Your support creates space for reading, creativity, and connection.
Mocha Man Foundation relies on individual donors, sponsors, and partners to make our literacy and arts programs possible. Your gift directly supports books, materials, teaching artists, and creative spaces for boys and men across Houston and surrounding counties.
When you give, you’re not funding an abstract mission. You’re funding real tools, real people, and real experiences.
What Your Donation Supports
Literacy Programs
Your support helps us create reading and writing spaces that are accessible, welcoming, and well-resourced.
Donations help us:
• Purchase books for reading circles
• Provide journals, notebooks, and writing supplies
• Print reading materials and prompts
• Compensate facilitators and teaching artists
• Host community reading and storytelling sessions
Your Impact
• $25 provides books and journals for one participant
• $50 supports a facilitated reading or writing session
• $100 helps fund a multi-week reading circle
Arts & Creativity Programs
Our arts programs rely on hands-on materials and tools that allow participants to explore creativity across disciplines.
Donations help us:
• Purchase art supplies (paint, canvases, sketchbooks, cameras)
• Provide music and songwriting materials
• Support filmmaking and photography equipment
• Fund digital media and podcasting tools
• Pay teaching artists who guide creative work
Your Impact
• $50 provides basic art supplies for a workshop
• $100 supports creative materials for a group session
• $250 helps fund equipment or teaching artist time
Creative Equipment & Infrastructure
To run high-quality programs, we invest in shared equipment that can be used across sessions and locations.
Donations help us invest in:
• Cameras and audio equipment
• Laptops and editing software
• Projectors and display tools
• Storage and transport for materials
These investments allow us to expand programming and reach more participants over time.
Teaching Artists & Facilitators
Our work is led by experienced teaching artists, writers, and creatives who understand how to create supportive, inclusive environments.
Donations help us:
• Fairly compensate teaching artists
• Support program planning and facilitation
• Maintain consistent, high-quality programming
Paying teaching artists matters. It ensures sustainability, professionalism, and respect for creative labor.
Why Your Support Matters
Many boys and men move through life without spaces where they can read, write, and create together without judgment. Our programs offer something simple and rare: time, space, and support for expression.
Your donation helps:
• Reduce isolation
• Build confidence in communication
• Encourage lifelong engagement with literacy and the arts
• Create meaningful connections across generations
Ways to Give
You can support Mocha Man Foundation through:
• One-time donations
• Monthly giving
• Purchase items from Amazon Wish List
• Sponsorships and program support
Monthly donations help us plan and keep programs accessible.