The Sheila Fortune Foundation (SFF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping at-risk youths gain access to, and expression through, the performing arts. Our mission is to further the interests of abused and at-risk youths by providing them exposure to educational activities in the arts.
In different communities, both rural and urban, the same problems reoccur in different forms. These are the faces of low self-esteem, and hopelessness; anger and isolation. These are the trenches, and that is where you will find us and our grantees. In a report issued by the President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities, it is stated that “arts and humanities provide youths with a different perspective on their own lives–a chance to imagine a different outcome and develop a critical distance from everyday life.”
