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Support the Silent Clowns Film Series and
help us preserve the silent film experience!Your tax-deductible contribution
helps keep our fine, fun series going!
Earlier this year, the producers and creative staff of the SCFS incorporated as Silent Cinema Presentations, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. This was done in order to be able to raise money and solicit donations so the series could continue.
The SCFS subsisted exclusively on box office receipts for its first five years, but just barely, and found this past February that it would be facing having to rent a theater for the fall 2003 season. Thanks to a new partnership with the West Side YMCA the series has a new home, and thanks to a few generous foundation grants, the series will return for its 7th year of silent comedy film shows.
Be a Kid Again
When you make a contribution at the Single, Couple, Family, Patron and Contributor levels you will be mailed a "Friends Of The Silent Clowns" card, which is renewable annually. Just present your "Friends" card at the box office when you attend one of the Silent Clowns Film Series shows, and you will be able to purchase any adult ticket for the children's price of $5. The names of Patrons and Contributors will be listed in our programs, and Contributors' names will be listed on the title page of certain programs that require added expenses (film rights, guest speaker fees, etc.) that were covered by that Contributor's donation.
Friendship Support Levels
Single -- $25
Couple -- $45
Family -- $65
Contributor -- $100
Patron -- $500To become a Friend Of The Silent Clowns, you can make your contribution by mailing in your check (made out to Silent Cinema Presentations, Inc.). Send it to:Silent Cinema Presentations, Inc.
P.O. Box 903
Planetarium Station
New York, NY 10024-0546Or you can donate securely online with your Visa/MC/Amex by clicking on the donate button below. 100% of your contribution is tax-deductible.
Silent Cinema Presentations, Inc. is supported by a very generous grant from the Ira M. Resnick Foundation, and by grants from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), the J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation, James A. Macdonald Foundation and the Edward Handelman Fund, as well as technical/equipment support from Elmo USA.
If you have any questions about contributing, please click here to send an e-mail. Thank you!
Our Mission Silent Cinema Presentations is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to presenting silent movies with live musical accompaniment to audiences of all ages, in order to preserve the experience of silent cinema. We produce silent film shows at a variety of venues, and we restore silent films for use at our shows.
We believe in the entertainment value and the cultural and historical importance of silent cinema, and will pass its fun, wonders and traditions on to the audiences of today and tomorrow.