It’s a local treasure with a national reputation for excellence. COCA helps people turn the sparks of passion and talent within themselves into real and often life-altering experiences. If you believe that everyone deserves the chance to realize their full potential, please join us in fostering potential into reality – for a single person, for our community, and for our world.
Create Our Future: A Campaign for COCA
To continue to meet our shared needs today and fulfill the potential of tomorrow, it is time to grow. Join us in creating our future.
Richard Baron Leadership Circle
Join a visionary group of generous supporters who have committed to helping COCA accomplish its most ambitious goals.
The COCA Annual Fund
When you give to the COCA Annual Fund, you join an important group of supporters who are making the arts central to life in St. Louis.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Companies, foundations and other organizations can support COCA programs in a variety of ways, including sponsorship of special events like our premiere spring fundraiser COCAcabana – one of the best parties in town.
Other Ways to Give
need-based scholarships awarded to promising young artists
area residents provided with arts education programs
pairs of dance shoes provided to pre-professional students
in arts programming provided annually at no cost to 4,000 regional students
COCA is a strong voice in the national dialogue about the power of arts education, and as a maturing institution, we must balance the need for innovation with the nurturing of existing programs, our commitment to outreach, and the preservation of our historical facility to further grow and sustain our long-term impact on St. Louis.
We believe that the arts are an indispensable part of modern life, and we strive to make them open and accessible to all. Your support helps COCA provide financial assistance and support services to people across the region, and robust education programs at no cost to St. Louis-area students.
Be a part of ensuring the creative potential and vibrancy of our community.
COCA holds national accreditation from the Accrediting Commission for Community and Pre-collegiate Arts Schools, making COCA only one of 17 institutions accredited nationally for non-degree instruction in the arts, and the only one in the state of Missouri.
About COCA