EducArte Annual Report 2025
Letter from the founders
What an amazing year! For EducArte, 2025 was about continuing to grow our community-centered work in Brazilian music and dance throughout the DMV. This year’s programs brought people together through our monthly Saraus de Samba at Glen Echo Park, our ongoing classes in samba drumming at Levine Music, our energetic samba dance classes, our Brazilian Arts Academy’s group music classes for Brazilian youth in our region, and a concert season that included legendary Brazilian bands Fundo de Quintal and Ilê Aiyê.
Thanks to everyone who showed up to dance, play, listen, organize, teach, and learn with us, and to the partners and small businesses who helped make these spaces accessible for our community. The work continues in 2026 with more saraus, classes, concerts, and community engagements!
–Pablo Regis de Oliveira and Kate Spanos, co-founders
Quick facts and numbers
Programming
In 2025, we served approximately 6,000 individuals in our community through concerts, workshops, performances, panel discussions, and more.
- Concerts: Fundo de Quintal, Ilê Aiyê
- Festivals: Creative Alliance’s Viva Brasil!, Sunflower Music Festival, Echo Arts Festival, Wheaton Arts Parade, Adams Morgan PorchFest
- Series: Saraus de Samba
- Community engagement workshops: Ilê Aiyê at DC’s Go-Go Museum and with Step Afrika!
- Classes: Brazilian Arts Academy, Brazilian samba percussion and dance classes
Fundraising
In 2025, EducArte raised over $66,000, including about $5,000 in individual and board contributions, $19,000 in institutional grants, and $43,000 in governmental grants.
We received grants from the following institutions: Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, Cafritz Foundation, Crescent Cities Charities, Dimick Foundation, The Embassy of Brazil in Washington DC, Maryland Humanities, Maryland State Arts Council, and the University of Maryland’s Do Good Institute.
2025 highlight reel
Financial report
In 2025, we paid about $55,000 to artists to perform and teach in our programs. About 84% of expenses went to program-related costs and 16% went to general operations. See the breakdown of major expenses in the pie chart below.
