Todos enseñamos, todos aprendemos.
Every gift to CCATE is matched — not by a foundation, but by the people of Greater Philadelphia.
Every gift is matched — by the people of Greater Philadelphia
For every $1 you give, $2.17 goes to work in Norristown.
$2.17 at work in Norristown — $1.00 your gift · $1.12 teaching from Norristown families & regional volunteers · $0.05 CCATE’s own revenue · FY2025 reviewed financial statements ↗
In 2025, 100 teachers gave 18,560 hours at CCATE — Norristown parents and teens alongside students and faculty from Penn, Villanova, Temple, Bryn Mawr, Haverford and more. That teaching was worth $641,726: more than every grant we received combined. For every $1 given, $2.17 went to work.
How we calculate $2.17
In fiscal year 2025 (July 2024–June 2025), CCATE received $575,454 in cash gifts and grants. In the same year, 100 community members and university volunteers taught 18,560 hours at CCATE. Our independent accountants valued that teaching at $641,726 and recorded it in our reviewed financial statements, because it meets the accounting standard for donated professional services.
Add our own earned income ($30,222, mostly rent from our building) and CCATE ran on $1,247,402 in total resources — $2.17 for every $1 of cash support.
Two honest notes. First, the $1 includes foundation grants, not only individual gifts; individual donors gave $52,729 of it, and that 9% is what keeps us answerable to Norristown first. Second, this is a yearly average, not a promise that each new dollar produces $1.17 more — but it is how CCATE has worked every year since 2011, and we update this figure each December when our financial statements are reviewed.
Download FY2025 reviewed financial statements · Download Form 990 · All financials
Two girls, 10 and 14, sold sweets all summer and bought three ukuleles for CCATE’s music room. That’s how this place works.Summer 2025
Choose what your gift doesMonthly gifts let us plan a whole school year
Matches one family’s monthly contribution to the Friday college-prep program — where 100% of students graduate high school.
Give $35monthly
A seat on the college bus every month — a third of the bus over a year. 36 students went to Boston last April.
Give $220monthly
Any amount helps. All gifts are processed securely on Givebutter by card, bank, PayPal, Venmo or donor-advised fund.
Every seat is takenThe need in Norristown is bigger than our building
Your gift at workOne building, every generation
After-school classes, summer camp, college trips, adult classes and a renovated gallery — all at 1246 W. Main Street, all taught by the community.
Foundations funded 86% of our cash budget last year. Individual donors were 9%. That 9% is what lets CCATE answer to Norristown first.
The Circle of Fifteen
On October 10 we celebrated fifteen years at Noche de Arte. Now we are inviting fifteen partners to carry CCATE into its next fifteen years: a building that belongs to the community for good, a full-time college coordinator, and Radio REVARTE on the air.
Partnerships from $5,000, or pledged over three years · Friends of the Circle from $1,500 · Partners are honored permanently on the partner wall in the CCATE Gallery.
Other ways to giveDonor-advised funds, checks, employer matching and supplies
Donor-advised fund
Give securely through DAFpay on Givebutter: select One-time, enter your grant amount, and choose Donor-Advised Fund / DAFpay as the payment method. You may also recommend a grant through your sponsor to CCATE – Centro de Cultura, Arte, Trabajo y Educación, EIN 26-2987850, PO Box 1185, Blue Bell, PA 19422.
Check
Payable to “CCATE”, mailed to PO Box 1185, Blue Bell, PA 19422.
Employer matching
Search “CCATE” or use our EIN, 26-2987850, in your company’s matching-gift portal — and your gift can count twice.
Materials and supplies
Art supplies, books, sports and kitchen equipment. Please write to contact@ccate.org first so we can tell you what we need most.
Grants and larger gifts
For grant letters, multi-year pledges, BILL, ACH or wire, talk with Chang Li, Development Manager: chang@ccate.org · (484) 685-3633.
Online, any amount
Card, bank, PayPal or Venmo on Givebutter. Monthly gifts help us plan the whole year.
Join the 9%.
Every monthly gift keeps CCATE answerable to Norristown first.