Jedi Fund

The mission of Sky Candy’s JEDI Fund is to promote Justice, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in our programming and in our community creation practices.  We work together to help address historic injustices and create a better world; democratizing access to aerial arts and physical activity is part of that. Learning aerial arts in a safe and supportive environment can foster personal growth for individuals and create positive change in our community. 

The fund offers financial support to members of our community from marginalized backgrounds who may not otherwise be able to afford to make aerial arts a part of their lives. Since 2017, we have given out over $25,000 in funds to students from historically marginalized backgrounds. Our current fundraising is focused on scholarships for Sky Camp students in 2025.

Get Involved

Donate

You can make a direct donation by purchasing a JEDI Fund Donation from our MindBody site. We also have options for recurring (monthly) donations of $25, $50, or $100.

We also have an optional donation for the JEDI Fund attached to all of our Student Showcases.

100% of your donation goes into the JEDI fund.

Apply

If you are applying for scholarship funds, please fill out this form.

Learn

To find out more about JEDI principles, and how to apply them to yourself or your organization, check out UNC’s JEDI Toolkit. It is full of self-reflective exercises and educational resources on microaggressions, implicit bias, and other ways to identify blind spots, find and correct discriminatory practices, and just generally do better.

If you have questions about our program or how to apply, please email our Program Director.