Our Clients*
*For identification purposes only.Empowerment Employment Workshops
- Girls Career Workshop
- Castle Square Tenants Association
- Watkins Mills High School
- Calvary Women’s Services
- Chelsea High School
- OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center
- Celebrity Series Boston/Act 2
Event Planning**
OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center
www.originationinc.orgTwist & Shout: An Evening of Dance Music and Spoken Word
Roxbury Community College Main Stage Theater
Attendance: 150-175 guests
Past Sponsors: The Waldwin Group/Dunkin Donuts, ABDC, Boston Red Sox, Bank of America Celebrity Series, Estee Lauder, Shaw’s Supermarkets, Bay State Banner
Organizers’ Collaborative
www.oc-tech.org7th Annual Grassroots Use of Technology Conference
University of Massachusetts (Boston)
Attendance: 180 Guests
Special Guest: Mel King
Fresh Youth Initiatives
www.freshyouth.orgGrand Opening Celebration
Attendance: 200 guests (morning and evening sessions combined)
Event elements:
• Mid-morning press conference
• Ribbon Cutting Ceremony (for funders, elected and community leaders)
• Guided tour of New Building
• Breakfast Reception
• Evening Ribbon Cutting Ceremony (community residents, FYI youth participants)
• Scavenger Hunt, Face Painting and other youth activities
• Live Music
Special Guest: Congressman Charles Rangel
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater New York
6th Annual Carnivale in the City
Club 101
Attendance: 220 Guests
Honorees: Lauren Beck, Susan Fey/Parents Against Childhood Epilepsy
Event Components: Live & Silent Auctions, Seated Buffet, Raffle, Live Entertainment
Governance Matters
www.governancematters.org2005 Biennial Conference: Ethics Matters! The Dilemma of Decisions
The Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for University Life, New York University
Attendance: 200 Guests
Featured Speakers
Laurie Billik, Corporate Ethics Officer and Consultant
Zachary W. Carter, Board Chair, Hale House, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Ben Cohen, Co-Founder, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
Leonard Easter, Attorney at Law
Julie Floch, Partner and Director of Not-for-Profit Services, Eisner LLP
Robert M. Franklin, PhD, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics, Emory University
Jane Hanson, NBC Anchor and Correspondent
Hildy Simmons, Senior Fellow, New York Regional Association of Grantmakers
Martin L. Taylor, Vice President, Corporate Services Institute for Global Ethics
Media Sponsor: New York Nonprofit Press
Green Guerillas
www.nycgreen.orgAnnual Benefit Party (3 consecutive years)
Bryant Park Grill
Average Attendance: 200 guests
(*Responsible for securing corporate sponsorships for this event)
New York State Black Gay Researchers Group
2003 Summit on Black Gay Research (2-days)
Brooklyn Marriott Hotel
Attendance: 160 participants
Gilda’s Club of New York City
www.gildasclubnyc.orgEighth Annual Comedy Gala,
New York Plaza Hotel Grand Ball Room
Host: Charles Grodin
Honorees: Carol Baldwin, Barbara Barrie, Betsey Johnson, Dr. Colin Goddard/OSI Pharmaceuticals
Special Guests: William Hurt, Judy Gold, Alec Baldwin, William Baldwin, Lee Grant
Dinner Guests: 350 Revenue: $350,000
Third Annual Gilda Century Bike Ride
New York City to the Hamptons,
Number of Riders: 25 Revenue: $4,500
Inaugural Sleigh Ride in July: Wine and Food Tasting
Gilda’s Club New York City Club House
Guests: 100 Revenue: $4,000
Higher Ground Winter Gala
Hudson Theater, New York City
Hosts: Patrick Swayze & Whoopi Goldberg
Dinner & Performance Guests: 250
Performance Only Guests: 400
Strategic Planning/Organizational Development
Project HIP-HOP
www.projecthiphop.orgAmerican Friends Service Committee/Critical Breakdown Project
www.criticalbreakdown.orgSouth End/Lower Roxbury Youth Workers’ Alliance
www.youthworkersalliance.orgAnnual Two-Day Members Retreat
Whispering Pine Conference Center (Rhode Island)
Attendance: 25-30 members
Grant Writing & Fundraising Development**
The Young People’s Project
www.typp.orgGreen Guerillas
www.nycgreen.orgOrigiNation Cultural Arts Center
www.originationinc.org**MBDU is not accepting new Grant Writing/Fundraising Development Projects at this time.
