Materials For The Arts New York's Premiere Reuse Center
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Material Donors

Are you interested in donating to Materials for the Arts?

Want to eliminate the clutter in your closet, apartment, office or warehouse?

Become a Materials for the Arts donor and trade your items for a tax deduction. You can join the growing roster of businesses and individuals who contribute to the arts community in NYC. Your donation will benefit thousands of New York City teachers, artists, students and community members while helping to preserve our environment and keep our city a little greener. Supporting Materials for the Arts is simple –start by taking a look in your supply closets and storerooms. Identify items that are in good working condition, yet are no longer needed by you or your organization. For a list of our most needed items, please click on MFTA's Most Wanted Items. There are also some items we do not accept. For a list of those items, please click on Items We Do Not Accept.

If you are ready to become a materials donor click here Register Now.

Funding

We also need donations of the one thing you don't have lying around -- money. While MFTA is a City program, our not-for-profit Friends of Materials for the Arts (FOMA) works to expand and improve our programs and services. FOMA also relies on the generosity of individuals to help sustain these programs and services. You can make an on-line donation through our secure website or print out and mail our Financial Contributions form along with your check. For more information or to have your questions answered, call (718) 729-3001 ext. 218.

"Materials for the Arts is an amazing resource for anyone in the arts community.  It is an incredible gift to be able to provide organizations with the essential items they need to mount a production or create something for the community.  It is also a reminder of how desperately we need places like MFTA to continue to pay it forward.  I absolutely love to read the thank you letters I receive.  Some amazing places have benefited from our donations.  Every time I send goods to MFTA it's a total pleasure because I know they'll be used wisely."
-MFTA Material Donor
Brandon T. Snider, Marc by Marc Jacobs
As for our experience with MFTA, I can only confirm that the entire relationship has been enormously satisfying. Efficient, professional, totally user friendly. And we have been touched by the many letters we have received thanking us for the materials we donated. Thank you and your entire organization again and again for such a rewarding experience.
- MFTA Material Donor,
Media Tech Capital Partners LLC, Porter Bibb
It's been a pleasure to be able to donate to this very valuable program. Please keep up the great work. With the lack of funding for the arts & social programs, we need all the help we can get. Thank you!
- MFTA Material Donor,
C.L.V. Art Services, Carol Lynn Vazquez
Materials for the Arts is an outstanding program that integrates both the promotion of art and environmental consciousness throughout the New York City metropolis, and I am very proud to support such an organization.
- MFTA Material Donor,
Jeffrey Berman, Principal, Jeffrey Berman Architect

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