Organization: FRIENDS OF MATERIALS FOR THE ARTS INC
Mission: PROVIDING NYC'S ARTS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMUNITIES WITH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND MATERIALS.
Activities: THROUGH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, MATERIALS FOR THE ARTS WAS ABLE TO SUSTAIN ITS PROGRAMMING BY RAPIDLY TRANSITIONING FROM IN PERSON TO VIRTUAL. WE ACCOMODATED OUR DONORS AND MEMBERS BY OFFERING CURBSIDE DROP-OFF AND PICKUP, AND WE BROADENED OUR MEMBERSHIP BASE BY INCLUDED NON-ARTS GROUPS WITH THE MISSION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS. WE DID NOT LOSE TOO MANY DONORS, NOR DID WE LOSE FUNDING, AND WE GAINED THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF CITY AGENCIES AND THE ANY GROUPS WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE.
Religious classification: None