+DONATE
Support the LBIF with your donation
Throughout its almost 75 year history, the Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts & Sciences has always provided a place for learning, artistic expression and the exchange of experiences and understanding. With hundreds of class offerings, regular art and film exhibitions, Science Saturdays, camp and art programs for kids and all sorts of special events and activities, the LBIF offers a vibrant center for our community. Yet non-profit organizations such as the LBIF that bring cultural and educational offerings to the local community are becoming harder and harder to sustain, as donations and support of these types of organizations has decreased over recent years.
In order to generate the revenue that it costs to operate the LBIF, the LBIF relies on membership fees and donations. Donations and grants make up 14% of the annual budget. LBIF could not sustain itself on programming fees alone, which only total 50% of the total operating expenses. Donations are critical to supporting the ongoing operations of the LBIF.
Your donation will go to fund LBIF expenses and improvements, as prioritized by the board.
Note that donations are tax-deductible.
In Support of Children and Art in Kharkiv, Ukraine
The LBIF is collecting donations to help the Art Studio of Aza Nizi Maza located in Kharkiv, Ukraine with the publication of this special coloring book. Please donate by September 1, 2022 at which time proceeds will be wired to the Studio.
LBIF stands in support of the people of Ukraine and their perilous future. Their resiliency lies with the fate of their children. The children’s future, their hopes and dreams, their inner strength are currently under siege; unimaginable to witness and to endure in the civilized world in 2022.
On the day Russians invaded, the Aza Nizi Maza Studio became a bomb shelter and a transfer point for many people. Aza Nizi Maza Studio is in the Kharkiv subway now. On March 29th, the studio started classes for children who stayed in the city in one of the underground stations. There, they began the “Metro Museum.” Creative projects are continuing despite dangers. The current collaboration is a poster diary, “WHAT I SEE,” in which Mikola Koloietz reinterprets students’ work in the context of wartime. This project has received a lot of attention in Ukraine and abroad.
Please donate.