For Immediate
Release
Contact : Executive Director Rick
Storer
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6418 N Greenview
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Chicago, IL 60626
773.761.9200
www.leatherarchives.org
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Leather
Archives and Museum Begins the Decade Financially
Strong
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The
Leather Archives & Museum is beginning the decade
fiscally strong and with exciting plans to further its
work of preserving, archiving and displaying the history
of the international fetish community. The
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, located in the Roger's
Park neighborhood of Chicago, set record development
goals in 2009 despite the worst economic downturn since
the Great Depression.
President and Founder Chuck
Renslow, who also founded the International Mister
Leather Contest in 1978, emphasized the generous and
growing support of individuals and leather organizations
in the past year : "Thanks to our expanding support
base, as indicated by a nearly fifty percent increase in
membership dues as well as a fifty percent increase in
contributions from individuals and organizations, The
Leather Archives & Museum stands strong on a solid
financial foundation. Indeed the organization is
more fiscally resilient now than ever since its founding
in 1991."
Mark Frazier, a recipient of the
Pantheon of Leather Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006
who joined the LA&M's Audit Committee in 2009,
reported that the annual audit indicates a 26% increase
in the operating fund. "The LA&M is poised to
expand its programming in the new decade, and hopefully
establish an endowment fund to ensure the preservation
of the fascinating history of the leather tribe for
years to come."
The Board of Director's fiscal
management in the past year permitted the LA&M to
purchase the historically significant mural, "The Gold
Coast Man," that was created by Dom "Etienne" Orejudos
in 1966 to promote the legendary Gold Coast Bar in
Chicago. The LA&M has several major
initiatives for 2010, including the long-awaited Women's
Leather History Project, the acquisition of the Marcus
Herandez and Fakir Musafar collections, and the purchase
of a new computer system to help preserve our leather
history in a digital format.
The most recently
filed Federal Form 990 as well as the financial returns
for two prior years may be viewed at
www.guidestar.org. For more information about the
Leather Archives & Museum, view the organization's
website at www.leatherarchives.org or call Executive
Director Rick Storer at 773.761.9200.
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