If you are visiting this page, you probably already know that Von Babasin has been accepted for fiscal sponsorship by the New York Foundation for the Arts to produce a documentary film about the life and career of his father, jazz bassist/producer, Harry Babasin. This fiscal sponsorship recognizes that the only thing that Von needs in order to produce this film is financial support. NYFA acts as a non-profit conduit to receive contributions on Von's behalf, making all donations tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law.
After submitting proposals to more than 500 foundations that support arts and culture, it has become apparent that a grass roots campaign is also required to raise the funds to produce this culturally important documentary. While the overall budget of this film will fall between $400,000-500,000, only a fraction of the overall total, $100,000, is required to cut a work-in-progress reel and get the production underway. Though no donation is too small or too large, as example, if one thousand people each donated $100, the existing archives could be put together and preserved in a digital format for the film's content.
Please consider helping produce this film for cultural preservation and to help define the artform known as "West Coast Jazz".
1. Contributions in support of sponsored projects and organizations made by check must be made payable to "New York Foundation for the Arts."
2. Contributions for sponsored projects and organzations can be mailed to:
3. To recommend how you would like your contribution to be used, you may send us a letter containing the wording in the simple form below:
Contribution Recommendation Form for Use with Checks
Please find enclosed a contribution for the New York Foundation for the Arts in the amount of $____________. It is my wish that this contribution will be used to support "Harry Babasin's Jazz In Hollywood" , a project that you sponsor.
If you would prefer to donate online to this film with your credit card, you can go to NYFA's secure donation page by clicking on the NYFA link below -
Make sure to specify that the donation is to go to Artist-Von Babasin, or, Project-"Harry Babasin's Jazz In Hollywood".
Questions?
If you have questions about a contribution that was sent previously or how to make a contribution to NYFA in support of a project or organization, contact the Fiscal Sponsorship program at (212) 366-6900 x223, or email sponsor@nyfa.org.
With the airing of a 30-second commercial during the Super Bowl going for $2.7 million; Barack Obama raising $32 million in one month for his presidential bid; Exxon Mobil reporting profits of $1,300 a second for the entire year of 2007; and Microsoft offering to buy Yahoo! for $44.6 billion; I have to believe that my total budget of $500,000 would be well within reach of the right individual(s) or organization(s) who care to see this story gets told.