Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts

The series documents the financial operations of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts, and the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, and contains budget summaries, financial correspondence and interoffice memoranda, financial statements, and income tax returns.

Also documented here are fund-raising efforts through grants, benefit events, solicitations, and retail sales by the three organizations.  Materials include grant proposals (both approved and denied); correspondence on contributions given by individuals, corporations, and foundations; correspondence on fund-raising solicitations and funding drives; and correspondence, notes, and memoranda on benefit events such as the Muhammad Ali event and Celebrate, an annual fund raiser that celebrated racial pride.  Also documented here are retail sales of Capezio, a ballet shop that Elma Lewis purchased to generate revenue for the National Center of Afro-American Artists and the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts; the Milestones and Marvels Calendar Project, a project to raise funds and celebrate African American arts heritage; and the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists' retail shop.