Big Thought Receives Surprise Donation From French Fashion House Louis Vuitton To Honor 200 Years of Creative Artistry

Louis Vuitton donates to 15 arts-education organizations around the world to celebrate 200 years since the birth of French fashion designer Louis Vuitton

DALLAS, TX, June 1, 2022 — Big Thought, an impact education nonprofit, announces it has received a charitable donation for an undisclosed sum from inventive fashion brand Louis Vuitton. Louis Vuitton distributed donations to 15 arts-education organizations, spread across 13 different countries and five continents as part of its “Louis 200” initiative, an artistic campaign to celebrate the bicentennial of Louis Vuitton’s birthday.

The luxury French fashion house pledged to make contributions to various organizations that foster creativity among young people, specifically those from underserved communities.

“We want to send a big thank you to Louis Vuitton and its investment in igniting creativity in our young creators,” says Byron Sanders, president and CEO of Big Thought. “It’s an honor to be recognized by a brand with such an artistic legacy while we enable our youth to dream big and find inspiration through creative industries like fashion and design.”

As an impact nonprofit, Big Thought exists with the generous support of its partners, employee contributions, community business donations, grants, and individual supporters. From in-house programs, community partnerships, and program consulting and design, Big Thought empowers and equips youth to ‘Create Great.’ Throughout its 30-year history of innovation, the organization works to close the opportunity gap by equipping all youth with the skills and tools they need to imagine and create their best lives and world.

“We can’t do this important work alone, and we are excited to embrace collaborations with artistic organizations that inspire greatness like Louis Vuitton,” Sanders continues. Creatives like the late Louis Vuitton designer and barrier-breaker Virgil Abloh are direct examples of inspiring pioneers that encourage our youth to approach each day with a limitless Creator mindset.”

ABOUT BIG THOUGHT
Big Thought is an impact education nonprofit that closes the opportunity gap by equipping all youth in marginalized communities with the skills and tools they need to imagine and create their best lives and a better world. Driven by its mission to make imagination a part of everyday learning, Big Thought has become a national model in arts education, out of school time systems, summer learning and juvenile justice intervention. https://www.bigthought.org/