Young people learn best by building real things with others.
At Beam Center, young people work alongside artists, engineers, and educators to design and build ambitious real-world projects. Through collaborative fabrication, creative problem solving, and public installations, youth develop the technical skills, confidence, and leadership needed to shape their futures.
Each year Beam partners with schools and community organizations across New York City to provide hands-on learning experiences where young people are not just students, but creators, builders, and leaders.
Your support helps provide:
• tools and materials for youth fabrication projects
• mentorship from artists, engineers, and educators
• paid leadership and apprenticeship opportunities for young people
Together we are building a future where every young person has the opportunity to create, collaborate, and contribute to their community. Join us.
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Donate to Beam Center
Mail:
Send your check payable to:
Beam Center, Inc.
60 Sackett St
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Electronic Funds Transfer, Automated Clearing House:
Funds can be transferred directly from your bank to Beam Center. Please contact development@beamcenter.org for further information on EFT or ACH.
Sponsor an Event
Every spring, we gather as a community to celebrate our youth and look forward to another busy summer of Beam programming. Sponsor an event like our annual spring brunch Benefit or our Inventgenuity Festival to experience the impact of your contributions. Please contact development@beamcenter.org for further information about these events and how to sponsor them.
Gift in Someone’s Honor
You can commemorate or celebrate someone close to you by listing them as the honoree when you make your gift to Beam Center. This can be done through the options on our online donation forms or in the memo line of a check or EFT.
Employer Matching & PAYROLL GIFTING PROGRAMS
Boost the impact of your gift with a matching contribution from an employer’s corporate matching program. Some employers may even match gifts from retirees and spouses. You can search to see if your employer offers these programs here.
Recommend a gift from your Donor Advised Fund
Legal Name: Beam Center, Inc.
Address: 60 Sackett St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Federal tax ID number: 45-4273449
Legacy Gifts
Make a lasting impact by naming Beam Center as a beneficiary in your will, retirement plan, or life insurance policy. Your legacy gift can also provide tax benefits during your lifetime. To learn more about legacy gifts, charitable gift annuities, or charitable remainder trusts, contact development@beamcenter.org.
Help NYC’s youth create amazing things
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By championing intergenerational collaboration and exploration, we work together to construct spectacular projects—big and small—that highlight the magic of creative cooperation. At the core of each of our programs is a belief in young people as producers of learning and culture and as agents of change in our communities.
Here’s what our community says makes Beam special.
Working with more than 73 schools and community partners each year, Beam Center serves over 4,300 youth across NYC.
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Beam has welcomed 2200+ campers to Beam Camp since 2005.
Moubarak first came to Beam Camp City as a camper in 2021, when he attended more than half the summer with his classmates from Bronx International High School. Prior to this summer, he contacted Beam Center wanting to return as a youth staff member; reflecting on how much he enjoyed his summer as a camper, it was a no-brainer to welcome him back. Moubarak joined Beam Camp City’s counselors team and was central to welcoming and creating a community for campers of all ages, including his peers from Bronx International.
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Beginning spring 2022, Omarion began training as a Project Fellow on this year’s Beam Project New Hampshire. Throughout the project Omarion gained skills in prototyping and fabricating large-scale projects and was integral to the project process as a Project Assistant at Beam Camp. Bringing his experience from the Project Production enterprise and his work with the artist, Macon Reed, Omarion helped facilitate project-building sessions with campers. Speaking of his growth through this Enterprise, Omarion says “I don’t want to call myself an expert, but I’m really good at this stuff now,” including “using tools like the miter saw, welding, and jigsaw.”
