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Join with us to help people of all ages & incomes to grow and develop through arts & community experiences. Your gift is critical to the Abbey’s sustainability and growth.
Fremont Abbey Arts Center
4272 Fremont Ave N
Seattle, WA, 98103
Artwerks DBA Fremont Abbey is a 501c3 nonprofit organization registered with the IRS and the state of Washington. All contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Giving receipts will be mailed to all donors upon request.
Support the Abbey by joining The Round membership program. Only $100/year ($180 for two) and you get into all Rounds held at the Abbey plus other special thank you gifts and early show announcements.
PLUS: For a limited time, for the month you join, you’ll be put on the VIP guest list and get a front row reserved seat too! (Subject to availability)
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Our experience (and recent brain studies) show that the arts can be the one of the best ways for people of all ages to develop their brain, advance in school, interact better in society, and improve their quality of life. This is especially true when multiple art forms & artists collaborate together. In fact, you can literally expand your mind, build new neural connections, and grow your brain on the arts!
This can be through an educational & interactive experience such as a class or lesson or by viewing a stellar performance from 4 feet away. Young minds need these experiences to develop mentally & socially as well as improving confidence so they can do better in school and life. Mature minds also need these experiences to stay fresh and diversify their social (and neural!) networks.
We also know that studies show “giving individuals repeated rewarding experiences with the arts over time is a necessary first step before other, more public benefits of the arts can be realized. These other benefits include: exposure to new perspectives; sharpened learning skills among young people; expanded capacity for empathy; and stronger social bonds in communities”www.rand.org/news/press.05/02.15.html
“Artwerks DBA Fremont Abbey” is a very lean & limber 501c3 IRS registered nonprofit and we make sure your donation goes towards supporting arts programs & community building. See below (and our About page) for more about the Abbey’s unique sustainability model & reuse of an old 1914 church building.
Budgeting & Operating Expenses
Sustainability is not just about the environment or producing something with “green” technologies. According to Sustainable Seattle, the classic definition of sustainability is “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.
Sustainability isn’t measured simply in environmental terms (though we do a lottowards that too) but rather encompasses ”the inter-connectivity among ecological, social and economic factors … (and) address the inter-generational nature of those factors.” [Thanks Fremont Brewing for the great wording on all this!]
Our event rentals (which do fulfill a part of our mission as well) cover all building expenses & admin so 100% of your donation can actually go towards Arts, Culture & Community Building Experiences for all-ages & Income levels.
Our total budget in 2008 was $73,000, 2009 was $127,000, 2010 reached $140,000, and 2011 was $176,600. Pretty amazing to grow through a recession!
However we leverage this amazing building to encompass our Abbey Partner nonprofit organizations and so total operations are nearer to $400,000 annually including Fremont Music School, Tuning the Air, Karin Stevens Dance, Samba Dance, Seattle Ladies Choir, and more. Of course, the impact on the numerous other occasional partner orgs and artist groups is even greater! Church of the Apostles (COTA) owns the building and does use it on Sundays but the Arts Center only pays it’s share of building expenses which is below market rate rent. Thanks COTA!
See our About page for more on this new sustainable model of sharing an old building. COTA is a progressive Episcopal/Lutheran church where all are welcome so the building share works out great.
We are definitely still growing towards sustainability, and you can help us in that goal.
If you’d like to receive a financial report, feel free to contact us.
NOTE: If curious why we aren’t listed on Charity Navigator, it’s because we are way below their $500,000 minimum donation level. You can request that they evaluate us or change that policy though!
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