For the Future – Help us build on the past
The Flurry Festival and the DanceFlurry Organization can be part of your Legacy.
It has been such an honor to be able to facilitate the joy of bringing dance, music, culture, tradition, and community to two generations of participants.
When I founded the Hudson Mohawk Country Dancers in 1987 , my first task was to make it a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt arts organization. Now called the DanceFlurry Organization (DFO), we have been promoting and preserving traditional music and dance, and creating community through participatory events for almost 40 years.
I hope you will join me by Including the DFO in your estate plans to build a sound financial footing and ensure that our programs and work endure.
Paul Rosenberg
Paul Rosenberg was starting to run contra dances in 1986. Soon afterwards, Patti Melita and Teresa Broadwell added a swing dance series. Hudson Mohawk Country Dancers became Hudson Mohawk Traditional Dances, and then was renamed the DanceFlurry Organization (DFO).
A small group produced the first, one-day Dance Flurry Festival in 1988. Who could have foreseen that 30 years later the event would have grown to attract a national audience and bring together almost 4500 dancers and musicians pre-pandemic?
Today, in addition to the Festival, the DFO offers an expanded list of dance and music series all year in the Greater Capital Region and gives small grants to other organizations.
Thanks to our dedicated volunteers, members, donors, countless dancers, musicians, teachers, and performers, the DFO continues to connect and inspire through traditional music and dance.
“Love what you all do! We need more community fun and you all offer a meaningful way for folks to come together!“
Our extraordinary community has seen us through the 2009 Festival cancelled by a power failure, and the Covid 19-related fiscal challenges of the 2023 Festival. Along with community support, the DanceFlurry secured a major grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, and has regained a solid financial foundation post-pandemic. In order to build a more secure financial future, the DFO established an Endowment Fund. We want to make certain that the joy, sense of community, welcome environment for all levels of experience, and affordable admission fees remain the core of our programs.
How can you help? Planned gifts, such as a bequest, naming the DFO as an IRA beneficiary, donating securities, and employer matches are among the options that provide crucial support for our programs. Other deferred giving options, such as a charitable gift annuity, can provide you with income during your lifetime and eventually benefit the DanceFlurry.
Gifts can be directed to the DanceFlurry Organization’s Endowment Fund. Endowment Fund gifts are invested, and a portion of the income is paid out each year to support DFO’s activities while the principal remains to provide long term organizational support. Please contact us to set up a conversation about your plans by emailing us at endowments@danceflurry.org.
Endowment Fund Policy and Procedures
About the DanceFlurry Organization The DanceFlurry Organization (DFO) has established an Endowment Fund to generate long-term organizational support. For more information about DFO’s Endowment Fund, please contact endowments@danceflurry.org.
The DanceFlurry Organization is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, organization incorporated in New York State (IRS Employer ID: 14-1693779). The DanceFlurry Organization sponsors the Flurry Festival, Adirondack Weekend, Contra Fest, and a range of monthly and weekly dance and music events. We are registered with the New York State Charities Bureau.
As a Section 501(c)(3) tax exempt charitable organization, gifts and contributions to the DanceFlurry Organization are tax deductible. Donations can be mailed to the DanceFlurry Organization at P O Box 448, Latham, NY 12110, or made online via the DanceFlurry Organization’s website, www.danceflurry.org. Contributions through workplace giving programs can often be made via Benevity – https://causes.benevity.org /.
DanceFlurry Organization
PO Box 448
Latham, NY 12110
www.danceflurry.org
Considering a gift of publicly-tradedsecurities ? When requesting a transfer of stock certificates from your broker, it is important that you provide the DanceFlurry Organization the following information: 1. Name of the stock; 2. Number of shares; and 3. Broker’s name and phone number (if you are calling) so that we can provide a receipt for your gift. Gifts of securities are not transmitted with the name of the donor. This is also true for any anonymous gifts. Please contact us for the specific transfer information for you to provide your broker.
Please copy the DanceFlurry Organization treasurer with the instructions to your broker at finance@danceflurry.org. Please direct any questions to the DanceFlurry Organization Treasurer.