Found 5 collections related to Nonprofit organizations -- New York (State) -- New York

The Danspace Project was founded in 1974 at the St. Mark's Church In-The-Bowery in New York City to present, support, and encourage new work in dance and performance within a supportive environment. The Danspace Project records document over four decades of dance performances produced by, or affiliated with, the Danspace Project, as well as document the day-to-day management of a non-profit arts organization. less

The Music-Theatre Group (MTG) is a New York City-based organization that produces experimental and interdisciplinary musical theater and opera. MTG's records date from 1972 to 2011 and document the development, staging, promotion, and reception of the group's productions. The collection also contains files concerning administration and fundraising for the organization as a whole. less

The Actors Fund of America (renamed the Entertainment Community Fund) was founded in 1882 by Albert Marshman Palmer (1838-1905), an American theatrical manager. The scrapbooks, dated 1897 to 1933, document the early years of the Fund to support actors in financial crisis and to raise funding for the Actors Fund Home originally located on Staten Island. The scrapbooks hold articles, notices of board meetings, membership applications, playbills, registers and an autograph album. less

The Harlem Philharmonic Orchestra, founded by Karl Hampton Porter in 1970, was a community symphony orchestra dedicated to training new musicians from underrepresented communities in the New York City area. After the orchestra's decline in the mid-1980s, Porter collaborated with brothers Ed and George Tooks to re-establish the orchestra as the Harlem Symphony Orchestra. The collection features press materials, correspondence, and administrative records pertaining to the founding and eventual re-emergence of the Harlem Philharmonic Orchestra. less

Founded in 1969, the Children's Art Carnival (CAC) was a Harlem-based non-profit organization that provided free arts and educational programs for young people ages four to twenty-one, training courses for educators, and career development services for young adults. The collection consists of four audio recordings of radio interviews with Betty Blayton-Taylor, the founding director of the CAC. less