About Us
Our History
08/2008 TMC is founded.
11/2008 TMC is incorporated as a Massachusetts nonprofit.
04/2009 TMC enters into a fiscal sponsorship partnership with Documentary Educational Resources, Inc.
04/2010 TMC receives its IRS Letter of Determination.
In 2008, The Marble Collection, Inc. [TMC], a 501 ©(3) nonprofit organization, was founded on the commitment to enrich the Massachusetts high school community at large through innovative, educational literary and creative arts programming. TMC institutes multidisciplinary statewide programming that emphasizes the importance of creative cultivation as it pertains to educational achievement, social development, and future collegiate and career success. We believe that art, in all its forms, is essential to youth development.
The Marble Collection: Massachusetts High School Magazine of the Arts, a biannual print and digital magazine including secondary students' art, literature, music, and video works, weaves the arts back into the fabric of our community. Moreover, TMC’s Student-Mentoring Workshop [SMW] provides students with one-to-one tutoring services that focus on art and literature creation and the professional publishing process. TMC connects the community through our interactive website (themarblecollection.org), building civic discourse and engaging students in their creative potential through the comprehensive discussion forum, Artistic Fluency. We feel that literary and creative arts should be an integral and conscious part of everyone's life.
With over 150 Massachusetts secondary school constituents, TMC is dedicated to nurturing youth through the education and involvement of artists and arts audiences. TMC has always placed the highest importance on its educational opportunities and continues to expand and diversify its programming to include mentoring workshops, tutoring, and edifying events through creative collaborations with other Massachusetts institutions.
Our Mission
Mission Statement
TMC’s mission is to provide Massachusetts secondary students with arts education programs that enhance creative cultivation, educational achievement, social development, and collegiate and career success.
Vision Statement
TMC envisions a community that develops and celebrates the literary and creative arts, in which we are the leading educator and facilitator for progressive teen media.
Board
Organizational Structure
TMC board members, staff, and volunteers represent the fields of education, art, technology, multimedia, and publishing. TMC’s “Founding” Board of Directors is responsible for defining the organization’s mission and for providing overall leadership and strategic direction to the organization. TMC is in the process of developing an 8-10 person Advisory “Working” Committee to assist the founder and Executive Director in developing the organization and fiduciary board. The Executive Director seeks 8-10 advisors experienced in youth development and programming, secondary education curriculum development, public relations and marketing, grants writing and fundraising, general nonprofit management and nonprofit governance. The purpose of the board is to forge a collective dialogue among people engaged in local schools, to identify concerns, brainstorm solutions, and then formulate a plan for creating change. Community organizing and engagement is essential to accomplishing TMC’s decided goals. Plans call for the Advisory “Working” Committee to be in place by December 2011. Moreover, TMC’s “Founding” Board of Directors—a Stakeholder’s Board—wholeheartedly support TMC, yet lack the experience and savvy to participate effectively in the board meetings, and posses little to no fundraising, grant seeking, and grant writing skills. By August 2012, TMC will dissolve the “Founding” Board and reassemble a qualified, committed Board of Directors.
TMC “Founding” Board of Directors
Deanna Elliot, President
Ms. Elliot, the Founding President of TMC, provides organizational and program guidance and is involved in long-range capacity building. She is currently enrolled in the Organization Leadership: Nonprofit Management Masters program at Wheelock College.
Chris D’Errico, Director
Mr. D’Errico currently holds the position of Creative Director at Enterprise Strategy Group, a marketing and information services company. Mr. D’Errico provides technological and creative guidance in the form of video and Internet development at TMC.
Kenneth Elliot, Treasurer
Mr. Elliot has over 30 years of entrepreneurial experience in the agriculture industry and manages his own produce farm. He provides entrepreneurial insight concerning organizational development and growth, and manages TMC finances.
Patricia Rose, Secretary
Ms. Rose is a RN Supervisor at the leading nonprofit healthcare provider, Heritage. She provides TMC with continuity in management and organizational leadership.
Program Staff
Program staff changes with each subsequent magazine issue and most commonly includes college interns, high school educators, and high school students who enthusiastically endorse TMC’s mission. “TMC was a great beginning experience that let me feel involved with the publishing process. I admire how it connects many people across different communities--be it location or age,” notes UMass Amherst student Sophia Lai, Spring 2009 Editor Intern. In the future, as our organization expands, we anticipate a greater need for college interns, community volunteers, and foresee growth potential for staff positions as well.
Financial
The Marble Collection, Inc. is an educational 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization. This organization relies solely on grants, sponsorships, donations, subscription, and advertising sales to support our arts education programs.
FY 2010 The Marble Collection, Inc. 990 and Conflict of Interest Policy
PDF FY10 Form 990
PDF The Marble Collection, Inc. Conflict of Interest Policy
Contact Us
The Marble Collection, Inc.
202 Main Street
Lakeville, MA 02347
Phone: (508) 692-8912
Email: themarblecollection@gmail.com