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The Book Industry Charitable Foundation, better known as Binc, is marking its 30th anniversary next month with a gala celebration in New York that, in classic Binc style, looks forward as much as it honors the Foundation's many amazing accomplishments. Those accomplishments include continually expanding its mission of who it helps and how it helps them, and thus making Binc the key safety net for book and comic store employees, owners, and their stores.
"The Foundation has been there during the headline-grabbing national tragedies like 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the COVID pandemic as well as for the day-to-day crises that can shake the foundation of a household or a store," Binc CEO Pam French said. "It's about book people caring for book people. We're proud to celebrate this community."
A key part of the gala is laying the groundwork for long-term support for Binc's mission. Some 30% of the proceeds from the gala are going to build an endowment for Binc, which will provide it with a steady income that will help with day-to-day as well disaster relief at a time when the work of store owners and employees has become increasingly challenging. (Binc relies entirely on donations.) All are encouraged to contribute to the gala and Binc's endowment.
Gala sponsors include a range of generous publishers, industry groups, authors, book world executives, and others, presented here by sponsorship level:
Premier ($100,000):
Suzanne Collins and Charles Pryor
Epic ($50,000):
Ingram Content Group, Macmillan Publishers
Author/Creator ($30,000):
The American Booksellers Association, Bookshop.org, Penguin Random House, Dav Pilkey, Simon & Schuster, Sourcebooks
Opus ($15,000):
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, HarperCollins Publishers, Anne Kubek, the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association, ReaderLink, Writers House
Folio ($10,000):
Andrews McMeel Publishing, Robert and Janice DiRomualdo, Hachette Book Group, Hudson, an Avolta Company, Michael Connelly--Hieronymus Foundation, Libro.fm, Mad Cave Studios, George and Barbara Mrkonic, Ann Patchett, the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association, the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association, the New England Independent Booksellers Association, the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance, Yen Press, Zibby Media
Bibliophile ($3,000):
Ellery Adams, Basil Software, Bloomsbury Publishing, Book Advisors LLC, The Book Group, Catapult Book Group, The Children's Book Council, Chronicle Books, Pam French and Lisa Brown, Bonnie Garmus, Ina Garten, Global Publishers Group, Kodansha USA, Min Jin Lee, Gregory Maguire, NetGalley, Marilyn and Phil Ollila, Open Road Integrated Media, Scholastic, Stimola Literary Studio, TOKYOPOP, Vroman's Bookstore