Welcome to Board Member Kuo-Yu Liang & Development Coordinator Kera Yonker; Many Thanks to Departing Board Members Jen Reynolds and Lori Tucker-Sullivan As the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation kicks off our 25th anniversary year, we are thrilled to welcome Kuo-Yu Liang as a new Board member. Kuo-Yu has spent 30+ years in the books and […]
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Amazing combo art pieces from two artists benefit two charities—starting 2/2! What’s better than a good thing? DOUBLING up on it! Some of the comic industry’s biggest talents have come together to produce unique original art pieces, featuring great combos of two artists and two characters benefiting two charities—Hero Initiative and The Binc Foundation’s (Book Industry Charitable Foundation) […]
Thanks to Ingram Content Group for helping the Foundation reach the campaign’s first goals in record time UPDATE: You did it again! In record time, we’ve made our match and hit our campaign goals! Thank you, Michael, Leigh, Tom and Chris for kicking-off our second matching challenge, thank you to everyone who has given during […]
North American Comic Shops Can Apply for Grants in Mid-January 2021 GIVE COMICS HOPE, the new charitable initiative which began its fundraising efforts this fall, today announces the application period has been changed and will now open mid- to late January (exact dates will be announced soon), with funds distributed at the end of February. […]
Update: You are all amazing! Thanks to your generosity and a match from Ingram Content Group, we met our fundraising goal in record time. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! But the campaign isn’t over. Every gift matters. Every gift is important. More news to come soon. Join Binc and Ingram Content Group to help […]
Binc has launched a holiday gift guide featuring items that give back to the Foundation and gifts from over 30 indie bookstores nationwide. The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation launched its first-ever holiday gift guide (https://www.bincfoundation.org/2020-gift-guide/). Featuring an assortment of gifts, the guide includes items that give back to Binc, and therefore support booksellers in need, […]
The Binc Foundation team is delighted to welcome Robin Wood as our new communications & marketing specialist. October 19, 2020 – Robin Wood, Binc’s new communications & marketing specialist, comes most recently from Books & Books @ The Studios, the Key West-based nonprofit independent bookstore founded by George Cooper and Judy Blume and affiliated with […]
New Charitable Initiative Supports Comic Shops Affected by COVID-19 with Donations from Community’s Personal Collections ⮕ For information about comic store financial assistance eligibility please visit our Give Comics Hope page. ⮕ For more information about donating auction items please visit Give Comics Hope’s website. September 15, 2020 – GIVE COMICS HOPE, a new charitable initiative, […]
Ann Arbor, MI – The need to expand staff and organizational capacity is a result of the huge increase in the number of requests received and grants distributed. Since the beginning of 2020, Binc has helped 556 families through hardship and emergency circumstances with over $635,000 in assistance. The Foundation has been helping more booksellers and […]
Scholarship Winners from L to R: Niamh Doherty, Henry Fleischmann, Kimberly Huebner, Rebecca Keith, Anna Leedy, Samantha Melton, and Reed Spurling Ann Arbor, MI – Seven recipients have been selected to receive a total of $26,000 in scholarships as part of the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation’s 2020 Higher Education Scholarship Program. The recipients were selected from […]