STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The McGaw Foundation is an art industry endeavor committed to AIDS prevention care and cure. Established in 1992 by Nancy and Bruce McGaw, The McGaw Foundation is a non-profit organization which generates funding through its Publishing Program, art industry fundraising events, personal and corporate contributions. Funding is dedicated to non-profit, community-based agencies which directly benefit people of all ages living with the challenges of AIDS. Organizations funded by The McGaw Foundation are characteristically grassroots in nature, and several have provided the early models in community based care for other non-profits to emulate nationwide. The McGaw Foundation disbursed $100,000 in 1996 to 20 qualified non-profit organizations representing innovative programs in New York, California, Washington, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Michigan and Massachusetts. Disbursements from The McGaw Foundation have totaled more than $200,000 over a three year period.
ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING FUNDING
Qualified non-profit organizations nationwide receiving funding from The McGaw Foundation include long-term residential facilities providing primary medical care, interim housing for homeless people with AIDS, hospice care, and several food services providing nutritional meals to people homebound with AIDS. In addition, day treatment programs and resource centers providing practical care, counseling support as well as legal advocacy, a needle exchange program, community-based drug protocol research are included. New this year, four organizations providing for children who are HIV/AIDS infected or affected received funding for the first time. The Safe Place for Pediatric AIDS, providing day care programs and after-school care, and Pediatricare, under the auspices of the East Bay Agency for Children, serve children in California. Camp VIVA in New York, and the Birch Camp in Michigan, both provide creative summer programs to enhance the quality of life for children and their families living with AIDS. The McGaw Foundation encourages referrals of qualified organizations for funding consideration.
ONGOING FUNDING FOR THE RIVINGTON HOUSE
One of the primary organizations receiving funding on an ongoing basis is the Rivington House, under the auspices of Village Center for Care, which opened in May 1995 and is New York state's first private long-term health care facility for people living with AIDS. Rivington House is a 219-bed residential skilled nursing facility which also offers a Adult Day-Treatment Program. Individualized resident-directed care includes a team of resources which may include family members, physician, nursing, social worker, recreational, physical and occupational therapists, dietician, clergy, and alternate therapy caregivers. This innovative residential facility promotes an environment in which each individual, their family and care partners can maximize their strengths to enhance or maintain an optimal level of health and wellness. A portion of the facility will be dedicated to the memory of Paul J. Liptak, formerly Director of Acquisitions and a longtime friend and colleague of Nancy and Bruce McGaw.
ART INDUSTRY FUNDRAISING EVENTS
Art industry and related fundraising events in 1996 hosted by The McGaw Foundation included Sail Around Manhattan on the World Yacht's Princess, in which over 300 people generously participated to raise more than $30,000. On the eve of the opening of "Cezanne" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in May, Nancy and Bruce McGaw hosted an evening in association with the Paul Cezanne Family Trust and The Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia. The benefit reception welcomed Philippe Paul Cezanne, great-grandson of the renowned post-Impressionist, to Philadelphia; proceeds benefitted MANNA (The Metropolitan AIDS Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance) in Philadelphia. The premier event for 1997, Night on Ice - An Evening at Rockefeller Center, generated over $20,000 from the art industry attending March trade shows in New York who gathered for a supper buffet, ice skating and good company in the heart of Manhattan.
AN INNOVATIVE PUBLISHING PROGRAM
In addition to major events, principal funding is derived from The McGaw Foundation Publishing Program. Participating artists waive any royalty; artists and publishers donate images for publication; printers contribute printing costs; distributors provide all cataloging and administrative costs and ALL RECEIPTS from the sale of these life-affirming images. Funding then directly benefits people living with AIDS. Artists who have generously contributed their time and images to The McGaw Foundation include: Yuriko Takata, Diane Romanello, William Gatewood, Art Wolfe, Bonnie Marris (in collaboration with The Greenwich Workshop) Cheryl Piperberg, Ross Bleckner, The Estate of Dick Mason and The Estate of Keith Haring. Two new images by abstract artist P.G. Gravele premier in this edition of The McGaw Group Catalogue. And The McGaw Foundation is privileged to announce that Roy Lichtenstein has generously contributed "Girl at Piano," 1963 for publication, a classic image by the American modern master.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
The McGaw Foundation invites the active participation and contributions of artists, dealers, galleries, museums, publishers, distributors, printers and media resources. For more information, or to become involved in The McGaw Foundation and its next events, please call 800-221-4813 or 914-353-8600.
PUBLICATIONS LIST
Through the generosity of artists, printers, publishers and distributors involved in The McGaw Foundation Publishing Program, all receipts from the sale of these images benefit people living with AIDS through non-profit organizations committed to AIDS prevention, care and cure.
To view images published for The McGaw Foundation, simply select FOUNDATION from the pre-selected Slide Shows. To order The McGaw Foundation publications, or for more information, call: 800-221-4813 or 914-353-8600.
Ross Bleckner | Unity 94 (B612) 36x24" |
$25 |
William Gatewood | Olan Sun II (G311) 30x26" |
$50 |
P.G. Gravele | Brussels (G447) Antwerp (G448) 38x24" each foil-stamped |
$40 $40 |
Keith Haring | Untitled (H448) 36x24" |
$25 |
Roy Lichtenstein | Girl at Piano (L249) 54x38" serigraph |
$100 |
Bonnie Marris | Evening Crossing 18x24" (M784) |
$20 |
Dick Mason | Calm Before the Storm 36x24" (M767) |
$25 |
Diane Romanello | Idle Hour (R401) 25X26" |
$30 |
Cheryl Piperberg | I Love You (P472) 18x24" |
$16 |
Yuriko Takata | Temple of Diana (T253) 24x26" |
$30 |
Art Wolfe | Above it All (W404) 24x36" |
$25 |