Building Harmony: Brick By Brick
Capital Campaign for Jazz Night School’s Permanent Home Project
Joining Forces
With a lease ending in 2026 and a goal of permanence and sustainability, Jazz Night School is creating a path to ownership of a new facility that will also create permanent homes for other cultural community members. Founder/executive director Erik Hanson with Jazz Night School volunteer/property development facilitator Ben Rankin formed a coalition with affordable housing developer Southeast Effective Development (SEED) - a 50 year old nonprofit dedicated to housing, economic development, and cultural arts in Rainier Valley - and LEMS Bookstore, a local Black-owned Southeast Seattle cultural institution to achieve the now-shared goal of creating a building on a 21,000 SF property in Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood that will:
- provide a permanent debt-free home for Jazz Night School.
- provide a permanent debt-free home for LEMS Bookstore.
- create 100+ units of affordable housing to combat displacement of creative and BIPOC communities.
- play a significant role in the cultural and economic growth of the Columbia Hillman Arts & Cultural District and Rainier Valley Creative District.
- create a cultural landmark building in a landmark district.
Location
5021, 5015 & 5001 RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH SEATTLE, WA 98118
Funding Sources
With a Building Harmony capital campaign goal of $6,000,000, May 2024 is a critical time!
Institutional donors will be the largest portion of our funding sources but they don't want to be first, our community must lead the way.
We currently need at least $700,000 in “pledges” by June 2024 to qualify for over $1,000,000 from the WA State Department of Commerce.
Donor Impact
Owning an 8,000 SF ground floor commercial condominium debt-free will lay the foundation for permanence and sustainability, and will provide Jazz Night School with greater revenue opportunities and much-needed spaces such as:
- Event Space / Large Ensemble Rehearsal Facility
- 6 Ensemble Rooms
- 4 Practice / Tutoring Rooms
- Multi-Media Production
- Lobby space
- Office Suite - 2 Private Offices & Conference / Work Room
- ...and more!
The overall project will also catalyze growth of the Columbia Hillman Arts & Cultural District, combat cultural and diversity displacement, and empower Black businesses and service organizations by:
- attracting students from across the region, who in turn utilize local businesses.
- employing more professional artists/educators.
- creating a new community space for art-related purposes.
- leveraging a $40+ million construction project to generate significant jobs in labor and trade.
- providing affordable housing for 100+ cultural contributing and/or BIPOC households.
- ensuring LEMS Bookstore continues its legacy of impact.
A Brick For You
We've set three donor levels at amounts that aim to provide everyone with a pledge-target they can reach for, and fulfill over five years:
- Emerald Brick (Leadership Level): $5,000 x 5 yrs = $25,000
- Gold Brick: $1,000 x 5 yrs = $5,000
- Silver Brick: $200 x 5 yrs = $1,000
You can be a part of building this new permanent Jazz Night School home by choosing a Brick that works for you, and pledging it right now. Please remember that the actual contributions have five years to be fulfilled.
And right now, every pledge received will be matched as much as 2-to-1 with the upcoming WA State Commerce Department grant.
PLUS: If you have employer matches you can use them to help fulfill your pledge too!
Thank you for considering joining this project, and for understanding and valuing the impact Jazz Night School has on so many lives.
Want to join and make a lasting impact but have questions? Reach out to our Operations Manager, Alicia Hutchinson, at aliciah@jazznightschool.org.
Progress To Date
Emerald Bricks — 14 of 20 (70%) | Gold Bricks — 43 of 50 (86%) | Silver Bricks — 92 of 250 (37%) |
Ken Anderson & Sarah Potter
Bari & Mo Berry in memory of Bill Berry
Davida Bourgeois
Laura DelVillar
Tom Fitzpatrick
Lowell & Alyce Fritz in memory of Larry Jones
Jorge Garcia & Barbara Schinzinger
Gregg Hirakawa
Richard Israel & Armilito Pangilinan
William McKee & Maria Batayola
Chris Peterson & Carrie Stolzman
Ben & Margit Rankin
Gordon Thomson & Dianne Carreri
Ben & Kimberli Wilson
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Rafael Antognolli John & Shannon Bartkiw Ponce Bautista & Aileen H Bautista Joseph Bennett Mike Blome Nathan Britton Melissa & Chris Cable Robert Cohen Jim & Kelli E. Derrig Stephanie Doran Rogene Eichler West & Curt West Cynthia Goodwin Melissa Hansen Marlis Hanson in memory of Vern Hanson Roger Hanson Craig Harris Courtney Hedberg
Christopher & Victoria Helm Sarah Hufbauer & David True Ardeshir & Nour Paul & Rosemary Moore Erik Neumann & JJ Jacobi Jonathan Newkirk Kevin O'Neill Kevin O'Neill Drew Oliveira Jane Orvis & Steve Hanson Marcy Reed in honor of Charles Williams Joseph Robinson Theo Roffe Deb Schaaf & Paul Atwater John & Normana Schaaf Patrick Shainin David Simonton Jonathan Smith Steve Southerland & Maggi Johnson Nelda & Clif Swiggett Reiko True Reiko True In memory of Naomi True Alex Vollmer Sandra Walker Warren Wilson Marko Yakovlevitch |
Ellis Anderson Lisa Maynard Virginia Mckenzie |