~$800k
Initiate transit
relocation.
Deborah’s proposed first mobilization: begin moving bus activity from the 200–300 blocks. This does not fund complete street closure.
Initial planning estimateFrom the story to the next step
Support the vision.
The King’s Exhibition × Morris Lapidus Foundation
Hosts · Dr. Glenn Toby & Deborah Desilets
Deborah’s vision / Lincoln Road 200–300
A stage
for the people.
Help turn a passageway into a place to belong. Deborah imagines the last blocks toward the ocean filled with walking, music, art and everyday encounters, in a cultural dialogue with Brooklyn’s people’s pool. Charitable support can help carry that public purpose forward through a clearly agreed initiative.
Interpretive vision and planning estimates from Deborah Desilets’s recorded discussion, supplied September 2026.
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Initiate transit
$4–6m
Plan the broader
pedestrian phase.
Deborah’s discussed next-phase range covers new bus-station arrangements, relocation and the work toward full road closure. Scope and costs require confirmation.
Proposed next-phase range~$28m
Imagine the
whole public place.
The broader activation vision for the 200–300 blocks, described in Deborah’s discussion and the April 2026 memo. A planning horizon, not a verified funding gap.
Broader planning estimateA progression of proposed scope, not amounts to add together. Deborah’s estimates are not approved budgets or a fixed campaign target. Delivery depends on confirmed scope, budgets and required approvals.
The people behind the possibility / Trust & transparency
A shared purpose.
A clear foundation.
Deborah’s vision asks what a public place can give to people. Book Bank’s work brings that question into everyday life: books, meals and practical support. Before you give, get to know the organization intended to receive your contribution · and the records behind its work.
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- Legal name
- Book Bank Foundation Inc.
- EIN
- 02-0722757
- Federal classification
- 501(c)(3) public charity
- Exemption ruling
- April 2005
- Location in IRS record
- Atlanta, Georgia
The IRS exempt-organizations data lists contributions as deductible. A gift’s treatment depends on the gift and any benefits received.
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Documented support.
Jewish Communal Fund’s fiscal-year 2024 Form 990 lists a $20,000 cash grant to Book Bank Foundation Inc., identifying the same EIN and 501(c)(3) status.
This documents one grant in that filing year. It does not establish recurring funding or an endorsement of this proposed project.
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A book to open.
A meal to share.
A reason to return.
Book Bank describes a mission centered on literacy and resources for people facing hunger, homelessness and abuse. Its current website describes weekly food support, clothing and hygiene outreach, and art programming connected to community service in Atlanta and New York.
Those existing programs offer context for this invitation. Any new learning or cultural program connected to Lincoln Road would need its own agreed scope and support.
Explore Book Bank’s programsProgram descriptions are Foundation-reported. They are not audited impact measurements for this project.
A record of work, with sources
Outreach across New York.
A volunteer’s December 2010 account on Book Bank’s archive describes a day distributing coats, clothing and toys across four New York City boroughs.
Read the archived account ↗Art connected to service.
ABC Columbia reported that a King’s Exhibition event would direct part of its proceeds to Book Bank’s work providing books to children. The report documents the announced benefit, not a verified amount raised.
Read ABC Columbia’s report ↗Numbers with context.
Book Bank’s website reports 300,000-plus people served annually, 12,000 meals per month, over 20,000 pairs of socks donated and ten families adopted each winter.
Reporting periods and calculation methods are not supplied alongside all of these figures. Ask the Foundation for the underlying reports before relying on them in a funding decision.
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Book Bank’s published contact
2625 Piedmont Road, Suite NE 56-290
Atlanta, GA 30324
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Charitable support / A shared public purpose
A place
to belong.
A place to pause. A story to discover. A chance to learn and connect. Your support can help give this cultural encounter a public purpose, with an initiative-specific gift defined together with Book Bank.
Art that reaches beyond the exhibition.
Glenn’s Brooklyn story connects personal experience to culture and service. The King’s Exhibition brings art into that journey. Book Bank’s established literacy, mentoring and outreach work connects the exhibition to people’s lives. Its history includes art events supporting community service.
Global Dance Party gathers people through music. The Rhythm of Revenue contributes a perspective on ownership, leadership and sustaining creative work. Together, these connections could support books, mentoring and accessible cultural experiences around the Lapidus initiative.
You can discuss support for learning, cultural access or another defined initiative purpose. Agree the use of your gift and how its impact will be reported before payment. This is charitable participation, not an investment, equity or a promised financial return.
Help make belonging part of the story.
Donation recipient
The Book Bank
Foundation
501(c)(3) public charity · EIN 02-0722757
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