Funding for Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center programs, scholarships, tuition subsidies, and building renovation is supported by:
Government Support
- New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council
- New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie
- New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams
- New York City Council Member Eric Dinowitz
- New York City Council Member Kevin Riley
- New York State Senator Jamaal T. Bailey
- The Coalition of Theaters of Color
- The Cultural Immigrant Initiative of the New York City Council
- New York City Department of Education (DOE)
- New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Foundations
- Altman Foundation
- Barker Welfare Foundation
- D'Addario Foundation
- Dance/NYC
- The ELMA Music Foundation
- Hyde and Watson Foundation
- Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
- The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc.
- Mellon Foundation
- Montefiore Medical Center
- Pasculano Foundation
- Paige Fraser Foundation
- The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation
- Thompson Family Foundation
- William Talbott Hillman Foundation