ABOUT US

In 2006, the International Talent Hunt Committee of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. saw a need for additional financial support for students in the fine arts. They determined that a nonprofit organization could provide the vehicle required to garner the necessary support. After much discussion, in 2014, the International Talent Hunt Foundation (ITHF) was founded and organized exclusively for charitable, economic, and educational purposes, but without limitations to serve as a publicly supported, exempt organization under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 2006. The mission of the ITHF is to support and enhance projects, programs, and activities for talented and motivated youth of color in the performing arts, thereby helping develop the nation’s brightest young minority artists into professional artists and teachers of tomorrow.   

“ENHANCING CULTURE THROUGH THE ARTS"

Vision – A world-class organization dedicated to the development of youth in the performing and visual arts.

Mission – To support and enhance projects, programs, and activities for talented and motivated youth in the performing and visual arts.

Purpose –The foundation is organized for the purpose of providing financial support in collaboration with other organizations to advance the International Talent Hunt Program.

Goals

• To generate funds via fundraisers, grants, contributions, legacies, and corporate sponsorships for support of the International Talent Hunt Program.
• To provide grants and other support for high school students who participate in various forms of the performing and visual arts.
• To sponsor programs for young artists to participate in developmental activities related to presenting their talents, marketing their talents, and participating in relevant workshops (e.g., portfolio development, recording and production, appropriate artistic attire, stage presence and presentation, artistic adjudication, and critique, choreography, etc.), that will provide them with skills for moving their careers to higher levels of entertainment and exposing them to a variety of entities related to different genres of the arts.
• To sponsor projects to enhance the fine arts programs at under-resourced schools.