Provincetown Community Compact Inc
nurturing community
Mission
The Provincetown Community Compact, Inc. (The Compact) was established in 1993 by Jay Critchley as a community-building and philanthropic organization to support the vitality of the community. The mission of The Compact is to nurture the health and cultural well being of the Provincetown community, its people, and the natural environment of the Lower Cape. The Compact also acts as an incubator (Think-ubator) for social, environmental and artistic projects. The Compact has envisioned Provincetown as a Cultural Sanctuary. As such, our projects express the connection between the arts, the community and the environment.
Ruling year
1994
Executive Director
Jay Critchley
Main address
Po Box 819
Provincetown, MA 02657 USA
EIN
04-3208909
NTEE code
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (A12)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
In 2015 The Compact board held a retreat to asses the organization and affirm our mission going forward. With the 30th anniversary of the Swim for Life in 2017 and The Compact's 25th in 2018, it was an opportune time to look at the future of the organization and our revelence in the community. We reaffirmed our mission as "nurturing community" and developed a strategic plan to implement our objectives.
One problem is the public's lack of visibility and understanding of the full scope of what we do. The Swim for Life is highly visible but the Think-ubator program is much less so, and it's unclear if the community is aware that The Compact has been managing dune shack residencies in the Cape Cod National Seashore for over twenty years.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Dune Shack Residencies
We provide one to three-week stays in the historic dune shacks in Cape Cod National Seashore. We manage two shacks, Fowler and C-Scape. The residencies run from April through November and are open to all. There are special residencies for visual artists and writers.
Think-ubator
Since 1993, the Compact has nutured and supported dozens of artist and community projects. The Compact incubates ideas that serve people and place. We provide fiscal sponsorship for new, grass roots projects that fit within the mission of the organization. This "Think-ubator” helps creative ideas become reality by providing fiscal sponsorship for tax-exempt donations, budgetary accountability and private and public grant management.
We have "Think-ubated” dozens of projects, many have since formed their own non-profits and become vital contributors to our community: Provincetown International Film Festival, Pilgrim Bark Park, Tennessee Williams Theater Festival, and Cape Cod Modern House Trust, Provincetown Commons and Inspiration Gathering.
Provincetown Swim for Life & Paddler Flotilla
A 1.4 mile swim across magnificent Provincetown Harbor to benefit AIDS, women's health and the community. It has raised $4M since 1988. Next event, September 8, 2018. www.swim4life.org
Prayer Ribbons Initiative
Prayer Ribbons were initiated in 1993 at the Provincetown Swim for Life to provide a visual witness to the swimmers as they crossed the Provincetown Harbor from Long Point to the Boatslip, each swimmer with his or her own personal images, hopes and fears. All are invited to inscribe the names of those they love on one of the five-foot long colored ribbons – and personal messages – to those they wish to celebrate in their lives, both living and deceased.
Prayer Ribbons commemorate the devastation that AIDS has done to the community, the courage of the town to fight governmental indifference, and how it created a model supportive community in response. Prayer Ribbons also challenges us to live our lives more fully and joyfully.
Recognizing the healing capacity of the ribbons, we traveled with them to the US Congress for World AIDS Day and to Orlando, Florida to meet privately with the victim's families of the Pulse nightclub massacre. A special strand was created with the names of the victims inscribed in gold, and one for those injured. They were also installed in front of Orlando City Hall.
We have been invited back to Orlando to display the Prayer Ribbons for the two-year anniversary of the tragedy on June 12, 2018.
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Compact's mission is to nurture community. Our goals are to create sustainable projects that enhance the connection between the environment, the arts and culture and the economy. Our projects are also economic generators, particularly the the Swim for Life and the Think-ubator program.
Collaboration is an essential strategy for success. We encourage and connect project partners with each other to create synergy in the community.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We have created a new website and designed a new logo for the Compact's 25th anniversary. We have enhanced infrastructure by adding additional administrative support to meet the demands of the organization. This included succession planning for its longterm health.
We are reaching out to our present and former Think-ubator projects and inviting them to share their experiences of this collaboration.
We have also established the Prayer Ribbons initiative as a singular project that brings the concept of healing and community building to communities that are experiencing
violence and tragedy. We were invited to return to Orlando, Florida (2018) on the second anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre with the special strand of Prayer Ribbons honoring the forty-nine victims and those injured.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The Compact board of directors is an active and engaged board that provides support and expertise to the director. The director is the founder of the organization and has successfully marshaled it in an organic way over twenty-five years.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
In 2017 The Compact was given official recognition by the Provincetown International Film Festival, a Think-ubator project that became its own non-profit, for "thirty years of community building". We also took the opportunity during the 30th year of the Swim for Life in 2017 to speak to many community organizations and gatherings about The Swim and The Compact. We created a special "30/25" logo to pair the two back to back anniversaries.
We are writing the history of The Compact and the community through a creative journal, The Compact Chronicles. The director will cull the archives of The Compact, the town and his personal archives of photographs and documents to tell our unique place in the community.
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Provincetown Community Compact Inc
Board of directorsas of 04/28/2018
Ginny Binder
The Binder Group
Mike Syers
Ernst & Young
Arthur Richter
Shawn McNulty
Lobster Pot
Sheila Roulston
Rhode Island Hospital
Jay Critchley
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