Icarus Project Quarterly Report, April 30th – December 31st, 2006

Since April, 2006, The Icarus Project has continued its trajectory of rapid growth and internationally expanding networks of support. In the summer of 2006 we released the first edition of our support manual, Friends Make the Best Medicine, and in October we moved into our new office at Fountain House and launched the next version of our website, based on open-source software, with registered membership exceeding 3700 people.  College support programs continue to develop at NYU. Local Icarus groups are meeting in New York City, Philadelphia, Asheville, Minneapolis, Portland, and the San Francisco Bay Area, with new groups budding in Canada and the UK. We have distributed another few thousand copies of our reader, spoken at numerous workshops, conferences, and skillshares across America and Europe, and are planning a cross-country tour for the Fall of 2007. We hired a new staff member to coordinate our national office and distribution system, and have strengthened our staff collective.

Between April 30, 2006 and December 31st, 2006, we received $32, 176.64 in grants, donations, and revenue, allocated as follows:

$18,243 in private donations
$10,000 in grants from The Rodgers Family Foundation and the J.E. and Z.B. Butler Foundations.
$2543.77 in revenue from artwork sold at our August artshow.
$1555.15 in interest on our FJC account.
$643.74 in donations for books.

From April 30th, 2006 -  December 31st, 2006, we spent $37,061.38 allocated as follows:

$26,245.00 in Personnel
$6400 in salary for Sascha DuBrul.
$6400 in salary for Will Hall.
$6400 in salary to Madigan Shive.
$5175 in salary to Ashley McNamara.
$1200 in salary to Sarah Stalker.
$400 in salary to Carey Lamprecht.
$110 stipend to Edgard Durand.
$100 performance stipend to Madigan Shive.
$60 stipend to Alicia Ohs.

$10,816.38 in other expenses
$1830 in commissions to artists who sold work at our art show.
$1533.13 in printing costs for promotional materials.
$1332.85 in travel expenses.
$1255 in rent for meeting space at 6th Street Community Center.
$1070 to cover printing costs for our publications.
$911.02 in phone expenses.
$774.57 in administrative costs at FJC
$459.39 on events.
$426 in hanging expenses for our artshow.
$399.55 in website expenses.
$300 in computer repair.
$231.28 in office supplies.
$218.72 in mailing costs.
$75.00 in hiring expenses.


Thank you so much for your invaluable assistance with this project.

Sincerely
Ashley Y. McNamara