Through art, design, and placemaking, we help transform camps and shelters into places of pride and belonging. What we do
Everyplace partners with refugee communities to create beauty, belonging, and dignity in the places they're living right now. More than 75% of refugees live away from home for years—sometimes decades. But the places they're living (tents, camps, temporary shelters) were never
meant for real life. Don't get comfortable.*
We believe that message is wrong. Life keeps happening in displacement. People fall in love. Families celebrate and grieve. When the world only focuses on keeping people alive, we forget they're also *living*. That's where Everyplace comes in. We support refugee-led projects that make everyday spaces more beautiful—gardens, murals, gathering spots, and the quiet reimagining of places that were never designed to feel like home. We don't arrive with plans. We follow the lead of communities who are already doing this work: planting in dust, painting walls that weren't meant to last, creating something meaningful out of nothing. Our job is to recognize it, fund it, and amplify it. Beauty isn't decoration. It's how people rebuild. It's how communities say: *we're still here, and we matter.*
When a space feels cared for, the people in it feel cared for too. That's not extra—that's essential. Where we come from
Everyplace builds on research from Clark University's Home Ground Lab, which showed that beauty isn't optional in humanitarian response—it's infrastructure for healing, dignity, and hope. How to support
Everyplace is a fiscally sponsored project of Players Philanthropy Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Donations are tax-deductible. Learn more: http://www.every-place.org