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a letter4 A Window of Stories: Project Profile

6 Community Murals Program

8 Common Ground: Project Profile

10 Art Education Program

12 Forgiveness: Project Profile

14 Restorative Justice Program

16 The Heart of Baltimore Avenue: Project Profile

18 Public Engagement Program

20 Our Supporters

22 Financial Statements

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Dear Friends,

Year after year, I am incredibly moved by the stories of individuals and

communities our work inspires—stories of hope and renewal, redemption

and sacrifice, heritage and pride. It is from these stories that the idea for our

first ever Annual Report—A Mural is Worth a Thousand Words—was born.

While the murals themselves are beautiful landmarks, it is the stories behind

them, the words and values that represent the diverse individuals who design

and create them, that truly bring them to life and represent our mission—to unite

communities and artists in a collaborative process, rooted in the traditions of

mural-making, to create art that transforms public spaces and individual lives.

As a way of talking about our unique accomplishments this year, we decided

to share with you a few of these incredible stories—the pulse that beats just

beneath the colorful surface of the murals. We hope these murals will resonate

with you through these words, and that you will begin to see the city’s collection

of murals as I have had the honor of seeing it—as a living, breathing picture

book of the city’s history, struggles, triumphs and hopes for the future.

Each mural is indeed worth a thousand words, and we are proud to help

translate a few of them into the poetry of humanity and community they

collectively represent.

All my best,

Jane Golden

Executive Director

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reunitestoriesAt a time when many of the nursing home residents find

themselves leading more solitary, interior lives, this project

served as a way to reintroduce and reunite them to the

community where they were born and had raised their

own families. The window symbolizes both the traditional

architecture of the area and the play on “interior” and

“exterior”—of lives lived both privately, and as part of a

larger community. The diamond pattern of the wallpaper,

mirroring the Victorian patterns still found in many homes

here, consists of verbal “gems” from the 50 participating

seniors, taken from their interviews with the UPenn

students. The project also included a community paint

day, which attracted 200 local residents.

A Window of Stories is a strong example of the Mural

Arts Program’s approach to community mural-making.

An in-depth, long-term relationship with an area and

its residents means that each project can incorporate

hundreds of local participants as painters, design

collaborators, and volunteers. In the process, people

find themselves actively engaged in a process to

create an image that is a true reflection of their

shared community, experiences, and memories.

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TITLE: A Window of Stories

LOCATION: 47th Street and Kingsessing Avenue at Park Pleasant Nursing Home

COMPLETION DATE: 2007

LEAD MURALIST: Phillip Adams

ASSISTANT MURALISTS: Jonathan Berkshire and Gabe Tiberino

MOSAIC ARTISTS: Johnny Bus and Mike Smash

TEACHING ARTISTS: Jane Golden and Don Gensler

FUNDERS: City of Philadelphia, City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services, Neighborhood Transformation Initiative, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Philadelphia Green Program

COLLABORATORS:ArtWorks! students, Park Pleasant Nursing Home residents, University of Pennsylvania Big Picture Class

METHOD: Grid and mosaic

“This project has been extremely meaningful to the residents and staff of Park Pleasant because of their high level of creative input and their involvement with the broader community. In fact, the process continues to be empowering, expanding opportunities for our residents through ongoing weekly workshops, art exhibits and exchanges with neighbors.”

Nancy Kleinberg, co-owner and administrator Park Pleasant Nursing Home

Upon first glance, A Window of Stories is a simply

beautiful, evocative tableau. However, a closer look

reveals a mural ripe with symbolism and reflecting

complementary themes—interior and exterior,

permanence and change, teacher and student.

For Phillip Adams, his first experience as a lead

muralist for the Mural Arts Program brought him full circle.

While pursuing his MFA at the University of Pennsylvania

(UPenn) in the fall of 2004, Adams took a class on

public art and community murals with Jane Golden

and Don Gensler. He then painted under Gensler on a

number of Mural Arts Program murals. Four years later,

with his first opportunity to drive a large-scale project, the

student had become the teacher when A Window of Stories

became the case study for the UPenn class’s semester.

The Mural Arts Program’s projects always have a

community partner, and this time it was the Park

Pleasant Nursing Home. With the collaboration of

the seniors, along with many other residents of the

Cedar Park neighborhood, Adams led a community

brainstorming session about the theme and look of

the mural. From that gathering it became clear that the

neighbors cherished the local Victorian architecture

and wanted to honor the multi-generational feel of the

well-established community. Together, Adams and the

UPenn students developed the visual elements of the

mural, which include the shadows of a tree, referencing

the ongoing life of the community, and a church, honoring

an important local landmark. Mosaic-and-paint flowers

refer to a local park and signify regeneration.

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2007–2008 COMMUNITY MURALS STATISTICS

120muralists employed

$2,064,363paid to muralists and teaching artists 99%of artists live in philadelphia area

71,750sq. ft. of murals produced

133community meetings

16,400brushes 492dropcloths2,050gallons of paint

928meeting attendees

43paint days6iconic murals restored 2,727paint day participants

$20,000average cost of a mural

400lots cleaned and reclaimed

reflectThe Mural Arts Program works with more than 100

communities each year to create murals that reflect the culture of Philadelphia’s neighborhoods. Mural

projects often include stabilization of abandoned lots

and revitalization of open spaces. We strive to coordinate

mural projects with existing strategies for community

development, thereby leveraging grassroots social

capital to build positive momentum and stronger results.

How Murals are CreatedWhen you see a finished mural, you are looking at the

result of a very long process. There are many steps

between the moment a mural is conceived and the day it is

dedicated. Depending on where the mural is located, these

steps can vary, but most are created through the same

sequence which usually takes from three to six months.

From the moment residents request a mural and a wall

is authorized, an intricate collaboration begins, informed

by a dialogue between the Mural Arts Program and

neighborhood residents. The Mural Arts Program strives

to include the community in every step of the mural-

making process, and begins by flyering in communities

to inform residents of the project. Then a series of

community meetings are held to discuss themes for the

mural, select an artist, and review the mural’s design.

After the design is selected the mural painting begins,

and the Mural Arts Program hosts paint days open to

community participation. The project finally culminates

in a mural dedication in which the community comes

together to celebrate the mural’s creation.

Throughout this process, Mural Arts Program murals

become a living part of the neighborhood, a relationship

that continues long after the project is completed. Often,

the community meetings we facilitate to discuss mural

themes also serve as a safe and constructive outlet for

residents to express concerns and tensions related to

subjects that go beyond mural making. When opportunities

arise, the Mural Arts Program staff works with community

organizations to address residents’ concerns and direct

them to social service organizations that can assist them.

We strive to have our mural projects represent

collaboration. The mural-making process builds lasting

community relationships, bringing together people whose

paths might otherwise never have crossed. When diverse

individuals join together to promote their community, the

finished mural celebrates their collective creative force.

Community PartnersIn our work, the Mural Arts Program collaborates with a

diverse group of constituents, including block captains,

neighborhood associations, public schools, community

development corporations, local nonprofits and city

agencies. The Mural Arts Program has an advisory board

comprised of concerned citizens who live in various parts

of the city and have had experience in the mural-making

process. With their help, we are engaged in an ongoing

discussion about how we can better our outreach and

community process. The Community Advisory Board

meets six times per year and advocates for the Mural

Arts Program in a variety of forums when needed.

Special ProjectsThe Special Projects department evolved out of

increasing requests for complex, multi-faceted public

art projects that go beyond the Mural Arts Program’s

existing program areas. In addition to managing

large-scale, multi-year mural projects, the Special

Projects department also oversees exhibitions and

publications related to their work, as well as the

muralist training program.

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The two groups had the chance to meet and work

together in the spring and summer of 2007 during

two cultural exchanges. They continued to share

ideas while they received one-on-one instruction from

the lead and assistant muralists, painted sections of the

mural on parachute cloth, created a map illustrating their

various countries of origin, and painted on old sneakers,

thereby transforming them from symbols of constraint into

symbols of creative freedom.

While in Philadelphia, the

Irish students visited Olney

High School and Big Picture

classrooms, acting as

ambassadors. The mural

was dedicated in October

2007, as part of Mural Arts Month. Over 200 attendees

celebrated with live music and a balloon release.

The Big Picture students were so excited about this

project and the opportunity for foreign exchange that

they raised money to sponsor their travel to Ireland.

In June 2008, their Dolphin Arts Group peers hosted

six Big Picture students in Dublin. While there, the

students created art focused on the idea of power; using reclaimed street signs, they painted images

that represented the concept. The signs were then

photographed and hung throughout Dublin.

Common Ground represents the type of high-impact,

complex public art projects for which the Mural Arts

Program has become known. In a short time, this

mural aided in the transformation of both a physical

space—a public high school—and a mental space—

the horizons of nearly 100 youth who were awakened

to the possibility of a life greater than the one they had

seen in their immediate environment.

Common Ground truly is a mural without borders, as it was planned and executed over two years in two countries.

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TITLE: Common Ground: The Global Heritage Project

LOCATION: Olney High School 100 West Duncannon Street

COMPLETION DATE: 2008

LEAD MURALIST: James Burns

ASSISTANT MURALIST: Brad Carney

TEACHING ARTIST: Charles Barbin

FUNDERS: City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services, Gifts made in memory of Joseph Bernstein, Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, Surdna Foundation COLLABORATORS:Big Picture students, Dolphin Arts Group students

METHOD: Parachute cloth

The inspiring story of the Common Ground mural began

in 2002, when Jane Golden visited Dublin and Belfast,

Ireland, as an Eisenhower Fellow. Always with an eye

toward collaboration, she toured the Flats, a public

housing project where the Dolphin Arts Group was

holding art education classes similar to the Mural Arts

Program’s. In 2006, while Jane and her staff were

co-hosting the International Conference on Mural Art

in Mexico City, they encountered Fiona Whelan, Dolphin’s

visiting artist, and began to develop the Common Ground

mural project and exchange.

Working with the theme of heritage—and how heritage

begins to be created in the present—Big Picture and

Dolphin students collaborated via e-mail, blogs, and

MySpace, sharing thoughts and design concepts. The

Dolphin students sent sketches that represented their

inherited circumstances, including images of the Flats

and old sneakers draped over telephone lines (also a

common sight in Philadelphia), along with balloons, which

represented their aspirations to rise above their current

circumstances. The Mural Arts Program’s Big Picture

students also added their symbolic representations, and

lead muralist James Burns incorporated each of the

elements into his design for the 180-feet wide by 30-feet

tall mural, which would be installed on the side of Olney

High School, one of the Big Picture program sites.

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educationThe Mural Arts Program is diligent in our efforts to change

the lives of young people by using art and mural-making

as catalysts for both youth development and community

betterment. The impact of healthy relationships with adult

role models—both in the arts and in the community—gives

young people great pride in their own capabilities as

artists and as activists. In the 2007–2008 fiscal year, the

Mural Arts Program’s award-winning, free art education

programs served nearly 2,000 at-risk youth at 53 sites

throughout the city, using mural-making as a dynamic

means to engage youth and teach transferable life

and job skills, such as leadership and teamwork.

The rigorous, sequential curriculum, which meets

both state and national best practices for art education,

allows youth to participate in programs for several years.

Since 1999, the Mural Arts Program has seen its art

education programs grow exponentially, challenging

more and more vulnerable youth to engage in the

wonders of mural-making. Each of the programs is

offered at no fee, ensuring accessibility for all participants.

Big Picture• Offered at 15 sites throughout Philadelphia for youth

ages 10 to 18 during the 2007–2008 fiscal year

• Provides a year-long, sequential course of study in

the visual arts that allows students to explore a variety

of media and techniques in art- and mural-making

• Allows for individual and collaborative hands-on

experiences in art- and mural-making, including

work on small-scale student murals and projects

with professional muralists

Mural Corps• Offered at eight sites throughout Philadelphia for

youth ages 14 to 21 during the 2007–2008 fiscal year

• Advances knowledge of sophisticated artistic techniques

and emphasizes the creation both of portfolio pieces

and community showpieces through work alongside

professional artists

• Increases educational opportunities and facilitates

access to scholarships and additional programming

at schools and arts and cultural institutions throughout

Philadelphia

• Mural Corps’ E3 (Education, Employment,

Empowerment) program, held at E3 Power Centers,

offers out-of-school youth an opportunity to pursue

long-term goals in education, occupational and life

skills, and employment

ARTscape• Offered at three sites during the 2007–2008 fiscal

year to court-adjudicated youth ages 13 to 18 who

have committed minor offenses and wish to

complete their mandated community service

• Improves both critical, creative thinking and

communication skills and inspires self expression

and self esteem

• Provides new pathways to develop life goals

and roles in community

• Note: Program closed due to funding cuts in 2008

ArtWorks! and Cops & Kids• Offered at 26 sites during the 2007–2008 fiscal year

to youth ages 10 to 18 who have been referred by the

City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services

• Provides the opportunity to complete mandated

community service hours through participation in art

education and mural-making workshops and work with

professional muralists on major new works of public art

• The Cops & Kids program brings together Philadelphia

police officers and young people to participate in dialogue

workshops aimed at dispelling stereotypes, improving

communications and collaborating on the creation of

community-based public art

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students going on to higher education or trade schools

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artistic media employed by students: acrylic paint, bookmaking, ceramics, illustration/comic book design, collage, digital photography, fabric dyeing, fashion design, mosaic, pencil, photoshop®, printmaking, silkscreen, sculpture, stained glass, watercolor, poetry, spoken word, writing, blogging

1,943youth served

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Forgiveness is the culmination of a four-year journey to

healing for a family whose lives were irrevocably changed

by an act of violence. In June 2003, 19-year-old Kevin

Johnson was shot in Southwest Philadelphia. Kevin’s

injuries had left him quadriplegic, requiring around-the-

clock care from his mother, Janice Jackson-Burke.

Along with the perpetrator was a group of four other young

men, including Michael Whittington, who was charged

as an adult and sentenced to five years at the House

of Correction. Given the increasing rate of gun violence

in Philadelphia, their story may not seem so unique.

What makes this story extraordinary is that Kevin and

Janice moved past their victimhood with passion and

forgiveness, thereby inspiring countless individuals and

communities throughout the city with a gesture of peace.

While serving time at the House of Correction for his

involvement, Michael Whittington began participating

in one of the Mural Arts Program’s Restorative Justice

programs for incarcerated youth and adults. Once

released, the Mural Arts Program helped to orchestrate a

meeting between Michael, Kevin and Janice. Kevin came

to forgive Michael and the others involved in the shooting.

After some time and much soul searching, Ms. Jackson-

Burke was able to do the same. This experience turned

both Kevin and Janice into advocates for non-violence

and forgiveness, and they began to speak at churches

and schools throughout Philadelphia. Unfortunately,

boys, met with the SCI–Graterford men weekly to help

paint and to participate in a poetry workshop with the

themes of redemption and forgiveness. And the women

who reside at Erie House, a drug rehab for homeless

women, whose 40-foot by 80-foot side wall was used for

the mural, also helped to paint and to create the mosaic

birds. Throughout it all, Ms. Jackson-Burke came into the

prison, met with the youth in detention, sat with the women

in Erie House and helped solidify community support for the mural. Her hand is evident in every aspect of the

mural’s creation.

Forgiveness is one example of the ways in which the

Mural Arts Program brings the arts to otherwise isolated

individuals, such as youth in detention and incarcerated

adults, and helps these individuals connect with and

ease their transition back into their communities, while

addressing head-on the complicated cycle of despair,

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TITLE: Forgiveness

LOCATION: 1238 West Erie Avenue

COMPLETION DATE: 2007

LEAD MURALIST: Eric Okdeh

ASSISTANT MURALIST: Angela Crafton, David Gray,Antoine Johnson, Terrell McLamb

FUNDER: City of Philadelphia

COLLABORATORS:Erie House residents, Inmates at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Youth from St. Gabriel’s Hall

METHOD: Parachute cloth and mosaic

A Restorative Justice ProjectKevin succumbed to his injuries in 2006 at the age of 21.

Michael is now an assistant muralist with the Mural Arts

Program and went on to participate in the Forgiveness

mural project.

Forgiveness is filled with symbols, both universal and specific to the forever-intertwined life stories of

Kevin, Janice and Michael. Muralist Eric Okdeh’s

overall inspiration came from the biblical story of the

Prodigal Son and the parable’s visual representation

by Renaissance painter Rembrandt. Additionally,

the dice on Kevin’s jacket represent greed, and the

doves, created in glass mosaic, signify both releasing

one’s burden of anger and grief as well as the birds

released at Kevin’s funeral.

This project required the collaboration of several different

groups that contributed both thematic content and artistic

talent, and Janice’s participation was integral to each step.

The mural itself was painted onto sections of parachute

cloth by a group of dedicated men incarcerated at the

maximum-security State Correctional Institution (SCI)

at Graterford who are part of the Mural Arts Program’s

decade-long work-study program. It was they who

suggested the inclusion of the prison wall and tower to

the mural, representing the concept of forgiveness “from

the inside,” or self-forgiveness. A group of young men

from St. Gabriel’s Hall, a residential home for delinquent

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redemptioncreationThe Mural Arts Program’s work within the criminal justice

system is designed to be restorative. Our programs

incorporate social and basic educational skills for inmates,

provide a forum for discussing the impact of crime on the

community, and host community meetings and workshops

that seek to reconcile the harm they have caused their

victims and communities, as well as their families and

themselves. In addition, the Mural Arts Program sponsors

a yearly prison art show at the Lincoln Financial Mural Arts

Center, featuring work by adult and juvenile inmate-artists.

State Correctional Institution at Graterford• Developed over seven years into a highly acclaimed

mural-making program model

• An officially recognized work program, with participants

receiving a stipend to create murals for schools and

communities throughout Philadelphia

• Art instruction and mural-making classes held daily

Philadelphia Prison System• In 2007–2008 programs were offered at every

Philadelphia correctional facility, including Riverside

Correctional Facility for women, Curran-Fromhold

Correctional Facility, the House of Correction, and

the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center

• At each site, art instruction classes were held

weekly, along with several special workshops annually

• A new study is underway to assess the impact

of mural art programs on inmates

Re-entry Work Program• Recently released inmates and parolees who

are interested in pursuing community art as a

career path are encouraged to participate in this

employment program

• Participants are paid a living wage—$10 to $15 per hour,

and are provided with six-month renewable contracts

Youth Offenders Program• In the 2007–2008 fiscal year, programs were

offered at four facilities, including: the City of

Philadelphia Detention Center for Youth (Youth

Study Center); the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional

Center, for youth serving adult sentences; St. Gabriel’s

Hall, a residential home for delinquent boys; and

VisionQuest, for juveniles in home detention

• Youth participated in weekly art instruction,

as well as small- and large-scale mural creation

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In addition to the painted images, Guinn and local artist

and community resident Aleks Martray recorded the oral

histories of over 50 neighborhood residents. With help

from the Prometheus Radio Project, a West Philadelphia-

based community radio advocacy group, the Mural Arts

Program has installed a radio transmitter at the mural site

to broadcast the recordings 24 hours a day. Passersby

can tune into 91.3 FM to hear the colorful stories of

Baltimore Avenue as told by its residents.

Like many Mural Arts Program projects, The Heart of

Baltimore Avenue engenders so much love, enthusiasm,

and pride of place that it has become a very popular stop

on the Mural Arts Program’s led and self-guided tours. In

fact, the neighbors themselves often act as informal hosts,

walking up to anyone stopped in front of the mural to

introduce themselves and talk about the creation process

and—more times than not—point out themselves and their

friends and neighbors on the wall.

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TITLE: The Heart of Baltimore Avenue

LOCATION: 4722 Baltimore Avenue

COMPLETION DATE: 2008

LEAD MURALIST: David Guinn

ASSISTANT MURALIST: Beth Clevenstein

FUNDERS: City of Philadelphia, Golden Rule Foundation, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the University City District

COLLABORATORS:The Amare Solomon Mural Project Group, A-Space, Cedar Park Neighbors, Prometheus Radio Project, and the University City District

METHOD: Grid

The Heart of Baltimore Avenue is truly, uniquely

Philadelphian, created with a blend of four distinct

groups—the A-Space anarchist community center and

art gallery; the University City District; the Amare Solomon

Mural Project Group; and the Cedar Park Neighbors—

each with a unique vision for Baltimore Avenue. Lead

muralist David Guinn worked as an artist-in-residence

along the avenue, spending hours leading meetings,

building consensus and getting to know the residents.

Out of their combined efforts came a 2,400 square-foot

mural painted on two walls that captures several

neighborhood landmarks as well as portraits of 85

community members and heroes.

The resulting image is dynamic and democratic, as

community members elected which residents to feature.

A diverse array of residents portrayed in action include the

late Amare Solomon, “Mayor” of Baltimore Avenue, owner

of Dahlak Ethiopian Restaurant, and proponent of area

revitalization, and Barbara Hirshkowitz, a community

activist who played an influential role in Philadelphia’s

Books Through Bars program. Overall, the mural is a

celebration of local life and a snapshot of an ever-

evolving community.

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116mural dedications 10exhibitions

38,431over website visits from countries and territories outside the United States

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2007–2008 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STATISTICS

snapshotphiladelphian400attendees at Wall Ballover

244public and private tours

198,842total website visits 114,354,916total press impressions

cities that inquired about our program model:National: CA: Fresno, Oakland, Stockton CT: Hartford DC: Washington MI: Monroe MO: Kansas City NC: Asheville, Burlington, Durham NY: New York OR: Portland PA: Coatesville, Quakertown, Scranton TN: Memphis

International: Paris, France Bukit Panjang, Singapore Dubai, UAE Caracas, Venezuela Hanoi, Vietnam

Special EventsThe Mural Arts Program hosts a variety of unique

events to engage the public and celebrate our work.

Every October, the Mural Arts Program hosts a month-

long celebration of all-things-mural, offering specialty

tours once a week, community mural dedications,

exhibit openings, and special events. Each spring the

Mural Arts Program also hosts Wall Ball, an annual

gala fundraiser, where supporters of our program

gather to celebrate the past year’s success.

Press and WebsiteThe Mural Arts Program is proud to receive wide

recognition for its activities in local and national press.

This year, the Mural Arts Program was featured in

TIME magazine, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia

Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Philadelphia

magazine, among many others. In addition to enormous

press interest, our website, www.muralarts.org, receives

thousands of national and international visits each year.

National and International InterestCities across the country and around the world contact

us each week, interested in replicating our model.

The requests come for many reasons including: using

murals as a way to combat graffiti and blight; transforming

public spaces and revitalizing neighborhoods; learning

our unique community engagement process; and using

murals and public art as economic drivers for commercial

and residential corridors.

The thousands of murals that adorn the city’s landscape

give voice to the stories of communities, but also inspire

further questions for our city’s many visitors and residents.

By hosting mural tours and special events, promoting

the program to the public and media, offering lectures

and exhibits, and publishing a bi-annual “Off-the Wall”

newsletter and monthly e-newsletters, the Mural Arts

Program strives to provide fascinating details not only

about the murals, but also about the transformative

impact that our community murals, art education, and

restorative justice programs have had on youth and

communities in Philadelphia.

ToursMural Tours are led by experienced tour guides and

provide patrons with a behind-the-scenes look at how

murals are made. The guides share anecdotes about

each mural’s unique story while showcasing Philadelphia’s

culture-rich neighborhoods. The Mural Arts Program offers

public, private group, biking, and walking tours, as well

as our monthly Murals and Meals tours. The Mural Arts

Program hosted nearly 8,000 visitors on Mural Tours

during the 2007–2008 and has earned Philadelphia

international praise, as the “City of Murals.”

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Gifts made between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008 Gifts made between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008

Individual DonorsApprentice ($1–$99)Louisa Abney-BabcockDonald Ackerman and Gail ChapmanLois AdamsGeorge AhernC. G. AkersLydia L. AmabileEdna AmbroseDr. Carolyn H. AsburySebastiano AugelloCarol BaldridgeMary BanksRick and Patty BarkerDr. Alan BarnettPeter BarstowHerbert and Rochelle BassSylvia R. BeckJerry BelewLouisa A. BennettMr. and Mrs. Carl BeresinDebbie BergerDr. and Mrs. Robert B. BerkowMitchell BernsteinJoe and Selma BlattDr. and Mrs. Baruch BlumbergGeoffrey R. and Nora BoardmanMr. and Mrs. Hans BombeckStephanie BosworthRichard A. BoydTom BrachMartin and Marsha BraitDonna BridyJorge BritoBarbara BronsteinAlvin BrothersLeslie BrownElvira BrownKathryn BrylawskiLisbeth M. BucciJudith BurryM. ButkovitzJack ButlerPhillippa CampbellGary and Gail CantorLucy J. CarrollJohn CarsonAgnes CarusoJoseph and Peggy CarverGiovanna CavaliereLarry CeislerArthur CherryDr. and Mrs. Joel ChinitzMollie ClarkDonna ClelandJames CoburnBenjamin CohenEsther R. CohenLou and Mary K. ColeNancy Coleman

Susan GettlinWilliam and Nancy GilesNeil GilmourAnn GoffMorey Goldberg and Dena KrikPhil GoldsmithBarbara D. GrabiasMr. and Mrs. Daniel M. GraumanJamie and Russell GreenbergRon and Eleanor GrossTherese GuadagnoMary B. GutmanGretchen R. HallGail and Jim HarpRoanne HeiseWitold HeniszMel and Melva HerrinAlexander and Phyllis HershDeb HodiesStephen D. and Janet HortonHoward and Mary HurtigJay K. JacobsDiane JavianChris and Leslie JonesGary Jonhson-McNuttDebra KahnDorothy D. KaplanDr. and Mrs. Albert KaplanMargaret KasschauLynne KauffmanAry L. and Nancy J. KaufmannGloria Kearney-KingGwen and David KeiserNancy KendrickAnn M. KirkLeonard and Jane KormanJane KrumrineMr. and Mrs. Stephen KurtzMarilyn and Eric LagerRoger LaMayRick LandellJames and Eleanor LeeDorothea Leicher and Howard G. PeerRobert and Suzanne LevinSam R. LittleWalter and Beverly LomaxMr. and Mrs. Bernard Lomax Sr.Jane I. Lowe and Edward J. SpeedlingMarcello LuziJoan MackieCharlotte MacLeanRick MainwaringConstance MartinNeda MassarKeith MastonMatt MckennaSteven MeiselPhilippus Miller Jr. and Sally

Wister MillerMichelle MolanoPage S. MorahanRuth MullaneyDr. Jerry MurphyMr. and Mrs. Eliot NiermanDr. and Mrs. Barry NooneOtto and Anita Oller

Ronnie CollinsDavid ColmanGladys E. CooperElizabeth A. CooperJulie CristolAlice CullenDenise DahlhoffLouise D’AlessandroJoan DavisSherrill DavisMr. and Mrs. C. F. De LongAlice DeckerMr. and Mrs. Murray F. DessnerKathy DicksonMichelle G. DollPatricia D. DoughertyLee F. Driscoll Jr. and Phoebe DriscollLeonard and Marlene DubinJune R. DuffineJohn and Edith DunnCraig EatonNina EdelmanMr. and Mrs. Daniel EdelmanFreda R. EgnalRob EinhornRobert EliasAlice EmeneyDeby EngelmyerEllen EppsPaul and Marcia EpsteinPeter FaderGeorge FasicPhilip and Phyllis FeinertSidney P. FeldmanJane FelixStephanie FelzerHelen FentonGlen FinkShirley FisherRalph FloodPatsy ForrestLinda FoxVicki FoxJeanette FreseDonald FriedmanGlen FrostPaula FuchsbergJanet A. GambardellaBette GanterAlbert and Novella GaskinsClaire GatzmerEllyn GellerKen and Mary GergenGwen and Alvin GilensSusan GiraldiIrv and Edith GlassmanEvelyn GoffmanBeverly R. GoldbergPeter Goldberger and Anna DurbinA. Goldman, MDNancy Gongoll

Bob and Susan PeckCharles N. PersingJamie Picardy and WilliamDr. Edward C. RaffenspergerDenise RamsdenAnna K. ReimannBeth RezetEvelyn RichmanMartin and Nancy RosenElaine and John SchaeferKaryn L. ScherJane SchneirovLewis SchwartzMitchell and Deborah SchwartzmanTheodore and Hermine SeidenbergAlex and Vicki SeltzerJudy SheaCarol ShermanScott J. ShubertJules SilkTracy SimonDavid SingerJane J. SmithSusan G. SmithEileen SmitheRalph and Janet SnyderAlbert and Harriet SoffaAnne M. SteffenLinda StempelDavid and Dorothy A. StevensRobin SwitzenbaumAnna B. ThompsonMr. and Mrs. Timothy ThorntonPeter and Betty TilleyCharlotte TurnerSteve UdiciousHenry H. and Carol D. UlrichRuth UseltonIsabel VazquezMr. and Mrs. Fred VincentDavid VolkDavid and Judy WachsLaurence WardNancy L. WattersonLaura WeinbaumRaymond WelshBridget WiedemanJohnnie WiedmannDixie G. WigtonCatherine WillcoxLaura A. WilliamsonJames WinansJanet H. WolfLinda Yu-Ning WongPam ZimmermanDeborah and Philip ZuchmanElisa Zuritsky

Maxfield Parrish ($250–$499)AnonymousTemmy ActonBen and Lorraine AlexanderCarolyn AndrewsJim BattistiDean M. Beer and Angela V. OrsiCari Feiler Bender and Rodd Bender

Robert and Susan GordonNancy B. GraceGlenda GraciaLaurel GradyJoan GrecoMr. and Mrs. Richard GrecoAlan and Andee GreenbaumRuth GreenbergerLeslie GrodnitzkyIrving and Bernice GrunesMichael GuinnJulia G. HaasKathy HaganPhyllis HalpernSandy HalpernWilliam HarriesLinda HigginsDr. Susan HochAnndee HochmanHoward and Alice HoffmanLouis and Marian Holland McAllister Jr.Michelle L. HomlerBurton and Joan HornEllis and Margot HorwitzRichard W. HoustonGail HowardSusan HowardMr. and Mrs. Joseph F. HuberChristie A. Huddleston MDTom HudsonDiana HulboyStephen and Susan HuntingtonBarbara J. HurdFrank InnesFrances IrgangMr. and Mrs. J. ItalianoJulus JadenDonald and Joann JarrellRoz JayElanor M. JaynesKaren JoganAndria JohnsonBetty JohnstonFran JohnstonDr. E. T. JonesIra JosephsMichael JudgeWayne Kandravi Jr.Art and Peggy KaplanWilliam and Marian KarsifElkan KatzKathleen KauffmanKaren KayDorilona and Michael KayRobert Kay MDSandi KemmishMary L. KennedyElaine KiesermanKarel KilimnikStarr KingMiriam KleinBea KlineSharon KlingMr. and Mrs. John KloppSarah KolkerBernard and Ellen Kolodner

Jamie BischoffDon and Katherine BlenkoLaura L. BullittEdward CampbellLee CasperJack and Ronnie CimprichSteven D. Cohen and Elsie SternDonald F. and Marian DixonW. and Loretta DuckworthRick Eisenstaedt and Nancy BerubeLenny FeinbergMr. Bill FisherRobert and Penny FoxJohn and Elaine FrankTheodore Friend Jr.Philip and Donna HammerRobert and Randie HarmelinDave HartigJane HastingsMs. Katherine H. Hovde and

Mr. Kenneth M. KulakDebby L. KernSandra KirchMr. Carl Kopfinger Lucius KwokDr. and Mrs. Stephen E. LandayDavid Lerman and Shelley WarnockJeff LinnRosa MeyersJim and Rhonda MordyBarbara M. OwensJohn PritchardDavid and Helen PudlinAlan and Louise ReedMr. Eric RugartAnn SeidmanAntoinette F. SeymourJoseph ShapiroBrian and Lisa SiegelMs. Joanne SundheimDan Taylor and Shantih BrandoBennett and Judie WeinstockSusan T. WilmerdingAna-Maria V. Zaugg

Keith Haring ($500–$999)Ira and Yasmine BaeringerEllen Baxter and Robert KavashGloria BlountLois BrodskyRichard Brown Jr.Susan W. CatherwoodDr. Karen ClarkIssac H. and Barbara M. Clothier IVG. Davis and Ann GreenRichard and Susan DeWyngaertBelmont and Elizabeth FarleyDavid HymanOsagie ImasogieGavin P. Lentz, Esq.Ms. Meg LileMichael PritzkerMr. and Mrs. Charles G. Roach Jr.Ed and Jean Marie RodierThomas J. And Alycia ScannapiecoPhyllis and Elliot Schreiber

Miriam KomisarofMr. and Mrs. Thomas KoszalkaMitchell and Judith KramerAlan KrauszPatricia KrupaKaren A. KrzyzkowskiCarolyn KulogHarry KyriakodisJoann LanzettaJoseph R. LaPentaPeggy LauderMary LaverMagdalyn LawtonFelicia LemonickBruce and Joye LesserJanet LevitBerthold LevyDebra LevyDoris R. LevyIlene D. LiebermanMary L. LieserTheodore M. LievermanLawrence LindsayCecily and John LittletonRobert LockeDavid and Patricia Ann LongJeffrey LonoffJudith LoyMarie LukeRobert and Joan LutzkyKristina LybeckerZandra MaffettRonald MakeJoel and Martha MarcusMarie T. MartinDonna MayforthThomas McCahillPatricia McCool-CobbKent McCuenPriscilla McDougalKathleen McGrannCharles and Virginia MchughMary J. McLaughlinLynn McQuadeCathy McVey PalmerNancy MegleySylvia MeltzerRita MerkinJean B. MeyersLee MillerErrol S. and Enid MillerLinda E. MillsAndrea MissiasWalter and Irene MoellerLeona MogaveroMarilee MohrGaetano MolieriDr. Mary MontagueLinda MoonblattAlice MooreJames MooreLawrence MooreAlexandra MorigiMichael MosherHershel and Charlotte MuchnickStan and Ruth Muffs

Ashley and Robert TobinMrs. Betty Uhlig Suzanne WalkerMary WebbEric WerfelRabbi Gerald and Elaine Wolpe

Diego Rivera ($1,000+)AnonymousAnonymousMr. Nicholas AdamsDean and Susanna Lachs AdlerMs. Susan BerresfordNancy and Richard BevanMr and Mrs. J. Mahlon BuckDavid CohenLinda DejureAmy FraatzJohn GattusoRick and Barbara GillespieMatthew and Lisa GillinJoseph and Jane GoldblumRobert GoldenbergPeggy GreenwaltRobert Hudson and Pauline McAndrewKenneth L. KlothenDavid and Margaret LangfittCarolyn P. LangfittStephen M. and Leslie J. LevickAlan and Gayle LindsayPhilip B. LindyMr. and Mrs. Sheldon LissJeffrey and Christina Weiss LurieNeil McCarthyMrs. J. Maxwell MoranSusan OberwagerTherese ObringerMr. and Mrs. William OliverZach OppenheimerJeffrey and Marsha PerelmanDavid PerelmanPaul RadenFrank and Anne ReedGilbert RosenthalMs. Ellen SherkLisa WelschJohn S. WolfMargery S. WolfMaureen C. ZugJoseph and Renee Zuritsky

Corporations, Organizations, Foundations, and PartnersThe Aaron L. Shapiro TrustACE INAAELitho Offset PrintersAetna FoundationAlbert M. Greenfield FoundationAnonymousAnonymousAramarkAttolon Partners LLC

Patrick MutchlerJudith A. NagleRuth NeifeldBruce and Fran NorthrupDennis and Janet NovackChris and Sara O’BrienRobert OdellAlberto PadillaLorayne PagastDavid L. ParkBrian PellDavid PenkowerNoel PerloffSusan PerloffJohn PfailMarie PhillipsDiane PieriRona PietrzakAndrea N. and Mr. William PillingJoseph and Lynn PokrifkaJohannes PonsenLynn PorterEleanore M. Potter Jr.Bonnie RandallBeth ReavesBrian ReidyDeb ReisGloria ReismanEugene RichardsonBarry RinkerClyde E. RobbinsLois RobertsThomas B. RobertsR. C. RodenMargaret RohdyKenneth and Beth RoosDorilona RoseHoward and Lynnd RosemanJodi RosemanMichael and Gail RosenbergHelene M. RosenfeldJ. R. RosensteelRuth M. RothJack and Arlene RothschildEdward RubackCarol RubinLawrie Ryerson HarrisDavid and Romayne SachsShirley SaginMichelle J. SahlEben H. SalesPhyllis SaraceniMarc and Elyse SatalofRobert and Judith SchachnerMolly SchenkerJean SchiffMalcolm and Leone SchoenbergLarry and Jane SchoferBob and Mary Ellen ScottMsgr. Leonard G. ScottCarolyn and Stephen SeelingLouise SeltzerGary ShaberDebby D. ShainElaine SharerDavid and Holly Sharpe

AvenciaBank of AmericaBarra FoundationBergen County United WayBlock Family FoundationBryn Clovis FoundationCarol and George Weinbaum Family

FoundationCashman and AssociatesThe Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback

FoundationThe Christopher Ludwick FoundationCitibankCitizens BankCity FitnessCity of PhiladelphiaCohen-Seltzer, Inc.Comcast FoundationCommerce BankCRW GraphicsThe Deborah Fretz Family FoundationDelaware Valley Legacy FundDepartment of Human ServicesDolfinger-McMahon FoundationDr. Bronner’s Family FoundationEagles Youth PartnershipThe Edouard FoundationECBMElectronic InkFirst Cornerstone FoundationThe Ford FoundationThe Forrest & Frances Lattner

FoundationFoundations, Inc.Fox & Roach CharitiesGarden Club of PhiladelphiaGerman Society of PennsylvaniaGlaxoSmithKline FoundationGlenmede TrustGoldenberg GroupThe Golden Rule FoundationGoodman PropertiesGraboyes Commercial Window Co.Granor Price HomesGreater Philadelphia Tourism

Marketing CorporationGreater Philadelphia Urban Affairs

CoalitionHess FoundationThe Horace W. Goldsmith FoundationHummingbird FoundationIGN FoundationIndependence FoundationING DirectInter-Community Development

CorporationJarman Ltd.JBA InteriorsJefferson UniversityJewish Federation of Greater

PhiladelphiaJewish Funds For JusticeJohn K. and Elizabeth W. Knorr

FoundationJohn S. and James L. Knight

Foundation

Carol ShiponGladys ShubinFlorence SiegalWilliam SieglJoyce SilbermanJessica P. SimonJoAnn SimonDolph SimonsBarry SirkinAmy E. SkillmanJames M. SmithCarol SmithLisa SnowClinton R. Snyder Jr.Deborah T. SnyderJoe SpeightJanet SpiegelmanRobert SpiegelmanHerbert and Marcia SpivakStephen StammMartin and Mary E. SteinLee SteinbergRichard and Diane G. SteinbrinkMirele SteinigMark Stern and Susan SeifertJulie StoiberJoan StrachotaDena SukolMuriel SultzRoxanne M. SuttonShirley S. SwaabRandy SwartzNoreene M. SweeneyBarbara TashjianAlden TaylorDeena and Michael TaylorAnn C. ThompsonBooker ThompsonMr. and Mrs. Radclyffe ThompsonSusan and Ron ThompsonSean TigheAmanda TolinoRochelle TonerNatalie TorresAndrew and Patricia ToyTamar TulinMargaret TurcichDonna M. and Jeffrey TuriAlvin VaughnKatelyn VirmaloVirginia VitucciChristine WaandersJane H. WalkerDonald E. WalterHeidi T. WarrenTed and Marcia WassermanShelly WatersVictoria WatsonM. Karen WeaverElaine WeissHilarie WeissRoger and Esther WeissSigrid WeltgeJudith WentzDr. Patti L. WertherDr. and Mrs. Saul Wider

Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Brandzburg & Ellers LLP

The Lawrence Saunders FundLebow Furniture Co.L.F. Driscoll Co.Liberty Property TrustLimor GoodmanThe Lumpkin Family FoundationMercer Human Resource ConsultingMeridian International CenterMetrocorp MarketingMichael & Elisabeth Erlbaum Family

FoundationMid Atlantic Arts FoundationMilton Hershey SchoolMorgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.Murphy Charitable FoundationThe Nathan Cummings FoundationNational Endowment for the ArtsNational Penn BankOld Pine Street Presbyterian ChurchParkway CorporationPennoni Associates, Inc.Pennsylvania Council on the ArtsThe Pennsylvania Horticultural SocietyPennsylvania Real Estate Investment

TrustThe Pew Charitable TrustsPhiladelphia FoundationPhiladelphia Health Management

CorporationPhiladelphia Museum of ArtPhiladelphia Prison SystemPhiladelphia Safe and SoundPhiladelphia Workforce Development

Corp.Philadelphia Youth NetworkPlease Touch MuseumPTS FoundationRadian Group, Inc.Radnor Educational FoundationRadnor Middle SchoolRadnor Middle School Parent-

Teacher OrganizationRadnor Township School DistrictThe Richard Stockton College of

New JerseyThe Richard W. Wetherill FoundationThe Rittenhouse OrganizationRobert Wood Johnson FoundationRosenlund Family FoundationRoss Family FundRT Environmental ServicesSchool District of PhiladelphiaSchwab Charitable FundSheila Fortune FoundationShopRite-Colligas Family MarketsSolomon and Sylvia Bronstein

FoundationThe Straus-Harris FoundationStuart E. and Estelle Price FoundationSunocoSurdna FoundationTasty Baking CompanyTofini Designs Inc.

John WilcoxEarl WilliamsJeanne WillisJustine WinslowLinda WittSusan WomboughAnne WoodCherie L. WrightLillian YoumanOliver and Mary YoungSuzanne R. YusemThelma ZagerMichael Zuckerman

Painter ($100–$249)Bennett and Carol AaronRichard B. And Christine AdlerPeggy AmsterdamJohn and Lynn ApfelbaumNaomi AtkinsLiesel BakerIrma BarnessJordan BarowitzJohn BartlettHarry R. BelingerJames and Arline BerkleyFrank and Sue Binswanger Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Ralph BisquertBlaine BonhamNeil BookmanJeffrey L. Braff and Hope ComiskyLawrence H. BrentDr. T. W. BrownMelvin BuckmanJoyce BurdJames T. CarsonJudith CasselGary CharlesteinMichael ChurchillMary E. ClouesMr. and Mrs. Harold T. Commons Jr.James and Joan ConmyKatherine ConnerKate ConnollyElizabeth Dallet BurnsJanecy DalyDiana DavisTerryl A. DeckerJohn DelaneyMr. and Mrs. Joseph P. DennyRobert and Diana DoughertyWill DowlingL. C. DurbinSylvia EgnalPaulette EmeryCaroline Estey KingMr. and Mrs. William EwingPaul J. Fink MDBruce and Nedra FischerJohn and Nancy FischerDr. and Mrs. Alfred FishmanMelvin S. FrankRabbi Alan FuchsRobert M. and Linda D. GalbraithAnne Gallagher

United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania

VerizonThe Violette de Mazia FoundationWachovia FoundationWalnut Streel CapitalThe Warwick Foundation of Bucks

CountyWawaWest Philadelphia Financial Services

InstitutionWestrum Development CompanyWolfBlock LLPYentis FoundationYour Part-Time Controller, LLC

Matching Gift CorporationsAetna FoundationFannie Mae PAC Match ProgramGlaxoSmithKline FoundationJohnson & Johnson Family of

CompaniesThe Lumpkin Family FoundationMerck Partnership for GivingPhiladelphia FoundationRadian GroupRobert Wood Johnson FoundationVerizonWachovia Foundation Matching

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Our Supporters

The City of Philadelphia Mural

Arts Program is a public/private

partnership between the City of

Philadelphia and the Philadelphia

Mural Arts Advocates. The Mural Arts

Program receives substantial support,

financial and otherwise, from the City

of Philadelphia and its Department

of Human Services and values this

extraordinary partnership which

makes so many of its programs

and projects possible.

financial report STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITIONASSETS 2008 2007Cash and cash equivalents $1,173,520 $1,556,397Grants and program receivables,

net allowances of $150,000 and $0 for fiscal years 2008 and 2007, respectively $2,133,859 $1,827,816

Inventory $ 77,642 Prepaid insurance $ 2,191 $ 11,217Advances $ 8,878 Property and equipment, net $1,458,090 $1,010,188

Total Assets $4,854,180 $4,405,618

LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS 2008 2007Liabilities: Note payable $ 482,438 $ 310,786Accounts payable and accrued expense $ 250,260 $ 153,691Accrued payroll $ 83,495 $ 38,746Deferred revenue $ 33,960 $ 600Grant advances $ 7,500 $ 110,000

Total Liabilities $ 857,653 $ 613,823

Net assets: Unrestricted $1,353,965 $1,484,617Temporarily Restricted $2,642,562 $2,307,178

Total Net Assets $3,996,527 $3,791,795

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $4,854,180 $4,405,618

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITYREVENUE AND SUPPORT: UNRESTRICTED TEMPORARILY TOTAL Grant Income: RESTRICTED Corporate $ 5,000 $ 98,362 $ 103,362Foundation $ 98,720 $ 397,444 $ 496,164Organization $ 61,348 $ 890,270 $ 951,618

Total $ 165,068 $1,386,076 $1,551,144

Program services and revenues $ 341,771 $3,202,717 $3,544,488Contributions $ 689,171 $ 299,063 $ 988,234Investment income $ 21,360 — $ 21,360

Total $1,217,370 $4,887,856 $6,105,226

Net assets released from restrictions $4,552,472 ($4,552,472) —

Total Revenue and Support $5,769,842 $ 335,384 $6,105,226

Expenses: Program expenses $4,111,584 — $4,111,584Support services $1,788,910 — $1,788,910

Total Expenses $5,900,494 — $5,900,494Increase (decrease) in net assets ($ 130,652) $ 335,384 $ 204,732Net assets, beginning of year $1,484,617 $2,307,178 $3,791,795Net assets, end of year $1,353,965 $2,642,562 $3,996,527

programs. In addition, expenses for public engagement

amounted to $703, 210. Administrative expenses

amounted to $729,812, roughly 12% of the expense

budget, while fundraising costs totaled $295,353,

only 5% of the expense total.

• The Mural Arts Program net assets increased from

$3,791,795 in FY07 to $3,996,527 in FY08, roughly 5%.

• With the completion of renovations in FY08, and the

implementation of a formal schedule of depreciation,

the Mural Arts Program fixed assets were valued at

$1,458,090 at the end of the fiscal year.

• Growth in budget between FY07 and FY08 reflecting

program and staff expansion: While the amounts

expended on staff salaries and benefits grew dramatically

between FY07 and FY08, the percentages of salary

and benefit costs were consistent with that growth.

Fiscal year 2007–08 marked a watershed in the financial

stability of the Mural Arts Program and in its ability to build

the integrated staffing and technology systems needed

for a growing organization. While revenues continued to

climb, the renovations to the Lincoln Financial Mural Arts

Center, begun in FY07, were completed. This major

capital project created a formal gallery, conference

room, media lab, two painting studios and six office

spaces (to accommodate a total of 50 staff members).

Financial Benchmarks• The Mural Arts Program’s expenses increased by 23%

in FY08, yet the organization completed the year with

an operating surplus of $204,732.

• Use of funds: Slightly more than $2 million was spent

on mural-making and special projects, and a comparable

amount was devoted to providing art education

income $6,105,226

expenses $ 5,900,494

Raised Revenue $167,556

Community Murals $1,720,934

Other $258,196

City/Government $3,140,097

Art Education $2,088,350

Contributions $988,234

Corporate, Foundation, and Organization Grants $1,555,143

Restorative Justice $302,298

Public Engagement $703,210

Fundraising $295,353

Administrative $790,349

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