Thanks to our generous members, ASOR has raised funds to finance part of the purchase price for a new ASOR home in Alexandria, VA—The James F. Strange Center. Moving into our new home was and is an amazing accomplishment (see moving article), but we are not quite finished. In addition to paying off the debt and furnishing the building, we need a successful Annual Fund drive (ends June 30th) in order to cover one-time expenses associated with moving from Boston to Alexandria.
Fortunately, we have received an extraordinary challenge pledge of $450,000 that will ensure our success for the building—but we need to earn this gift by meeting two separate challenges by June 30:
First, we must demonstrate that we are all behind ASOR’s many initiatives by securing 450 unique donors. Donations may be for any purpose, including the Annual Fund.
Second (and separate from the participation goal), we must raise $225,000 in new gifts and pledges for the building. To date, we have received gifts and pledges of $166,500 for this challenge—so we only need $58,500 more.
[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][mk_skill_meter title=”Progress Towards 450 Donors in Fiscal Year 2018″ percent=”80″ title_color=”#777777″ progress_bar_color=”#dd3333″ track_bar_color=”#eeeeee”][mk_divider][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]Your membership in ASOR is crucial to our shared success. We thank you for your partnership. Your donations enable ASOR to carry out our mission at a higher level and with greater impact. Even modest gifts add up to create significant support for ASOR, and the high level of donor participation from our memberships helps us attract gifts from foundations and major donors. Truly, every donor is important, and every gift is meaningful. This year, every gift helps us earn an additional $450,000![/vc_column_text][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
If you are one of the 324 368 people who has already made a gift, thank you for your support. If you have not yet made a gift this fiscal year, please consider joining the ranks of ASOR donors (click here to see the donors from last year—Fiscal Year 2018). We have just over three weeks to reach our goal, so please make a gift today![/vc_column_text][mk_divider][mk_table]
Thanks to our generous members, ASOR has raised funds to finance part of the purchase price for a new ASOR home in Alexandria, VA—The James F. Strange Center. Moving into our new home was and is an amazing accomplishment (see moving article), but we are not quite finished. In addition to paying off the debt and furnishing the building, we need a successful Annual Fund (ends June 30th) in order to cover one-time expenses associated with moving from Boston to Alexandria.
Fortunately, we have received an extraordinary challenge pledge of $450,000 that will ensure our success for the building—but we need to earn this gift by meeting two challenges:
First, we must demonstrate that we are all behind ASOR’s many initiatives by securing 450 unique donors who give $10 or more in this fiscal year (July ’18-June ’19). Donations may be for any purpose, including the Annual Fund.
Second (and separate from the participation goal), we need raise $225,000 in new building gifts and pledges (made after Feb. 1st). We have received pledges and gifts of $166,000 in the past four months—so we only need $59,000 more.
[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][mk_skill_meter title=”Progress Towards 450 Donors in Fiscal Year 2018″ percent=”65.5″ title_color=”#777777″ progress_bar_color=”#dd3333″ track_bar_color=”#eeeeee”][mk_divider][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]Your membership in ASOR is crucial to our shared success, and we thank you for that partnership. Your donations enable ASOR to carry out our mission at a higher level and with greater impact. Even modest gifts add up to create significant support for ASOR, and the high level of donor participation from our memberships helps us attract gifts from foundations and major donors. Truly, every donor is important, and every gift is meaningful. This year, every gift helps us earn an additional $450,000![/vc_column_text][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
If you are one of the 287 people who has already made a gift to ASOR this fiscal year, thank you so much for your support. If you have not yet made a gift between July 1st and June 30, please consider joining the ranks of ASOR donors (click here to see the donors from last year—Fiscal Year 2018). We have just four weeks to reach our goal, so please make a gift today![/vc_column_text][mk_divider][mk_table]
Thanks to our generous members, ASOR has raised funds to finance part of the purchase price for a new ASOR home in Alexandria, VA—The James F. Strange Center. Moving into our new home was and is an amazing accomplishment (see moving article), but we are not quite finished. In addition to paying off the debt and furnishing the building, we need a successful Annual Fund (ends June 30th) in order to cover one-time expenses associated with moving from Boston to Alexandria.
Fortunately, we have received an extraordinary challenge pledge of $450,000 that will ensure our success for the building—but we need to earn this gift by meeting two challenges:
First, we must demonstrate that we are all behind ASOR’s many initiatives by securing 450 unique donors who give $10 or more in this fiscal year (July ’18-June ’19). Donations may be for any purpose, including the Annual Fund.
Second (and separate from the participation goal), we need raise $225,000 in new building gifts and pledges (made after Feb. 1st). We have received pledges and gifts of $166,500 in the past four months—so we only need $58,500 more.
[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][mk_skill_meter title=”Progress Towards 450 Donors in Fiscal Year 2018″ percent=”69.33″ title_color=”#777777″ progress_bar_color=”#dd3333″ track_bar_color=”#eeeeee”][mk_divider][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]Your membership in ASOR is crucial to our shared success, and we thank you for that partnership. Your donations enable ASOR to carry out our mission at a higher level and with greater impact. Even modest gifts add up to create significant support for ASOR, and the high level of donor participation from our memberships helps us attract gifts from foundations and major donors. Truly, every donor is important, and every gift is meaningful. This year, every gift helps us earn an additional $450,000![/vc_column_text][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
If you are one of the 312 people who has already made a gift to ASOR this fiscal year, thank you so much for your support. If you have not yet made a gift between July 1st and June 30, please consider joining the ranks of ASOR donors (click here to see the donors from last year—Fiscal Year 2018). We have just over three weeks to reach our goal, so please make a gift today![/vc_column_text][mk_divider][mk_table]
ASOR On The Move, Part 2—Materials Arrive From Boston
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ASOR’s Home, named in memory of James F. Strange
When ASOR was established in 1900, our office was one large room in a Jerusalem hotel. During the past 119 years, we have dramatically expanded our scholarly capacity and public outreach—both abroad and in North America. Yet in North America, we moved frequently, from one host institution to another.
Now, we have finally moved into our own home—named in memory of James F. Strange. We closed on the purchase on April 24th, and our materials arrived from Boston last Saturday (May 4th). The ASOR staff in Alexandria started moving into the Strange Center in mid-March. We had been in temporary offices at Virginia Theological Seminary, where we had been welcomed as “sojourners” since late August 2018. All of ASOR is very grateful to the Very Rev. Ian Markham, Dean and President of VTS, as well as the rest of the Seminary community, for giving ASOR and our staff a temporary home while we searched for a new office and permanent home.
The initial move from VTS to the Strange Center was gradual, moving a small number of boxes of journals and books and emptying our desks. The staff has been eager to start setting up their new work spaces at the Strange Center, so the move has gone smoothly! We started out with a few office chairs, folding chairs, and folding tables so that the four Alexandria staff could continue working until dozens of boxes and other items arrived from Boston.
Marta and China take a break after the boxes were unloaded
This past Saturday (May 4th), we were excited to welcome a large moving truck with all of our materials from Boston. Although we officially purchased the Strange Center on April 24th, we had to wait a few weeks for the moving truck because we had to move in over a weekend and because of the Red Sox schedule—ASOR members will remember that we were previously located in the Kenmore Square area of Boston, and parking is impossible on game days.
Boxes from Boston stacked temporarily in work room.
The delay worked out well though. Marta Ostovich was able to set up the internet and phones (see our new “contact us” link), and we were all able to plan for placing our furniture and boxes. Even though we planned well, we had forgotten how many boxes of books and files would be arriving. Yet, we are thrilled that all of our belongings have finally arrived, and we are eagerly unpacking.
The team is excited about the possibilities for how the space will transform into a working and dynamic area in which the current and future staff are proud to work. It is especially gratifying to know that ASOR is also helping to preserve the local historic architecture of Alexandria (the office was built c. 1880s)! The history of this area is vibrantly alive and maintained along the cobbled streets of Old Town. We hope that you will stop by and visit us and take a tour of the Strange Center when you are next in town. Your generous support is the reason ASOR has a home now. We could not have done it with you. Thank you.
Movers carrying heavy filing cabinets upstairs
How You Can Help This Move. If you have not already made a gift, please consider joining the “450 for $450,000” challenge gift campaign by donating to ASOR before June 30, 2019 (all gifts, including programs other than the building qualify). If you have already pledged or made a gift to support our new home, please think about increasing your gift or pledge to the building so that we can raise the last $66,000 needed to qualify for this $450,000 challenge.
To recognize your support, we offer naming opportunities at the following levels:
Naming of conference room or floor = $300,000
Naming of an individual office (sizes vary) = $100,000 – $250,000
Name recognition on smaller office spaces = $25,000 – $99,999
Name on plaque recognizing major donors = $10,000 or more
Name on a plaque recognizing all donors at “brick” level or higher = $250 or more
Thanks to our generous members, ASOR has raised funds to finance part of the purchase price for a new ASOR home in Alexandria, VA—The James F. Strange Center. Moving into our new home was and is an amazing accomplishment (see moving article), but we are not quite finished. In addition to paying off the debt and furnishing the building, we need a successful Annual Fund (ends June 30th) in order to cover one-time expenses associated with moving from Boston to Alexandria.
Fortunately, we have received an extraordinary challenge pledge of $450,000 that will ensure our success for the building—but we need to earn this gift by meeting two challenges:
First, we must demonstrate that we are all behind ASOR’s many initiatives by securing “450 for $450,000”: that’s 450 donors donating $10 or more to ASOR in this fiscal year (July ’18-June ’19). As of May 29th, we have reached 265 donors.
Second, we need to match the challenge of $450,000 by raising $225,000 in new gifts and pledges for the building (made after February 1st). We are well on our way, as we have received pledges and gifts of $163,000 in the past three and half months—so we only need $62,000 more.
[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][mk_skill_meter title=”Progress Towards 450 Donors in Fiscal Year 2018″ percent=”58.89″ title_color=”#777777″ progress_bar_color=”#dd3333″ track_bar_color=”#eeeeee”][mk_divider][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]Your membership in ASOR is crucial to our shared success, and we thank you for that partnership. Your donations enable ASOR to carry out our mission at a higher level and with greater impact. Even modest gifts add up to create significant support for ASOR, and the high level of donor participation from our memberships helps us attract gifts from foundations and major donors. Truly, every donor is important, and every gift is meaningful. This year, every gift helps us earn an additional $450,000![/vc_column_text][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
If you are one of the 265 people who has already made a gift to ASOR this fiscal year, thank you so much for your support. If you have not yet made a gift between July 1st and June 30, please consider joining the ranks of ASOR donors (click here to see the donors from last year—Fiscal Year 2018). We have just over five weeks to reach our goal, so please make a gift today![/vc_column_text][mk_divider][mk_table]
Thanks to our generous members, ASOR has raised funds to finance part of the purchase price for a new ASOR home in Alexandria, VA—The James F. Strange Center. Moving into our new home was and is an amazing accomplishment (see moving article), but we are not quite finished. In addition to paying off the debt and furnishing the building, we need a successful Annual Fund (ends June 30th) in order to cover one-time expenses associated with moving from Boston to Alexandria.
Fortunately, we have received an extraordinary challenge pledge of $450,000 that will ensure our success for the building—but we need to earn this gift by meeting two challenges:
First, we must demonstrate that we are all behind ASOR’s many initiatives by securing “450 for $450,000”: that’s 450 donors donating $10 or more to ASOR in this fiscal year (July ’18-June ’19). As of May 19th, we have reached 255 donors.
Second, we need to match the challenge of $450,000 by raising $225,000 in new gifts and pledges for the building (made after February 1st). We are well on our way, as we have received pledges and gifts of $163,000 in the past three and half months—so we only need $62,000 more.
[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][mk_skill_meter title=”Progress Towards 450 Donors in Fiscal Year 2018″ percent=”56.67″ title_color=”#777777″ progress_bar_color=”#dd3333″ track_bar_color=”#eeeeee”][mk_divider][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]Your membership in ASOR is crucial to our shared success, and we thank you for that partnership. Your donations enable ASOR to carry out our mission at a higher level and with greater impact. Even modest gifts add up to create significant support for ASOR, and the high level of donor participation from our memberships helps us attract gifts from foundations and major donors. Truly, every donor is important, and every gift is meaningful. This year, every gift helps us earn an additional $450,000![/vc_column_text][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
If you are one of the 240 people who has already made a gift to ASOR this fiscal year, thank you so much for your support. If you have not yet made a gift between July 1st and June 30, please consider joining the ranks of ASOR donors (click here to see the donors from last year—Fiscal Year 2018). We have almost six weeks to reach our goal, so please make a gift today![/vc_column_text][mk_divider][mk_table]
ASOR’s New Home, named in memory of James F. Strange
When ASOR was established in 1900, our office was one large room in a Jerusalem hotel. During the past 119 years, we have dramatically expanded our scholarly capacity and public outreach—both abroad and in North America. By 1925, we built a permanent home in Jerusalem. Yet in North America, we moved frequently, from one host institution to another. Now, it is time for ASOR to establish an independent headquarters to serve our broadened constituencies. In January 2018, we set the goal to of raising $1.5 million to purchase, furnish, and maintain an enduring home for ASOR in Alexandria, VA—our Board having determined that the Washington, D.C., area is the location of greatest strategic benefit to our mission.
As of May 19, 2019, we are thrilled to report that we moving ever closer to our goal! Indeed, over a period of thirteen months, ASOR’s generous friends donated almost $1 million in gifts and pledges to the Building Fund. Buoyed by these donations, we purchased an office building (named in memory of James F. Strange) located at 209 Commerce Street in Alexandria. We started moving in on March 20th, we closed on April 24th, and our materials from the Boston Office arrived on May 4th (see article on the move)!
We are also thrilled to report that a new challenge gift of $450,000 will ensure that ASOR meets and even exceeds our $1.5 million goal. Yet, We need to meet two challenges to “earn” this additional $450,000:
First, we need to demonstrate that we are all behind the purchase of ASOR’s new home and ASOR’s other initiatives by securing “450 for $450,000”: that’s 450 donors donating $10 or more to ASOR in this fiscal year (July ’18-June ’19). As of April 2nd, we have reached 240 donors, so we need gifts from 210 more individuals, companies, or organizations.
Second, we need to match the challenge of $450,000 by raising $225,000 in new gifts and pledges (made after February 1st), or $1 for every $2 of the donor’s gift. And we are well on our way, as we have received pledges of $163,000 in the past three and half months—so we only need $62,000 more.
How You Can Help. We are almost there! If you have not already made a gift, please consider joining the “450 for $450,000” campaign by donating to ASOR before June 30, 2019 (all gifts, including programs other than the building qualify). If you have already pledged or made a gift to support our new home, please think about increasing your gift or pledge to the building so that we can raise the last $62,000 needed to qualify for this $450,000 challenge.
To recognize your support, we offer naming opportunities at the following levels:
Naming of conference room or floor = $300,000
Naming of an individual office (sizes vary) = $100,000 – $250,000
Name recognition on smaller office spaces = $25,000 – $99,999
Name on plaque recognizing major donors = $10,000 or more
Name on a plaque recognizing all donors at “brick” level or higher = $250 or more
Thanks to our generous members, ASOR has raised funds to finance part of the purchase price for a new ASOR home in Alexandria, VA—The James F. Strange Center. Moving into our new home was and is an amazing accomplishment (see moving article), but we are not quite finished. In addition to paying off the debt and furnishing the building, we need a successful Annual Fund (ends June 30th) in order to cover one-time expenses associated with moving from Boston to Alexandria.
Fortunately, we have received an extraordinary challenge pledge of $450,000 that will ensure our success for the building—but we need to earn this gift by meeting two challenges:
First, we must demonstrate that we are all behind ASOR’s many initiatives by securing “450 for $450,000”: that’s 450 donors donating $10 or more to ASOR in this fiscal year (July ’18-June ’19). As of May 19th, we have reached 240 donors.
Second, we need to match the challenge of $450,000 by raising $225,000 in new gifts and pledges for the building (made after February 1st). We are well on our way, as we have received pledges and gifts of $163,000 in the past three and half months—so we only need $62,000 more.
[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][mk_skill_meter title=”Progress Towards 450 Donors in Fiscal Year 2018″ percent=”53.333″ title_color=”#777777″ progress_bar_color=”#dd3333″ track_bar_color=”#eeeeee”][mk_divider][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]Your membership in ASOR is crucial to our shared success, and we thank you for that partnership. Your donations enable ASOR to carry out our mission at a higher level and with greater impact. Even modest gifts add up to create significant support for ASOR, and the high level of donor participation from our memberships helps us attract gifts from foundations and major donors. Truly, every donor is important, and every gift is meaningful. This year, every gift helps us earn an additional $450,000![/vc_column_text][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
If you are one of the 240 people who has already made a gift to ASOR this fiscal year, thank you so much for your support. If you have not yet made a gift between July 1st and June 30, please consider joining the ranks of ASOR donors (click here to see the donors from last year—Fiscal Year 2018). We have almost six weeks to reach our goal, so please make a gift today![/vc_column_text][mk_divider][mk_table]
ASOR’s New Home, named in memory of James F. Strange
When ASOR was established in 1900, our office was one large room in a Jerusalem hotel. During the past 119 years, we have dramatically expanded our scholarly capacity and public outreach—both abroad and in North America. By 1925, we built a permanent home in Jerusalem. Yet in North America, we moved frequently, from one host institution to another. Now, it is time for ASOR to establish an independent headquarters to serve our broadened constituencies. In January 2018, we set the goal to of raising $1.5 million to purchase, furnish, and maintain an enduring home for ASOR in Alexandria, VA—our Board having determined that the Washington, D.C., area is the location of greatest strategic benefit to our mission.
As of May 6, 2019, we are thrilled to report that we moving ever closer to our goal! Indeed, over a period of thirteen months, ASOR’s generous friends donated almost $1 million in gifts and pledges to the Building Fund. Buoyed by these donations, we purchased an office building (named in memory of James F. Strange) located at 209 Commerce Street in Alexandria. We started moving in on March 20th, we closed on April 24th, and our materials from the Boston Office arrived on May 4th (see article on the move)!
We are also thrilled to report that a new challenge gift of $450,000 will ensure that ASOR meets and even exceeds our $1.5 million goal. Yet, We need to meet two challenges to “earn” this additional $450,000:
First, we need to demonstrate that we are all behind the purchase of ASOR’s new home and ASOR’s other initiatives by securing “450 for $450,000”: that’s 450 donors donating $10 or more to ASOR in this fiscal year (July ’18-June ’19). As of April 2nd, we are at 235 donors, so we need gifts from 215 more individuals, companies, or organizations.
Second, we need to match the challenge of $450,000 by raising $225,000 in new gifts and pledges (made after February 1st), or $1 for every $2 of the donor’s gift. And we are well on our way, as we have received pledges of $159,000 in the past three months—so we only need $66,000 more.
How You Can Help. We are almost there! If you have not already made a gift, please consider joining the “450 for $450,000” campaign by donating to ASOR before June 30, 2019 (all gifts, including programs other than the building qualify). If you have already pledged or made a gift to support our new home, please think about increasing your gift or pledge to the building so that we can raise the last $66,000 needed to qualify for this $450,000 challenge.
To recognize your support, we offer naming opportunities at the following levels:
Naming of conference room or floor = $300,000
Naming of an individual office (sizes vary) = $100,000 – $250,000
Name recognition on smaller office spaces = $25,000 – $99,999
Name on plaque recognizing major donors = $10,000 or more
Name on a plaque recognizing all donors at “brick” level or higher = $250 or more
ASOR’s New Home, located in Old Town, Alexandria, VA
When ASOR was established in 1900, our office was one large room in a Jerusalem hotel. During the past 119 years, we have dramatically expanded our scholarly capacity and public outreach—both abroad and in North America. By 1925, we built a permanent home in Jerusalem. Yet in North America, we moved frequently, from one host institution to another. Now, it is time for ASOR to establish an independent headquarters to serve our broadened constituencies. In January 2018, we set the goal to of raising $1.5 million to purchase, furnish, and maintain an enduring home for ASOR in Alexandria, VA—our Board having determined that the Washington, D.C., area is the location of greatest strategic benefit to our mission.
As of April 2, 2019, we are thrilled to report that we moving ever closer to our goal! Indeed, during the past thirteen months, ASOR’s generous friends have donated almost $1 million in gifts and pledges to the Building Fund. Buoyed by these donations, we are under contract to purchase an office building located at 209 Commerce Street in Alexandria. We started moving in on March 20th (see article on the move), and we will close on the purchase on April 24th!
We are also thrilled to report that a new challenge gift of $450,000 will ensure that ASOR meets and even exceeds our $1.5 million goal. We only need to meet two challenges to “earn” this additional $450,000:
First, we need to demonstrate that we are all behind the purchase of ASOR’s new home and ASOR’s other initiatives by securing “450 for $450,000”: that’s 450 donors donating $10 or more to ASOR in this fiscal year (July ’18-June ’19). As of April 2nd, we are at 220 donors, so we need gifts from 230 more individuals, companies, or organizations.
Second, we need to match the challenge of $450,000 by raising $225,000 in new gifts and pledges (made after February 1st), or $1 for every $2 of the donor’s gift. And we are well on our way, as we have received pledges of $144,500 in the past month—so we only need $80,500 more.
How You Can Help. We are almost there! If you have not already made a gift, please consider joining the “450 for $450,000” campaign by donating to ASOR before June 30, 2019 (all gifts, including programs other than the building qualify). If you have already pledged or made a gift to support our new home, please think about increasing your gift or pledge to the building so that we can raise the last $80,500 needed to qualify for this $450,000 challenge.
To recognize your support, we offer naming opportunities at the following levels:
Naming of conference room or floor = $300,000
Naming of an individual office (sizes vary) = $100,000 – $250,000
Name recognition on smaller office spaces = $25,000 – $99,999
Name on plaque recognizing major donors = $10,000 or more
Name on a plaque recognizing all donors at “brick” level or higher = $250 or more
