“Songwriting workshops, crash courses in audio production — it’s all possible,” he said. “It is all centered around giving kids something to do that they love, and hopefully keeping them away from drugs and alcohol.”

But without funding, none of that is possible. Finding the right arts-minded organization to serve as a fiscal sponsor has been a challenge, Harm said. He has reached out to The Vera Project in Seattle and Intermedia Arts in Minneapolis as possible fiscal sponsors, and plans to reach out to local nonprofit groups as well.

“It would really help us out if we could get an organization in the area to step up and give us a hand,” Warehouse Alliance board member Ben Koch said. “We’ve been making phone calls, sending out emails, making meetings and hoping for the best.”

With so many established, widely known nonprofits groups in the Coulee Region, it’s difficult for a new organization to show credibility. Harm, Koch and the rest of the board hope to emphasize The Warehouse’s two decades of experience providing a safe, alcohol-free place for youth to gather and express themselves through art and music.