Friends of Hollywood Theater Receives Nonprofit Status
Now that it’s official, the Hollywood’s supporters plan to seek new funding sources and offer more to customers.
It’s official, and it was a long time coming—or at least, it seemed like a long time for the Friends of the Hollywood Theater, who applied for official nonprofit status from the IRS in March. The Friends of the Hollywood Theater received official nonprofit designation earlier this month. “Now that the waiting’s over we can engage full warp drive and go after some grants,” said Fred Terling, president of the Friends group. “We’re excited that we can launch into the next year.” A group at Carnegie Mellon University drew up a sustainability report earlier this year, he said, that the Friends could use as a guideline for how to keep the theater running successfully. All they needed to make the plan happen was official nonprofit designation. …
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Lou Pietosi
2:58 am on Tuesday, December 27, 2011
AMEN Scott! more ›