INFO ON OUR SUCCESSFUL 2021 CAMPAIGN BELOW
Recent article in Vineyard Gazette newspaper – Click here
Recent article in the MV Times newspaper – Click here
As we continue to adapt to a year unlike any other, the desire to gather together still remains stronger than ever. We hope you feel the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center is not merely a year-round cultural arts center, but also your “home away from home.”
In just nine years after opening the MV Film Center in September 2012, we’ve grown to 2500+ members and 35,000 admissions annually. MVFC offers over 300 film and special events annually, including six unique film festivals. We also provide several one-of-a-kind live performance series: the Met Opera, London’s National Theater, the Bolshoi Ballet, and Great Art on Screen.
Off-season, the Film Center’s role as an island-wide venue expands as the Film Society collaborates with dozens of other island non-profits to host special events, speakers, and screenings that enhances community dialogue and spirit. It also provides free screenings in cooperation with island schools and clubs. Residents enthusiastically express their gratitude that the film center remains open year-round.
Our state-of-the-art theater at the Tisbury Marketplace is a project that came together fast in 2011-12, without initial capital resources. We were able to raise $500,000 in 10 months to furnish the interior and purchase the film equipment while partnering with a private developer (our landlord), who paid for the building’s construction/design costs. In a matter of four months we went from breaking ground (May 2012) to opening our doors. Since our September 2012 grand opening, we’ve proven that our business model is sustainable. Our annual budget has grown from less than $100,000 in 2011 to more than $1 million, without any debt or losses to speak of. (Click to see original MV Times article on project)clmlcml
If a purchase is made with a 50% long-term mortgage and 50% with donor contributions, our budget savings would be $32,000+ annually, more than $350,000 over the remaining 11 years of our lease. But there are several other good sound reasons for owning our primary performance venue.
For any cultural arts organization, owning your performance venue is key to thriving long-term and controlling your own destiny. This will allow us to justify investments into the building’s structure and operating efficiencies, and grant us the flexibility to expand operationally. Additionally, current mortgage rates are at an “all-time” low, which makes financing now rather than later very desirable.
We need your support to do this now. We can Buy our home venue for $1.5 million. Your Capital Campaign Gift will go directly to the purchase of the Film Center. You can Donate Now, or Pledge a Donation, and not have to pay until we are a few months from our building/property closing.
Your generosity makes the difference as to whether we purchase the Film Center in 2021 to reduce significantly our annual operating expenses and secure a bright and prosperous future for the Film Society in the Film Center.
I am happy to discuss our project in detail, and your potential gift, either by phone or in person.
My cell # is 774-392-2972: Can we chat soon?
Gratefully,
Richard Paradise
Founder/Executive Director
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2021 Capital Campaign Goals
DONOR ROLL (as of December 30th)
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Brooke Adams & Tony Shalhoub
Lynne Adams-Fifield & George Fifield
Dianne & Jr Alexander
Laura Allen & Ken Lewis
Deborah Alves
Sally Appenzellar & John Caldwell
Norman & Alison Axelrod
Diana Barrett & Bob Vila
Jennifer Bates
Emily Baun & Andrew Frackman
Theodore Belazis & Jane Lewis
Jules Bernstein & Linda Lipsett
Jennifer & Jonathan Blum
Courtney Brady & Tom Dunlop
Susan A Bramhall
Karen Bressler & Steve Rabin
Karin & David M. Brown
Judith Brown
Jacqueline & Wayne A. Budd
Joseph & Rae Carter
Diane & Gary Chadwell
Adrienne Childs
Nancy Cohen & Roger McGary
Albert & Sylvia Cohn
Margaret Conole
George Cooper & Judy Blume
Sylvia Courtney
Pam & Jeremy Crigler
Caroline Croft
Mimi Davisson & Steve Engh
Caryl & Jim Dearing
Suki and Miguel De Braganca
Deland, Gibson Fund
Susan Dickler & Sig Van Raan
Ed & Joan Doherty
Mary & Bruce Donald
Michael & Janice Donaroma
Robert & Happy Doran
Sarah Duffy
Carolyn Eddy & Tom Pallas
Anna Edey
Stephanie Elliott
Patti Elliott
Diane English
Robert and Esta Epstein
Farm Neck Foundation
Sam Feldman
David & Nina Fialkow
Betsy & Jesse Fink
Mo & Pam Flam
Martha Flanders
Gary & Lisa Foster
Sylvia & Joe Frelinghuysen
Jack and JoAnn Fruchtman
Irene Fyler
Jane Gilman
Robert Goodman & Jayne Lipman
Jeff & Liz Gordon
Leslie Gray & Hunter Moorman
Jorie Graham & Peter Sacks
Cecily Greenaway
Priscilla & James Guest
Donald & Sue Guiney
Daniel & Marcia Halperin
Jaime Hamlin
Richard & Lorie Hammermesh
Fred Hancock
Ben Heineman & Cris Russell
Honey & Keith Heller
Karen Hilker & Robert Jaffe
Stephen Holland & Vivian Baguer Holland
Michael & Jane Horvitz
Judy & Ted Howells
Deurward Hughes & Terry Kriedman
Susan Hughes
The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of North America
Ken & Jill Iscol
Jim & Janet “Tiger” Jones
Susan Kanowith-Klein & Marvin Klein
Jim Kaplan & Brooks Robards
William & Karen Kaufmann
Barbara & Paul Kennedy
Susan Kimball
Kathleen Koehler
Jim Kopf & Karen Weitz
Henry & Joan Kriegstein
Joanne & Alan Lachowitz
James Lapine & Sarah Kernochan
Edward & Lois Lewis
Rob Liberatore & Debra Kraft-Liberatore
Gordon Litwin & Anne Luzzatto
Helen Loeser & David Teitel
Jeffrey & Tina Lurie
Robert Luskin
Walter Lynch
Ann MacDougall
Steven Mandel
John Mansfield & Donna Paulnock
Martha’s Vineyard Bank
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Deborah Mayyew
Cathryn & Scot McCulloch
Marilyn Meyerhoff
Patricia McCornack
Susan Mikulay
Bethany & Robert Millard
Marilyn Miller & Ron Zentner
Jacqueline & Jeffrey Morby
Robert & Susan Mary Morrison
Cassie Murray & Bill Plapinger
Diana & Peter Nicholson
Neuhaus – Speck Family Foundation
Eric P. and Evelyn E. Newman Foundation
Peter Norris & Amy Rugel
Peter and Gwen Norton
Bob and Beth Paisner
Barbara & Ollie Parker
Polly Patterson
George Peterson
Dan and Betsy Pfau
Judy Belushi Pisano
Susan Rappaport
Michael Reidbord
Judith Reynolds
Grosvenor & Margaret Richardson
Ian & Linda Rickard
Mary Patricia Rohman
Laura Roosevelt & Charlie Silberstein
Joanna Rosenberg
Nancy & Richard Rossman
Paul Ruddock & Jill Shaw Ruddock
Cheryl & Louis Saloom
James & Judi Sandler
John & Kathleen Schupner
Barbara & Andrew Senchak
Barbara & Susan Silk
Steven and Harriet Simons
Karen & Steven Sisselman
Thomas Skelly
Mark & Gwenn Snider
Warren Spector
Lionel & Vivian Spiro
Dan & Mary Stanton
Edward Sternick
Ardelia Stewart
Nancy Strauss
Geniel & Marcus Strock
Eva Ginger Sullivan
Julie Taymor & Elliott Goldenthal
Gail Tipton
Susie Trees
Jennifer Smith Turner and Eric Turner
Rajka Ungerer
Sheila & Tom Urmston
Monina Von Opel and Edward Miller
Merri & Michael Walkenstein
Robert and Heidi Wason
Amy & John Weinberg
Donald Wertlieb and Lorre Beth Pollinger
Michael & Randy Wertheimer
Holly & Thomas Wescott
Mollie Whalen
Timothy Whiting
Kathy Wilkerson
Winnetu Oceanside Resort
Linda & Robert Zeltzer
Tania Zouikin
THANK YOU ALL!