Children's Healing Art Project

Name

Children's Healing Art Project

Legal name

Children's Healing Art Project

Website

https://chappdx.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Therapeutic Arts Services

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (61161)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts & Crafts Workshops (Painting, Pottery, Ceramics, Sculpture) (THAJAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Kids & Family Learning Workshops (Family Crafts, Junior Maker Classes) (THAJAKAO), Respite Care for Families of Children with Disabilities (HSAAAIAL)

Keywords

• Therapeutic art programs
• Pediatric art services
• Healing arts nonprofit
• Community art workshops
• Children hospital programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring monthly donations (GEM program) from individual supporters. Donations can be made online via credit card, Venmo, or check by mail.
2. Art Supply Donations: In-kind donations of art supplies from supporters, reducing program costs.
3. Vehicle and Property Donations: Tax-deductible donations of cars, trucks, RVs, boats, or real estate.
4. Stock and Mutual Fund Donations: Donors can contribute stocks and mutual funds, potentially providing tax benefits while supporting the organization.
5. Global Giving: Partnership with Global Giving platform to accept international donations with occasional match day promotions.
6. Summer Art Workshops: Award-winning seasonal art workshops open to the general public with all proceeds supporting free arts programming for children facing medical challenges.
7. Event-based Fundraising: Events including CHAPlandia annual gala, Dine & Donate nights at partner restaurants, and art sales generate donations from the community.
8. Corporate Grants and Sponsorships: Support from organizations including EPB&B Insurance sponsoring CHAP in a Box program, and other corporate partners providing financial and in-kind support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Children's Healing Art Project (CHAP) delivers free healing arts programs to children, teens, and families affected by pediatric illness, disability, or special need. Core offerings include bedside hospital art-making sessions, in-studio and community Art Club sessions, quarterly mail-delivery art supply boxes (CHAP in a Box), and seasonal public workshops that fundraise for the mission.

Product overview

Children's Healing Art Project (CHAP) is a nonprofit organization offering a portfolio of four interconnected healing arts programs: Hospital Programs (providing bedside art-making in hospitals), CHAP Art Club (in-studio and community art sessions), CHAP in a Box (quarterly mailed art supply deliveries for homebound children), and Art Workshops (public seasonal workshops that fundraise for the mission). All programs are provided free of charge to children and families facing medical challenges across the Portland, Oregon area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CHAP Art Club: Extension of CHAP hospital art-making programs, open to children experiencing medical or mental health challenges, providing art experiences at CHAP Art Studio and in the community.
• CHAP in a Box
• CHAPlandia

Products and services

• Hospital Programs Bedside and in-hospital art-making sessions delivered by CHAP teaching artists at pediatric hospital partners including OHSU Doernbecher, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, and Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center. Over 25 hours of free onsite art-making per week, tailored to each child's needs and abilities.
• CHAP Art Club Ongoing art sessions at the CHAP Art Studio in Hillsboro and in the community for children with medical or mental health challenges and their families, held Thursdays 12-2pm and Saturdays 10am-12pm.
• CHAP in a Box Quarterly mailed boxes of themed art supplies (including materials for activities such as stuffed toys, tissue paper lamps, and abstract paintings) sent to children in Oregon and Washington who cannot attend in-person programs due to medical conditions or distance.
• Art Workshops Award-winning seasonal art workshops (12:30-4pm sessions) open to the general public and children served by CHAP, with proceeds supporting free arts programming. Topics range from abstract painting to large-scale puppetry.

Quantifiable outcome

• 150,000+ healing art experiences delivered since 2006
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Fred MeyerminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026Fred Meyer Community Rewards Program allows shoppers to designate CHAP as their charity of choice using code FX767.
• Por Que NominorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026Restaurant partner hosting Dine & Donate events, donating 10% of sales on designated dates to CHAP.
• Cornelius Pass RoadhouseminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026McMenamin's restaurant hosting Friends & Family Night events with 50% of sales donated to CHAP.
• Dee's Divine FindsminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026Local boutique in downtown Hillsboro hosting art sale events benefiting CHAP.
• Providence St. Vincent Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Art programs at the Pediatric Specialty Care waiting room since 2019.
• NW Kidney KidsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnership began in 2019 serving children with kidney disease.
• Camp AgapeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Art Club On-The-Go partner providing art experiences for children.
• Camp UkanduminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Art Club On-The-Go partner serving children.
• Smile OregonminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Art Club On-The-Go partner.
• Autism Society of OregonminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Art Club On-The-Go partner serving children with autism.
• Immigrant Refugee Community Organization (IRCO)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Art Club On-The-Go partner serving immigrant and refugee children.
• KMS Brain Injury RehabminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Partnership began in 2018 serving children with brain injuries.
• Survivor's TribeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Partnership began in 2017.
• Down Syndrome Network Oregon (DSNO)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Partnership began in 2012 to serve children with Down syndrome.
• Camp ErinminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010Partnership began in 2010. CHAP provides art programming at this grief camp for children who have lost a loved one.
• Candlelighters for Children with CancerminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010Partnership began in 2010 serving children with cancer and their families.
• Jr Diabetes Research FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Partnership began in 2009 serving children and families affected by diabetes.
• Shriners Children's HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2008Partnership began in 2008. CHAP provides art programs including adaptive activities for children in halo traction and other treatments.
• United Cerebral PalsyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2008Partnership began in 2008 to serve children with cerebral palsy and their families.
• OHSU Doernbecher Children's HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Flagship hospital partnership since 2007. CHAP teaching artists provide over 25 hours of free onsite art-making per week. Programs serve pediatric patients on multiple floors including Pediatric Neurosurgery and AYA Oncology.
• OHSU Knight Cancer InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007CHAP programs available on the Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology floor, providing creative outlets for cancer patients and their families.
• Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Hospital partner receiving CHAP art programs for pediatric diabetes patients and families.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Snow City Arts Foundation: Chicago-based nonprofit that provides bedside visual and performing arts programming to children in pediatric hospitals, closely mirroring CHAP's hospital-based teaching-artist model and free service delivery to medically challenged youth.
• Arts for Life: Nonprofit delivering visual and performing arts programming to pediatric patients and families at UNC Children's Hospital and other partner hospitals, matching CHAP's in-hospital creative-arts services for chronically ill children.
• Healing Arts Therapy: Provides arts-based therapeutic programming to hospitalized children and their families, sharing CHAP's free, donor-supported model focused on pediatric patient experience and family engagement in clinical settings.

Emerging players

• Project Art: Nonprofit that builds free art programming for kids in underserved communities including hospitals and shelters, with similar use of artist-led workshops and a mission of access-driven arts education for children.
• Create Therapy Institute: Organization offering art therapy training and programming for children and families facing medical and developmental challenges, sharing CHAP's intent to use creative expression as a clinical-adjacent intervention.

Broad incumbents

• RxArt: National nonprofit commissioning contemporary artists to create installations in pediatric hospitals, working adjacent to CHAP by improving pediatric healthcare environments through art rather than bedside art-making.
• Child Life Council programs (hospital Child Life departments): Professional discipline that delivers developmental and therapeutic support to hospitalized children, including art-based activities; CHAP sits adjacent by providing the specialized art programming layer that Child Life teams often coordinate or refer into.
• Mural Arts Philadelphia: Large nonprofit combining public art with community health and justice programs; comparable as a nonprofit that uses art-making as a vehicle for therapeutic outcomes, though operating at a much larger scale than CHAP.

Regional players

• KidsArt Camps: California-based art workshop provider for children running seasonal workshops and camps, overlapping with CHAP's paid public Art Workshops revenue stream but not its pediatric-medical mission.

Others

• Children's Hospital Association: National membership and advocacy organization for children's hospitals, representing many of CHAP's primary hospital customers and a potential scaling channel for therapeutic-arts partnerships across the pediatric hospital sector.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CHAPpdx
• Facebookfacebook.com/ChildrensHealingArtProject
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/children-s-healing-art-project-chap

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Number of profiles

Profiles21 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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