The HCC Foundation seeks to leverage their commitment of up to $125,000 in establishment of an endowment for public art on the campuses of Hillsborough Community College (HCC). Desired is a dollar-for-dollar community match in establishment of the endowment’s initial corpus.
HCC is the 2nd largest higher education institution within Tampa Bay serving over 43,000 students across five campuses, MacDill Air Force Base, four collegiate academies in the high schools, as well as an aggressive dual enrollment program with Hillsborough County Schools. Hallmarks of the College include:
Drs. Paul and Rebecca Nagy have pledged $450,000 in three philanthropic gifts to elevate HCC’s image as a regional thought leader to increase the social and economic mobility of its diverse student population and propel the labor market economy of Tampa Bay. To that end, in addition to the endowment for public art, thus established are:
Ya La'ford, Dial the Sun, 2023, installation view
All donations are processed through HCC Foundation. Once the donation has been made, please notify us so we can follow-up with the HCC Foundation office to ensure a smooth donation process. All donations are logged by the HCC Foundation, who will then mail a thank-you letter to the donor. This letter can be used as a tax receipt.
Please direct questions and notifications to Amanda Poss, Project Manager for HCC’s public art program, Grounds4Art. aposs@hccfl.edu | 813.253.7386
| Make check payable to: | HCC Foundation, Inc. | Go to: | hccfoundation.com/donate |
| Mail check to: |
Hillsborough Community College Foundation |
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Select appropriate donation amount Under heading “Designation,” select the “Other” from the drop-down menu options. A field will appear below that allows you to manually input the designation for your donation. Enter Drs. Paul & Rebecca Nagy Endowment for Public Art into the field. Fill out the rest of the information on the form as directed. |
| Checks in-hand: | Gallery Director will send to HCC Foundation via courier |
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$500 |
Your name or logo listed on the Grounds4Art website as a PARTNER |
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$1,000 |
Your name or logo listed on the Grounds4Art website as a PATRON |
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$5,000 |
Your name or logo listed on the Grounds4Art website as an ADVOCATE |
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$10,000+ |
Your name or logo listed on the Grounds4Art website as a CHAMPION |
“Community colleges are essentially commuter institutions. Their varied student bodies often struggle to balance full time work, family, and educational requirements. As a result, students have very little time left to develop the sense of community that develops naturally at non- commuter upper-level institutions. Added to this is the fact is that community colleges often receive bare bones funding... However, pride of place and a sense of community must go hand in hand with academic endeavors.”
– April Muchmore-Vokoun
“Working with Michael Parker on the first mural at HCC taught me leadership skills, how to work as a team, and what goes into making public art... I would love to see more public art projects at HCC and so I would like to motivate other organizations to support public art.”
– Marc Miller, HCC international student
“I would love to see more spaces turn into gathering areas for students where they feel warm and welcomed.”
– Sajia Fernandez-Mesagno, HCC student
