1. The following activities of the Policy Document 2018 were undertaken.
1.1. Harlem Renaissance Correspondence Project
The research will focus on correspondence concerning the leading intellectuals of the Harlem renaissance such as Marcus Garvey, Walter White, James Weldon Johnson, and Alain Locke. Relevant archieves are located at Exeter University, the Britisch Library in London, the Beinecke Library at Yale University, the University of Oregon at Eugene, and the University of Florida at Gainesville.
1.2. Library
Some 50 volumes were acquired on 20th and 21th century American and English literature, contemporary literary critisism and reference books.
1.3. Courses
The lectures for the 2019-2020 and the 2020-2021 seasons were suspended as of March 2020 as directed by the government to contain the Covid-19 virus.
2. The twent-fourth annual meeting of the Board of the Eleonora Stichting was held 26 September by video link.
3. Financial report. The policy is to support the activities of the foundation as long as funds are available.
| Statement of Financial Position on 31 December 2020 | ||||
| Assets | € | Liabilities | € | |
| Inventory | – | Endowment Funds | -116,068 | |
| Receivables | – | Short-term debt | 131,501 | |
| Working Capital | 15,433 | |||
| Capital assets | 15,433 | 15,433 | ||
| Statement of Operations on 31 December 2020 | ||||
| Debit | ||||
| Expenses | Revenues | |||
| Program | 731 | Program Revenues | – | |
| Administration | 10,919 | Donations | 4,000 | |
| Financial | 788 | Negative balance | 8,438 | |
| 12, 438 | 12,458 | |||
4. The Board wishes to recognise the commitment to the Stichting by dr. Th.L. Heacox and by Mr & Mrs W.F.J. van Notten for their contribution of € 4,000.
5. The Dutch IRS (Belastingdienst) acknowledged the mission of the Eleonora Stichting and gave it the designation of a charitabel foundation (Algemeen Nut Beoogende Instelling) as of January 1st 2008 for an indefinite period. The Stichting was designated a Cultural charitable foundation on 6 November 2020. The implication is that donations to the Stichting can be made free form taxations.
6. Members of the Board are: dr. Th.L. Heacox (chairman) ( College of William and Mary), W.F.J. van Notten (secretary & treasurer), dr. P.E. Russell (Vassar College), and Prof. Cogswell (Northwestern University).
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