FOUNDING MEMBER FUND
A $12,500,000 Campaign for City of Asylum’s Future GOAL
RAISED
PURPOSE
$10,600,000
$9,550,000
To acquire, rehab, and outfit the Masonic
$1,100,000
$620,000*
For core programming at Alphabet City
PROGRAMMING RESERVE FUND
$500,000
$30,000
EXILED WRITER PROGRAM
$300,000
$300,000
$12,500,000
$10,500,000
CAPITAL BUILDING
PROGRAMMING
TOTAL
FOUNDING MEMBER FUND
$2,000,000
For catalytic opportunities, long term commitments
Reserve fund for writer emergencies and fluctuations in funding
84% of goal raised before Founding Member Campaign
16% needed to meet goal
* Includes $600,000 gift that may be applied at COA’s discretion
“City of Asylum is about more than giving an exiled writer a place to live and work. It is about building a community around them that participates with the poetry, or art, or music that is being created in that living space.”
“PITTSBURGH’S CITY OF ASYLUM.” THE ATLANTIC
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ar too often, organizations lose their path in developing a building and are unable to translate dreams into sustainable success. The building remains empty of purpose. The Founding Member Fund was launched to make sure that City of Asylum Alphabet City is animated with great programs and filled
with people…not asset rich and operations poor. It is what City of Asylum needs to be: resilient and not at risk year-to-year. The Fund provides the stability for us to take creative risks and to continue showcasing global and underrepresented voices. Before launching the Founding Member Fund, in the “quiet phase”
of our campaign, we raised $10.5 million—84% of our goal. The Founding Member Fund’s goal is to raise the remaining 16%, over the next three years. With your help, City of Asylum will continue to innovate, experiment, and connect Pittsburgh to the world.