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To Our Highly Esteemed Patrons, Matrix Family Members, and First Time Donors, we have $1 million worth of exciting news to share with you! Matrix Theatre Company has been selected to participate in an amazing fundraising opportunity!
Beginning August 18 at 10:00 a.m., the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, through the Community Foundation Challenge – Arts & Culture, is providing up to $1 million to match general operating gifts made online at www.cfsem.org to support participating arts and cultural organizations, including Matrix Theatre Company!
A match of $1 will be provided for every $2 contributed!
Matrix Theatre Company is racing against some of the largest and most prestigious arts organizations in southeast Michigan. Even so, the Community Foundation Challenge has given us a shot at earning our share of the $1 million matching funds. All we need is your on-line support to make it happen.
We need you to act quickly on August 18 at 10am, because when the $1 million matching funds are gone - they're gone!
Gifts eligible for match: Starting August 18, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. gifts for the Community Foundation Challenge can be made online at www.cfsem.org to support Matrix Theatre Company and other participating arts and cultural organizations. Through the Web site, donors can choose one or more organizations to receive support by using a simple menu to locate organizations participating in the challenge. Gifts must be made online by credit card or e-check and can range from $25 to $10,000 per contributor, per organization. Only completed gifts will be matched – no pledges.
Matching funds will be awarded on a “first gift, first match” basis. The matching program will end as soon as the $1 million of match funds are gone. With dozens of organizations eligible to participate in this challenge, the matching funds will go quickly!
Why you should donate to Matrix Theatre Company: We are a small arts organization with a big impact. We are housed in a former storefront in southwest Detroit's Mexicantown, a popular destination that lies near the foot of the bridge to Canada. What we lack in grandeur, we make up for in mission, vision, and community outreach. We promise to stretch every single dollar you donate because we are a bare bones arts organization with no extravagant overhead or staff to support. New or returning donors can give with confidence knowing that every dollar donated to Matrix Theatre Company is stretched to the max and accounted for.
So mark your calendar to go to www.cfsem.org at 10:00 a.m. on August 18 to make a gift in support of Matrix Theatre Company.
Please share the news: Please take a moment and forward this e-mail to your friends and colleagues who care about arts and culture in southeast Michigan. This is a great opportunity to raise money and awareness of our great arts and cultural organizations and we appreciate your help in spreading the word about this important opportunity.
For more information: For more details, visit www.cfsem.org. If you have any questions, please call Matrix Theatre Company at -313-967-0999, or e-mail info@matrixtheatre.org.
Thank you for your support: With your help, we can continue to be an essential arts organization in southeast Michigan.
This opportunity will help to offset the severe cuts in arts funding. We can’t do it without you!
Set your calendars, clocks, cell phones, and everything else for August 18 at 10:00am. On this date, donate to Matrix Theatre Company at www.cfsem.org
