THE Greenhouse

In August 2025, Continuum Culture & Arts launched The Greenhouse, a new program that empowers artists and strengthens the field at large by providing guidance through every step of the formation of new 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations—from seed to flower. This Fall The Greenhouse formed six new 501(c)(3) organizations—free of charge to participants.

Since 2016 Continuum has consistently provided a wide variety of services to others in our field. This has included fiscal sponsorship, help with planning and production, technical and administrative support, grant writing assistance, visa applications, and more. Between 2021 and 2024 these activities led to the formation of three 501(c)(3) organizations (Boundless Progress, Secret to Life, and Ephemera Obscura) that each have a wide variety of programs including presenting, recording production, archiving, and training other organizations in development.

In Fall, 2025 The Greenhouse created six new 501(c)(3)s in partnership with Outward Visions, Inc. an organization which has helped incorporate and launch over 100 nonprofits for some of the most important jazz artists of the past 50 years. Continuum provided these services free of charge—participation came not only with full funding for all legal expenses and filing fees for the incorporation and exemption process, but also for ongoing professional consultation to help each entity launch all of their individual programs over their first six months.

Meetings of all six entities began on September 23 (in honor of the 99th birthday of John Coltrane). In addition, these six new entities will launch the Greenhouse Consortium in January, 2026 to develop projects through organic collective action while still allowing each organization to be developed and run independently.

Participants in this program were selected for an optimal confluence of values and goals. The six entities are operated under the direction of a diverse and accomplished group of individuals, all deeply focused upon the art of jazz but embracing a variety of disciplines in arts and education.

They are: