2% Income 8% 9% Foundation $ 181,900.00 Foundation Individuals $ 19,715.00 Individuals As the former home of artistic greats such as Duke Ellington, Corporate $ 17,055.00 Corporate Public $ 5,000.00 Count Basie and Norman Rockwell, the Hamilton Heights 81% neighborhood has a history of housing artists of all types. Public Subtotal Income $ 223,670.00 The Hamilton Grange Library Branch was the first library in which ProjectArt first offered classes, and the success of the partnership sparked our expansion to libraries across Expenses the city. Income •10.7% of the civilian work •64.6% of the population The Grand Concourse area of the South Bronx is named for Instruction $ 16,766.00 force is unemployed surrounding the library is the historic thoroughfare which runs through it, designed Supplies $ 6,000.00 (New York City Community of Hispanic origin. by French engineer Louis Aloys Risse in 1891. Home to Exhibition $ 2,000.00 Districts 2010-2012 American (Census Tract 229) the nation’s largest collection of art deco and art moderne Community Survey 3-Year Teacher Training $ 1,500.00 ProjectArt Attendance: 104 apartment buildings, the area however has been severely Estimates) Classroom Rlated 25% Transportation $ 2,002.00 disenfranchised in terms of arts funding in schools. With $134,037.52 the largest population of youth in the entire Bronx, and Print and Postage $ 2,083.00 Organization Related third largest in the city, ProjectArt has to make a major 75% $44,016.83 Program Development $ 7,500.00 impact through our programming there. Phone $ 1,876.00 •Juvenile felony arrests in •Community District 4, Meetings $ 1,788.00 CD 4 are the highest of all where Grand Concourse is Program Miscellaneous $ 500.00 the Bronx communities, located, has the highest Expenses and the 2nd highest in teen birth rate in all of Supply Storage $ 746.00 Art is a Rig New York City. New York City Website & Technology $ 2,640.28 The City of New York Bronx The City of New York Bronx Strategy Constultant $ 5,000.00 Community Board Four District Community Board Four District 6% Big Screen Plaza N eeds Statement, FY’14 Needs Statement, FY’14 13% Fundraising $ 6,413.00 h Brand Development t! Located in Midtown Manhattan, Big Screen Plaza ProjectArt Attendance: 22 16% Office Expenses $ 5,458.71 Printing hosts a 30ft high digital screen which was generously Insurance $ 3,486.00 donated to ProjectArt this spring to help spread Technology awareness about the arts education crisis. ProjectArt 45% Video Production $ 3,688.00 Special Events 20% also projected an invitation to our 12th student Rent $ 7,200.00 exhibition that helped expose our work to new eyes Transportation PULSE Art Fair and gain more supporters! Special Events $ 3,840.00 Executive Director $ 49,145.76 ProjectArt had the privilege of taking over a booth The Hunt’s Point community is often classified based on its in the middle of the PULSE art fair, March 5–8, Arts Night Out at Spring Masters Art Fair high crime and poverty rates, such as the fact that in 2011 Deputy Director $ 20,753.60 where we raised awareness about the arts In-Kind Contributions In May, ProjectArt was chosen to be the nonprofit 40.6% of Hunts Point's total population lived below the Engagement Officer $ 12,950.00 education crisis, shared stats on the positive partner of Arts Night Out hosted by the Spring Federal Poverty Level. However, Hunt’s Point is also the impact of arts access and invited visitors to take Masters Art Fair at the Park Avenue Armory. The Head of Programs $ 7,280.00 home of one of the world’s largest food distribution centers, photo booth pictures posing with fun art props! evening was a chance for young collectors to see Interns $ 3,000.00 More than 1,000 photos from our both were artwork from top galleries around the world and with its produce market supplying approximately 60% of shared on our supporters social networks helping an opportunity for ProjectArt to educate these New York City’s produce. The area is also home to the 1 Staff Health Insurance $ 4,438.00 to spread the word that ART IS A RIGHT! art-lovers about the arts education crisis in New beautiful Hunt’s Point library branch which was endowed by Subtotal Expenses $ 178,054.35 York City. In our booth visitors could purchase Carnegie in 1929 and designed in the style of 14th century 1 paintbrushes for $20 each, the cost of one art Florence architecture. class for one child, and over the course of the art In-Kind Contributions fair we sold enough brushes to sponsor the • A 2012 Measure of • 20.8% of families in the expansion to a new library branch in Central America report indicated Bronx Community District Transportation $ 2,500.00 Harlem. that the South Bronx has 2, make less than $10,000 the highest percentage in yearly. Special Events $ 6,000.00 New York City (35.6%) of (http://www.nyc.gov) Technology $ 7,500.00 youth who lack a connec- Brand Development $ 17,000.00 While Bushwick’s community of local artists has grown tion to work or school. ProjectArt Attendance: 21 Printing $ 5,000.00 consistently over the past few years, the lack of arts (http://ssrc-static.s3.ama- education opportunities in public schools has remained zonaws.com) tivity Subtotal In-Kind $ 38,000.00 conspicuously static. Our efforts to resolve the arts ea Contributions access issue in this community includes a public school r Cr partnership with P.S. 147. Twice a week students from ou this school walk across the street to the library to take Total Income $ 261,670.00 classes with us. leash Y Total Expenses $ 216,054.35 •38.2% of families with •65.4% of the population is Williamsburg Walks Un children under the age of of Hispanic origin. ProjectArt’s values aligned perfectly with Williamsburg 18 had incomes in the past (http://www.nyc.gov) Walks’ goal to bring together local artists and art year that were below the groups to create innovative bonds in exciting ways. poverty line ProjectArt Attendance: 104 On Sunday June 14, ProjectArt activated a half block of Bedford avenue with a collaborative art (http://www.nyc.gov) game for kids of all ages in an effort to spark creative sharing and spread awareness about the Astoria is a part of the most culturally diversified arts education crisis, which has had a major impact on arts access in Brooklyn. community districts in New York City, and the Steinway Library serves as an anchor for foreign-born residents offering immigrant resources and programs. In addition to offering classes at this branch, ProjectArt provided a family friendly art workshop on National Library Day. •20.7% of the population •37.2% of the population is who is 25 and older has foreign born. achieved a high school (2009-2013 American degree Community Survey) The Brooklyn Central branch is one of the largest, and most (2009-2013 American Community Survey) ProjectArt Attendance: 26 utilized, libraries in New York City with over a million visitors each year. Its striking design is built to resemble an open book and it serves the diverse neighborhoods of Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, and Weeksville. •In 2012, 38.4% of the •In 2013, 43.7% of #SAVEARTSPACE population in the households were Working with the nonprofit organization community district classified as low-income #SAVEARTSPACE allowed ProjectArt to gain received government and rent burdened. visibility during the Bushwick Open Studios tour by displaying the artwork of one of our students Corona is home to the biggest Latin American immigrant income support (http://www.furmancenter.org) on a 10 ft by 22 ft public billboard. The billboard community in all of Queens. As a result of its popularity, (either cash assistance, was located in central Bushwick, an under-served overdevelopment is one of the biggest challenges ProjectArt Attendance: 29 supplemental security area of Brooklyn that we have been working in currently faced by the Corona community. Popular income, or Medicaid) since fall of 2013. destinations such as the Louis Armstrong House, and (http://www.nyc.gov) the nearby Queens Museum, are artistic gems reflecting Corona culture and pride. •64.2% of Corona residents •73% of the population is are foreign born Hispanic (www.factfinder.census.gov) (www.factfinder.census.gov) ProjectArt Attendance: 45 As home to one of the fastest growing immigrant populations in the city, Forest Hill’s local legislators say that constant work is needed to make new young people feel welcome in the community and “to build harmony between them and the long-time residents.” The Forest Hills Library is a cultural hub for these youth and their families and by offering free access to arts education, ProjectArt can help them find ways to communicate and connect in their new home. •In 2013, 49.9% of the ProjectArt Attendance: 40 population was reported as being foreign born. The Cypress Hills library branch began in a neighborhood (www.furmancenter.org) housing development in 1955 and the current building features a distinctive metal gate designed by Brooklyn artist Rolando Briseno. This branch is a valuable resource that Flatbush is home to the largest population of Haitian needs continued support in the East New York community immigrants in NYC, which makes the Flatbush library the where the high school drop out rate is 14.7% ideal location for the Caribbean Literacy Center. Despite this resource, local legislators have called for increased •30.4% of families in the •26.7% of residents age support of this branch in order to meet the needs of East New York Community 25 or older attain less community youth who are falling behind their peers in District, where Cypress than a high school other neighborhoods.