Creative Futures Monthly Donor Program

Octavia Butler reminds us that transformation is inevitable and that we shape it through our actions. "All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you. The only lasting truth is change.”

The Creative Futures Circle is South End Stories’ monthly donor community for people who believe youth are not just adapting to the future, they are imagining and creating it. Your recurring gift sustains storytelling, arts integration, education, and youth-led creative spaces where Black and brown youth can explore identity, history, and possibility through filmmaking, writing, theatre, visual art, and multidisciplinary expression.

Monthly support allows us to respond to change with care and creativity, investing in teaching artists, deepening school and community partnerships, and ensuring youth voices are centered, resourced, and honored year-round. Together, we are building creative futures rooted in community, imagination, and belonging.

By joining the Creative Futures Circle, you become part of a community shaping what comes next—one story, one young artist, and one act of collective care at a time.

As a member of the Creative Futures Circle, you’ll receive:

• Updates on youth-created work and program highlights

• Invitations to showcases, conversations, and community events

• A deeper look at how your monthly support is shaping creative futures

• If you become a Future Builder, you will receive a tote bag with South End Stories' new logo!

Seed Shapers – $10/month

Change begins with intention.

Seed Shapers are the foundation of Creative Futures. Your monthly gift plants the seeds that allow young storytellers to explore their voices, experiment with creative tools, and imagine new possibilities for themselves and their communities. You help sustain teaching artists, classroom partnerships, and youth-centered creative spaces where growth is nurtured over time.

Future Builders – $35/month or more

We shape change and change shapes us.

Future Builders invest in transformation. Your recurring support strengthens South End Stories’ ability to adapt, expand, and respond to community needs supporting multidisciplinary showcases, youth-led storytelling projects, and deeper investment in the people who make this work possible. You help turn imagination into action and visions into lasting creative futures.