a fundraiser for AthFest Educates - a local nonprofit dedicated to advancing high-quality music and arts education for local youth through direct support of school and community-based programs and events. Please consider making a donation to our mission. All donations are tax deductible.
AthFest Educates has awarded over $620,000 in grants & approximately 4,000 students per year benefit from its grants. These grants are funded through the AthFest Music & Arts Festival, the AthHalf Marathon, as well as individual and corporate donations. AthFest educates has funded various K-12 arts programs including the Stroud Strings Program which provides free violin instruction to at-risk students, the revival of a local high school Arts & Literature magazine, and the engagement of local street artists to lead middle school students in creating graffiti murals in their school.