Rev. Isaac I. Scott
Reverend Isaac I. Scott is a multidisciplinary visual artist, researcher, and community advocate rooted in Harlem, New York. Ordained at the 204th Session of the New York Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, Isaac is an itinerant deacon at Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church and is the Director of Community Initiatives for the church’s outreach ministry, Another Choice Youth and Family Outreach Inc. Through this work, he leads initiatives focused on youth and family engagement, food insecurity, social justice, public safety, and community wellness through strategic arts engagement and grassroots collaboration. Isaac is a husband and father of seven in a blended family. Alongside his wife, Haydee Lee Scott, he continues to support children, young people and families through workshops, mentorship, faith based engagement, and community rooted initiatives that center healing, purpose, wellness, and intergenerational & cross cultural connection.
Isaac is also the founder and CEO of Isaac’s Quarterly (IQ), a creative arts, leadership, and consulting company grounded in cultural sensitivity, design justice, and community transformation. Through IQ, he works across three primary areas: leadership in business, leadership in faith, and leadership in the home. His work supports nonprofits, justice impacted individuals, artists, churches, entrepreneurs, and community based organizations through media production, strategic planning, digital design, storytelling, public engagement, and leadership development. Through Isaac’s Quarterly (IQ), Isaac founded The Confined Arts (TCA), which began as a series of exhibitions uplifting the work and voices of justice impacted individuals and has since evolved into a broader initiative using art, research, and participatory engagement as tools for advocacy, reentry support, and healing centered community building. Through this work, Isaac also helped develop the Arts Justice Safety Coalition (AJSC), a national collaborative effort focused on public safety, justice reform, and community engagement through the arts. He currently serves as President of the Justice Arts Coalition (JAC) and as a member of the U.S. Prisons Program Advisory Council of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture.
Isaac earned his Master of Divinity in Youth and Family Ministries from Liberty University in 2026. He also holds a B.A. in Visual Arts from Columbia University and an Associate degree in Computer Networking and Technology from Taylor Business Institute. His training also includes the Coro Neighborhood Leadership Program, where he strengthened his practice in neighborhood leadership, cross sector collaboration, and civic engagement. Isaac’s education and advocacy leadership continue through his current work as a Data Fellow with Goddard Riverside and #DegreesNYC, where he’s conducted research on college readiness and higher education access for justice impacted individuals through the study Empowering Pathways: Enhancing College Readiness for Justice Impacted Individuals in NYC.
Isaac's work has been featured in local and national media outlets, academic publications, public exhibitions, podcasts, and advocacy campaigns that explore the intersections of art, justice, faith, community development, and systems change. Through interviews, articles, exhibitions, and public scholarship, he continues to contribute to conversations about public safety, youth development, incarceration, reentry, and the transformative power of the arts.
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Fundraising and Grant Writing
Over the course of his career, Isaac has successfully secured, stewarded, and helped distribute hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants, sponsorships, and community investments supporting arts organizations, grassroots initiatives, youth development programs, public safety efforts, research projects, community organizing campaigns, and justice impacted communities. Trained through the Grant Writing Board of The Philanthropy Lab, he has participated in local and national grantmaking efforts, helping evaluate, recommend, and direct philanthropic investments to nonprofit organizations and community initiatives across the country. His approach to resource development combines relationship building, strategic planning, compelling storytelling, and collaborative leadership to strengthen organizations, expand community impact, and advance long term sustainability.
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Considering Isaac’s Quarterly
“Isaac’s Quarterly exists to help people transform their world through art, design, and strategy. Whether you're a justice advocate, entrepreneur, returning citizen, youth leader, or nonprofit visionary—IQ meets you where you are and builds with you toward where you want to go. I believe everyone has a story that matters, and we’re here to help you tell it, design it, and launch it into the world with purpose.” —Rev. Isaac I. Scott