San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
LUNA DANCE BY THE NUMBERS
Years since founding: 30.
Children reached every year: More than 50,000.
Children Luna hopes to reach by 2032: More than 500,000.
Teaching artists supported: More than 800.
Summer Dance Institutes hosted: 21.
Number of Summer Dance Institute participants: 12 — six dance teaching artists and six classroom teachers or non-dance teaching specialists, including mental health workers, speech therapists and physical education teachers..
Percentage of Summer Dance Institute past participant survey respondents still teaching dance: 83%.
Year Luna founded MPACT for reunifying families and children: 2000.
Number of parents and children served by MPACT: 5,000.
Counties where Luna has helped establish similar free family dance programs: Orange County and Los Angeles County.
Number of schools in the Oakland Unified School District where Luna has built comprehensive dance programs: Three — New Highland Academy, Tilden Elementary and Grass Valley Elementary.
Amount of money being raised to buy and renovate Luna’s permanent building: $2.5 million.
Money raised so far: $1.25 million.
Number of Luna Donors, 2021-22: 213, including the National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council and Alameda County Arts Commission.