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Metuchen arts leaders explain nonprofit fiscal-agent model and local funding to New Brunswick council
Summary
Representatives from Metuchen explained to the New Brunswick Community Arts Council on a virtual meeting how the borough’s arts commission and a separate nonprofit work together to fund local programs.
Representatives from Metuchen explained to the New Brunswick Community Arts Council on a virtual meeting how the borough’s arts commission and a separate nonprofit work together to fund local programs. Mark Harris, chair of the LaMotteuxian Arts Council, said the Metuchen Arts Council is a commission of the borough and that, as a municipal body, “anything we wanted to do, we were not … permitted to look for funds outside of the borough.” Kat Davis, president of Friends of Metuchen Arts, described the nonprofit side: “Friends of Metuchen Arts was formed as a 5 0 1 c 3 in 2020 to raise funds just for the Metuchen Arts Council,” she said, adding the group soon broadened its scope to support programs in the Metuchen area.
The two groups divide roles: the…
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