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Organization City Chapel Hill <br />Organization State NC <br />Organization Zip <br />Code <br />27514 <br />Organization website www.Janeaustensummer.org <br />Organization Tax ID 812285200 <br />Applicant <br />Race/Ethnicity <br />White, not Hispanic <br />Legal Status:501(c)3 or 501(c)6 Nonprofit Organization <br />IRS Determination <br />Letter <br />n/a <br />Total operating <br />budget (current fiscal <br />year) <br />50000 <br />Are 25% or more of <br />your annual <br />expenses related to <br />the visual, performing <br />or literary arts? <br />Yes <br />NARRATIVE n/a <br />What is the mission <br />of your organization? <br />We were created to bring an appreciation of Jane Austen's novels <br />and novels by other women writers of her time to greater public <br />attention. Our additional goals are to bring literary and other arts from <br />her time period alive through hands-on craft workshops, actual balls <br />and historical dance lessons, historically accurate food, theater and <br />other art forms and to encourage NC teachers to improve literacy in <br />older texts and build the next generation of readers and scholars. We <br />have a special mission to train NC middle and high school teachers <br />how to teach older novels and make them accessible to their <br />students. Teachers report afterwards that they build on these ideas <br />in their later teaching. As described below, we also have many <br />additional activities and involve the local community in rare, <br />successful, vibrant town-and-gown adventures in the literary and <br />other arts. <br />Provide a brief <br />description of your <br />pre-pandemic core <br />arts-related <br />programming or <br />offerings. <br />Jane Austen Summer Program is the umbrella organization for three <br />Orange-county based groups: JASP the actual 4-day summer <br />program; Jane Austen & Co, our public library outreach program; <br />and JASP Plus, partnering with the National Humanities Council, <br />where we have added training opportunities for teacher in middle and <br />high school who want new techniques for teaching literature in the <br />classroom. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 88C0949C-F7C6-47D4-8832-A8CDDEFA33A0