Founded in 1981, All Stars Project (ASP) is a 501(c)3 national nonprofit that uses a performance based approach to help tens of thousands of inner-city youth and their families create success in their lives.
Our Mission
Through the developmental power of performance we transform the lives of youth from poor and underserved communities in partnership with caring adults, giving everyone the opportunity to grow.
Our Vision
All Stars Project is on the forefront of building community by bridging racial, economic and social divisions to develop a caring 21st Century America.
All Stars teaches young people to develop themselves through performance theory by pretending to do things they never imagined possible.—Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ph.D.
Professor, Harvard Kennedy School
Our Impact
The All Stars Project is a privately funded national 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a 40-year history of grassroots organizing and community building in poor neighborhoods.
Through our innovative performance approach, ASP’s award-winning afterschool development programs bring people from all racial, economic and social walks of life together to create something positive, new and transformative for all involved.
ASP operates in New York City; Newark and Jersey City, NJ; Chicago; Dallas; and the San Francisco Bay Area with virtual programming, volunteers and partnerships across the country.
The impact of All Stars extends far beyond the young people in our afterschool development programs. Ask our volunteers, partners, and donors – they’ll tell you that they were inspired to get involved by witnessing the profound transformation that our programs spark. By supporting young people in underserved communities, we create a wave of growth and development that touches everyone it reaches.
- 6 cities nationwide.
- 275 corporate partners.
- 10,000 youth and community members reached annually.
Our Partners
ASP is privately funded and supported by tens of thousands of individuals that have donated $150 million to our Afterschool Development programs and share their lives, expertise, and workplaces with some of our nation’s most disadvantaged young people.
Valerie Brown SVP of Global Quality Assurance, Gilead Sciences (retired)
Valerie is a member of our All Stars Project Board of Directors and Chair of our All Stars Project of the San Francisco Bay Area. Valerie is a caring and dynamic leader who was recently honored at our 2024 National Gala and, prior to retiring from Gilead Sciences as SVP of Global Quality Assurance, opened doors and grew our partnership nationwide through critical funding and impactful volunteer engagement.
Kate Barton Officer-elect, Dentons
Kate Barton is the Global Chief Executive Officer-elect of Dentons and a leader on our All Stars Board of Directors since 2014. Prior to Kate’s role at Dentons, she served as the Global Vice Chair of Tax, Law and People Advisory Services of EY and helped transform our partnership with EY into a leading national model. Under Kate’s leadership, EY sponsored over 250 internships, reached 500 youth through professional development workshops, and invested $5 million in corporate and individual support. Kate was also recently honored at our 2023 All Stars National Gala for her leadership and commitment to our youth development mission.
John Thurlow Managing Director and U.S. Chief Operating Officer, RBC Capital Markets
John is Managing Director and U.S. COO at RBC Capital Markets and a member of our All Stars Project Board of Directors. A champion of our partnership, John has led RBC to be an “all in” partnership, which includes youth workshops, internships, and funding support in all of our regions.
Our Programs
We create free, outside of school programs for inner-city youth and their families, which help them to develop using performance as a tool on stage and in life.
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Featured ProgramAll Stars Talent Show Network
The All Stars Talent Show Network (ASTSN) is a core program that serves as a key community gateway to All Stars performance programs and our other development initiatives. ASTSN welcomes all young person who want to be involved – onstage as performers, offstage as producers – regardless of talent or experience level. All ASTSN activities, including auditions and talent shows in New Jersey, Pop Up Performances in Chicago and Showcase and Competitions in Dallas, take place in the community and are produced in collaboration with a variety of community-based and youth-serving organizations.
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Featured ProgramDevelopment School for Youth
Young people learn to perform as professionals and they partner with business leaders who conduct development workshops and provide paid summer internships at their companies.
Every city in America should have an All Stars Project in their community. It takes courage to go places most Americans won’t go, to identify problems most people overlook.—Ras J. Baraka
Mayor, City of Newark
You can help
When you give a gift or your time, you give inner-city youth the tools they need to see new possibilities for their lives.
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Help us keep afterschool development programs free for thousands of people across the country.
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